No Good Read Goes Unpunished/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The title of the episode is a reference to the proverb "no good deed goes unpunished".
- Bart references the movie April Showers in the blackboard text.
- The Itchy & Scratchy Marathon #everyslaughterever airs on FXX. This is a reference to the 12-day marathon Every.Simpsons.Ever. done by the channel in 2014.
- The story of the episode is a reference to the movie Leave It to Beaver.
- Roman Meal's Cream of Rye is the sponsor of the episode.
- TunnelCraft is a parody of Minecraft.
- The book Barn Doors of Topeka include pictures of barn doors from Topeka, Kansas.
- Amazon Alexa is used by a customer at Bookaccino's to order books.
- The Bookaccino Niche is a parody of the Barnes & Noble Nook.
- Homer hands Bart the first novel of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Maggie the book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, and Lisa the book With No Apologies by Barry Goldwater.
- Lisa is surprised to read that Goldwater opposed the Religious Right.
- Lisa is holding the book The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy.
- The Old Springfield Book Nook's owner hands Bart The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
- Milhouse is reading Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's Bye-Bye Boyfriend and says he has read all of their books.
- The name "Heloise Hodgeson Burwell" is modeled on that of children's author Frances Hodgson Burnett.
- The title of Burwell's book The Princess in the Garden is modeled on the titles of Burnett's two most famous works, A Little Princess and The Secret Garden.
- English novelist Rudyard Kipling appears in Marge's dream and tells her to read his first draft of The Jungle Book.
- Homer hides a stash of Drake's Cakes.
- In Marge's modified version of The Princess in the Garden the protagonist Clara is fighting for the net neutrality, the principle that Internet service providers must treat all Internet communications equally.
- The scene with Lisa and Apu's framed picture in her bedroom references the problems described in the documentary The Problem with Apu stating he's a tired racist stereotype. It was criticized by many people including the documentary's writer Hari Kondabolu.
- At the Tunnelcraft-Con, the logo of Grand Theft Walrus is a parody of Grand Theft Auto.
- When Daniel Radcliffe's identity is revealed, a character says "He knows Rupert Grint". Rupert Grint is the actor who portrayed Ronald Weasley in the Harry Potter films, working many years alongside Radcliffe.
- One of the professors at the university is ready to talk about famous writer Lewis Carroll after drinking a bottle of scotch.
- Homer mentions the Pillsbury Doughboy when he is acting like Ned Flanders.
- The man tightrope walking on the clothesline at Silent Movie Night is Harold Lloyd.
- Flanders' country songs "Cripple Creek" and "Now It's Time to Say Goodbye" are a parody of the closing theme of the 1966 series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Continuity[edit]
- Insta-Grandma's logo is seen. ("Luca$")
- Grand Theft Walrus's logo is seen (The Simpsons Movie)
