The Children's Book Job/References
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Cultural references[edit]
The pile of books Helen Lovejoy douses with gasoline are all real books or parodies of real books.
- Like "The Book Job" before it, the episode's title references two heist films: The Italian Job, both the 1969 original and the 2003 remake, and 2008's The Bank Job, a portrayal of the 1971 Baker Street robbery.
- Moe suggests doing a Squid Game to save the school.
- Sideshow Mel proposes doing a Shakespeare festival, but not the obvious fan-pleasers. He then suggests Timon of Athens.
- The Plucky Little Goat is a parody of books by children's author Richard Scarry.
- Books at the book fair include:
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.
- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
- The Little Engine That Could.
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans.
- Where's Wallace?, a parody of Where's Wally? by Martin Handford.
- The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith.
- Monsters Eat Whiny Children by Bruce Eric Kaplan.
- Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh.
- What Do People Do All Day? by Richard Scarry.
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems.
- Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty.
- Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey.
- Homer tells Constance Clavinger that his car is illegally parked just outside the Brexit.
- Constance, the pilots, and later Homer, sing the theme song to the British epic period comedy film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.
- Constance Clavinger crashes into a stack of Bridget Jones's UTI books, a parody of Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding.
- Stores seen at Imperfect Kingdom include:
- Mold Navy, a parody of Old Navy.
- Ann Taylor Basement, a parody of Ann Taylor Loft.
- Yves Saint Low-Rent, a parody of Yves Saint Laurent.
- Coach Class, a parody of Coach.
- Income Gap, a parody of Gap.
- Hardly Birkin, a parody of Hermès' Birkin.
- Less-coste, a parody of Lacoste.
- Michael Poors, a reference to fashion designer Michael Kors.
- Lululemons, a parody of Lululemon.
- Off Balance, a parody of New Balance.
- Off-Endi, a parody of Fendi.
- OKNY, a parody of DKNY.
- Bed Bath & Bankruptcy, a parody of Bed Bath & Beyond.
- Broakley, a parody of Oakley.
- Unmarked Vans, a parody of Vans.
- Skechys, a parody of Skechers.
- UGH, a parody of UGG.
- Calvin Deklein, a parody of Calvin Klein.
- Zales, a real jeweler. The sign says "Going out of business."
- Cap'n Colin and His Fabulous Ferry with Bosun Pete is a reference to the real-life decommissioned Staten Island ferry that Colin Jost bought in 2022.
- When looking for Constance at Imperfect Kingdom, Homer calls out "Nanny McPhee?" Emma Thompson, who voices Constance, played the titular character in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee.
- Constance mentions having a charge account at Harrods.
- Homer asks why Constance isn't classy like his favorite British person, Prince Andrew.
- Constance refers to Homer as Marge's Hagrid, a character from Harry Potter.
- The evil rooster in The Further Adventures of the Plucky Little Goat is from the UK Labour Party.
- Constance's husband had an affair with a checkout girl from Tesco, a British supermarket.
- Homer refers to Constance as a "coked-up Camilla", a reference to Queen Camilla.
- Apps on Homer's phone include:
- Constance tries to fly using an umbrella like Mary Poppins.
- In Homer's children's story fantasy, the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down" plays.
In Homer's fantasy hallucination, he passes by Martin in the style of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Moe looking like The Stinky Cheese Man, and schoolgirls (including Jessica Lovejoy) looking like characters from Madeline.
- The fantasy sequence features parodies of:
- Characters from Richard Scarry books.
- Make Way for Ducklings.
- James and the Giant Peach.
- Martin as a Diary of a Wimpy Kid character.
- Moe as the Stinky Cheese Man from The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.
- Miss Hoover and school girls as characters from Madeline.
- Principal Skinner as Captain Underpants from Captain Underpants.
- The caterpillar from The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Continuity[edit]
- Among the people seen in the PTA meeting are:
- Darcy and her parents. ("Little Big Girl")
- The PTA member who jumps out of the window. ("The PTA Disbands")
- Quinn Hopper. ("The Girl Code")
- Gloria Prince says that Martin will have to go to West Springfield Elementary School if Springfield Elementary School closes. ("Trilogy of Error")
- Among the books seen at the book fair is The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy. ("The Book Job")
- A Bed Bath & Bankruptcy shop is seen. ("Three Dreams Denied")
- Rusty is Homer's tattoo artist. ("Aunt Misbehavin'")
