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Murder, She Boat/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a reference to the crime drama Murder, She Wrote.
- When Marge finds mail stuck to the top of the mailbox, she exclaims "What the Helen Mirren?"
- Homer and Marge receive COVID-19 stimulus checks.
- The Pacific Princess Leia is a reference to the cruise ship Azamara Onward, also known as the Pacific Princess, and Princess Leia from Star Wars.
- Things seen on the Pacific Princess Leia include:
- "The Nerd Boat" is a parody of the theme from and opening of the TV show The Love Boat.
- Costumes seen on the Pacific Princess Leia include:
- A nerd dressed as Spock from Star Trek uses the Vulcan nerve pinch on Homer, rendering him unconscious.
- Lisa mentions Taika Waititi's Thor movies (Ragnarok and Love and Thunder), What We Do in the Shadows and says that he was her favorite on-screen Hitler, a reference to Jojo Rabbit. Waititi then mentions Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in the 2004 film Downfall.
- The name Murder, He Swords is a reference to Murder, She Wrote.
- Comic Book Guy's rarest treasure is a Radioactive Man action figure, one of only two accidentally manufactured with Wolverine claws.
- The Simpsons dress as the cast of The Addams Family, with Homer as Gomez, Marge as Morticia, Bart as Pugsley, Lisa as Wednesday, and Maggie as Cousin Itt. Homer says he wanted to be Uncle Fester. Homer later sings the theme song.
- Comic Book Guy falls onto a cosplayer of Hedonismbot from Futurama. The cosplayer was voiced by Maurice LaMarche, who voices Hedonismbot in the show.
- Kumiko makes a pun when she refers to her husband as "my sweet Comic Book Guy-jin [gaijin]".
- The interview room has a R2-D2 droid from Star Wars.
- Wacky Races: Furry Road is a movie based on Wacky Races and stars Timothée Chalamet as Muttley. The film and title is a parody of Mad Max: Fury Road.
- Rainier Wolfcastle is knocked out by a Captain America shield.
- Taika Waititi says that if it's a crime to be from New Zealand, you'd have to arrest both guys from Flight of the Conchords. He then refers to them as Fred and Jimothy.
- Taika Waititi says that he has powerful friends in New Zealand, which includes Hobbits, Orcs, Lorde, ents, Melanie Lynskey, and the "How Bizarre" guy, referring to Pauly Fuemana who was part of the band OMC who performed the song "How Bizarre".
- The R2-D2 droid projects holograms like R2 did in the Star Wars film Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope.
- Comic Book Guy says that he's not a beloved quirky character like Kramer from Seinfeld, but he is instead widely reviled like the guy who played Kramer, Michael Richards.
- The episode was dedicated in memory of Norman Lear who died on December 5, 2023.
Continuity[edit]
- When Rainer Wolfcastle addresses Lisa as Fräulein, he mispronounces it as "frow-lyne". The Correct pronunciation is "froi-lyne".
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