Pixelated and Afraid/References
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"Pixelated and Afraid"
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode's title is a reference to Naked and Afraid, an American reality series that airs on the Discovery Channel. The episode takes elements from that series, including Homer and Marge trying to survive naked in the wilderness.
- The title is also a reference to the pixelization technique used for censorship.
- The movie at the beginning is a parody of the 1934 black-and-white film The Thin Man, with Mick and Moira being a parody of Nick and Nora Charles. Aster is a parody of Asta the dog.
- Love It or Lift is a reference to the TV show Love It or List It.
- The name of the bug spray, Ant-pocalypse Now, is a reference to the film Apocalypse Now.
- Bart's parent policy of "don't look, don't care" is a reference to the USA military policy of "don't ask, don't tell".
- Lisa refers to Homer and Marge as "Captain and Mrs. Underpants", a reference to Captain Underpants.
- According to Homer, him and Marge watch "educational shows that teach real-world skills, like hauling crab out of the Bering Sea". He is describing the American reality TV show Deadliest Catch, set in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons.
- The Saffron Togetherness Center includes a keto-based diet, which makes Homer wonder if it is a "Cheeto-based diet".
- Homer wants to join the American Automobile Association, also known as the "Triple A", when the Pink Sedan is being carried by the river current.
- Homer makes his phone explode to start a fire and tells Marge that he ignored the recall letters that warned him about the issue. This is similar to the well-known case of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, with Samsung suspending sales of the smartphone and announcing a recall on 2 September 2016, following the discovery of a manufacturing defect in the phones' batteries which caused some units to generate excessive heat and combust.
- Homer hopes that the "red thing" Marge spots is a Twizzler factory, referring to the licorice-type candy.
- The statue Homer encounters at the Honeymoon Mountain ruins is based on The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli.
- During the montage of Homer and Marge building their shelter, "Pretty World" by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66 plays. Homer later sings the song.
- Marge talks about the time she threw away the Cheerios powder in the bottom of the bag.
- Homer and Marge use a record of the single "The Girl from Ipanema" by Stan Getz and João Gilberto as a plate.
- Homer and Marge mention that a wolverine killed "the wolverine whisperer", a reference to the reality TV series Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan.
- The deers showing affection to each other is a reference to Bambi.
- Homer mentions man as "inventor of Earth Day".
