Take My Life, Please/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- Former American vice president Al Gore appears at Moe's and makes a reference to the 2000 United States presidential election, one of the closest elections in US history, where he lost against George W. Bush.
- When Lisa counts the ballots for Homer's class president election, one of the votes is cast for Fonzie from the American sitcom Happy Days.
- Homer swears to get back at Principal Dondelinger saying "I know what he did that summer", a reference to the film I Know What You Did Last Summer.
- Homer wants Bart to drive back to the clubhouse and buy him a Tom Collins cocktail.
- "Jive Talkin'" by the Bee Gees is heard when Principal Dondelinger explains why he spoiled Homer's presidential election.
- Homer's class president poster included Darth Vader from Star Wars and the great white shark from Jaws.
- Luigi considers Lisa to be Benito Mussolini when she was giving him a lot of orders.
- Homer wants to see his altered past more than he wants to know how to perform CPR.
- The class song, class motto and class mascot president Homer selects are "Colour My World" (by Chicago), "Disco sucks" and "Butthead the Goat".
- The song is later heard during the "Springfield High Prom" event.
- At the school dance, the band The Larry Davis Experience is playing in front of a Goodbye Yellow Brick Road sign on the wall.
- In order to be able to approach Marge, Homer wants his date Debbie Pinson to read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and write down how character Boo Radley fits into the Southern Gothic subgenre.
- A young Mr. Burns saw things of barbarian leader Vercingetorix in Homer.
- Lisa brings up Batman, and Homer doesn't believe that Bruce Wayne is really his secret identity.
- When the family takes Homer to the Springfield Wall of Fame, Homer thinks that is like taking Richard Nixon to the Watergate or Kevin Costner to Waterworld.
- People spotted on the "Springfield Wall of Fame" are: Diamond Joe Quimby, Rainier Wolfcastle, C.M. Burns, The Springfield Strangler, Duffman, Krusty, Hank Scorpio, Troy McClure, Bumblebee Man, Bill and Marty, Artie Ziff, Sideshow Bob, Poochie, Mr. Teeny, Itchy and Scratchy, Drederick Tatum, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Paul Yield, Chazz Busby, Gabbo, Lurleen Lumpkin, Principal Skinner, El Barto, Homer Simpson, Butthead, Fat Tony, Plopper and Vance Connor.
- The food prices have gone down in the new HD-intro.
- The total is now $486.52 ($847.63 in the old intro).
- Maggie is worth $243.26, exactly as much as the other items put together.
- In the alternate Universe, Mr Burns assigns Homer to Sector 6F, as opposed to 7G. 7GXX was the production code for the show's first season. 6FXX was never the production code for any season, as after Season 9 (5FXX), the show started an entirely different sort of code from Season 10 onwards (AABFXX for Season 10, BABFXX for Season 11, CABFXX for Season 12, etc.)
- During the new HD title sequence, The Simpson family has a HDTV. But during the episode, they still have the old TV set.
- Lucius Sweet's name is misspelled as "Lucious Sweet" on the Springfield Wall of Fame.
- When everybody is clapping when Vance Connor is introduced to the Hall of Fame, you can see Maude Flanders in the crowd, despite the fact that she died in the Season 11 episode "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily".
- The position of Paul Yield's plaque changes between shots.
- Howard K. Duff VIII is referred to as "Henry K. Duff" on the Wall of Fame.
- It is shown that Smithers was already working for Mr. Burns when Homer went to high school, meaning that he is older than Homer. However, in "The Blunder Years", it is shown that he was a baby when Homer was 12 years old. On the other hand, in a flashback of "Bye, Bye, Nerdie", it was shown that both were studying together at the same time.
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