The Ten-Per-Cent Solution/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

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	Season 23 Episode References
← 493 "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants"	494 "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"	"Holidays of Future Passed" 495 →

Cultural references

• The episode title is probably a reference to the Sherlock Holmes novel and film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, as well as a reference the standard agent commission of 10%.
• Krusty states that the references in the Itchy & Scratchy cartoons are over a year old because the cartoons take a year to animate so they seem outdated. The references are:
  • The Cat's Speech - The King's Speech
  • The Social Petwork - The Social Network
  • Black & Blue Swan - Black Swan
• During The Cat's Speech, when Adolf Hitler is shown driving a swastika'd steam roller over a prostrate Scratchy, Maggie raises her arm in the Nazi salute. Maggie's arm is lowered by Lisa, with a nervous laugh.
• Hulu is a real-life video streaming website.
• Seen in the Museum of TV and Television:
  • The Three Stooges skeletons.
  • King of the Hill display (which is then packed up).
  • The Batmobile which is bought by Comic Book Guy.
  • Several other Batman items from the classic TV series.
  • A display of J. R. Ewing from Dallas.
  • The Starship Enterprise from Star Trek.
  • A parody of Superman.
  • The Adventures of Fatso Flanagan, a parody of The Honeymooners.
• When Homer's pants get split in back, he mentions that he has a tattoo of Donald Duck smoking a "doob" (short for "doobie", a marijuana cigarette), meant for Marge's eyes only.
• Marge calls Homer overweight sitcom characters: Ralph The Honeymooners, Fred The Flintstones, Archie All in the Family, King of Queens.
• Annie Dubinsky asks Homer if he would play a bloated corpse on CSI.
• Ron Rabinowitz has a S-Mobile phone, a parody of T-Mobile.
• Clowns seen in The Clown Plaza Hotel:
  • Ronald McDonald, mascot of McDonald's
  • Bozo the Clown
  • Pennywise from Stephen King's It
  • Emmett Kelly
• A scene from The Ricky Gervais Show is seen briefly.
• The music played during "The Cat's Speech" is "Symphony No. 7" by Beethoven
• The song played during "The Social Petwork" is "Creep" by Scala & Kolacny Brothers.
• The music played during "Black & Blue Swan" is "Danse des Petite Cygnes" from Swan Lake.
• In the 60's flashback scene, the club "The Village Id" is a reference to the Freudian term "id" and a shortened form of Village Idiot. In the background New York City's Washington Square Arch and the Empire State Building are seen.

Continuity

• On Hulu, there is a video called "Moe Gets a Cell Phone", previously mentioned in the song "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons" along with the same image. ("Gump Roast")
• Seen in the Museum of TV and Television:
  • Thicker than Waters ("Homer the Father")
  • UpscAlien in da House ("Homer the Father")
  • McGarnigale ("Bart's Inner Child" et al.)
  • Up Late with McBain ("Cape Feare")
  • The Beverly Hillbillies ("Moe Baby Blues")
  • Nookie in New York ("Half-Decent Proposal")

Goofs

Kashmir with black skin

• Princess Kashmir has black skin and brown hair in one scene.
• In one scene where Bart has his legs crossed and is sitting on the floor at the Simpsons' house, his shoes are missing (as in not been added to the frame).

Broadcasting Information

UK

• 1st Airing - July 22, 2012
• 2nd Airing - August 5, 2012

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The Falcon and the D'ohman • Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts • Treehouse of Horror XXII • Replaceable You • The Food Wife • The Book Job • The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants • The Ten-Per-Cent Solution • Holidays of Future Passed • Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson • The D'oh-cial Network • Moe Goes from Rags to Riches • The Daughter Also Rises • At Long Last Leave • Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart‎ • How I Wet Your Mother • Them, Robot • Beware My Cheating Bart‎ • A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again • The Spy Who Learned Me • Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda • Lisa Goes Gaga