Editing The Burns Cage/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a reference to the 1996 comedy film ''{{W|The Birdcage}}''.
*A {{w|Villanova Wildcats men's basketball}} team member is seen in the title screen and [[Bart]] writes about them needing to win or they'd lose everything on the blackboard.
*The song "{{W|This Guy's in Love with You}}" by {{W|Herb Alpert}} plays after [[Smithers]] and [[Mr. Burns]] land from the parachute jump.
*As [[Smithers]] walks down the corridor of the Executive Suite, he passes by versions of a number of paintings, but with Mr. Burns replacing the persons originally depicted:
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File:Vladimir Putin reference.png|[[Vladimir Putin]] shirtless on horseback
File:Nude Descending a Staircase reference.png|''{{w|Nude Descending a Staircase}}'' ({{w|Duchamp}})
File:Liberty Leading the People reference.png|''{{w|Liberty Leading the People}}'' ({{w|Eugène Delacroix|Delacroix}})
File:Grande Odalisque reference.png|''{{w|Grande Odalisque}}'' ({{w|Ingres}})
File:And the Gold of their Bodies reference.png|''{{w|wikidata:Q17491350|Et l'or de leur corps}}'' ({{w|Paul Gauguin|Gauguin}})
File:Les Demoiselles D'Avignon reference.png|''{{w|Les Demoiselles D'Avignon}}'' ([[Picasso]])
File:L'Homme qui marche I reference.png|''{{w|L'Homme qui marche I}}'' ({{w|Alberto Giacometti}})
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*The song "[[Waiting for You]]" by Smithers includes references to nuclear power plants: He mentions uranium isotope {{w|Uranium-234|U-234}}, {{w|fission}} and makes a reference to {{w|nuclear decommissioning}} and {{w|nuclear meltdown}}.
*Smithers refers to [[Homer]], [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] as [[The Three Stooges|Larry, Moe and Curly]], and then the three start acting like them.
*The [[Springfield Elementary School|school]] is doing a play of ''[[Casablanca]]'', and will do ''{{W2|Equus|play}}'' or ''{{w|Top Gun}}'' the next day. During the ''Casablanca'' audition:
**Two kids are seen carrying {{w|Rick's Café}}, the principal set of the film.
**A poster of ''Casablanca'' can also be seen.
**[[Lisa]] got the role of [[Ilsa Lund]] and [[Milhouse]] wanted to get the role of [[Rick Blaine]] (which was later given to [[Jack Deforest]]) as he was hoping that he and Lisa could fall in love. Milhouse lists co-stars couples that fell in love: [[Brad Pitt]] and [[Angelina Jolie]], [[Kermit]] and [[Miss Piggy]] and {{w|List_of_The_Brady_Bunch_characters#Carol_Brady|Miss Brady}} and {{w|List_of_The_Brady_Bunch_characters#Greg_Brady|Greg}}.
*Carl says "De nada" to Lenny, which means "Your welcome" in Spanish.
*Homer uses "[[Grinder]]" to find a lover for Smithers, a parody of {{w|Grindr}}, a homosexual geosocial app.
**{{ch|George Takei}} is on the app. Back in 2005 Takei {{w|George Takei#Private life|revealed}} he was gay in a magazine and he is now a known proponent of {{w|LGBT rights}}.
**Takei makes a pun on {{w|Klingon}} from ''[[Star Trek]]'' when he says "I don't care for people who ''cling on''".
*The trucker at [[Moe's]] is wearing a {{w|Peterbilt}} cap. Peterbilt is an American truck manufacturer.
*Bart gets [[Comic Book Guy]] to buy a half-page advert in the playbook by telling him that Sam (the ''Casablanca'' character portrayed by {{w|Dooley Wilson}}) will play "{{W2|As Time Goes By|song}}" with [[Hulk]] hands. Martin is later seen trying to play the piano with Hulk hands.
[[File:Comic Book Guy wearing a Hello Kitty costume.png|300px|thumb|[[Comic Book Guy]] wears a {{w|Hello Kitty}} costume]]
*Comic Book Guy wears a {{w|Hello Kitty}} costume.
*At the ''Casablanca'' dress rehearsal Lisa is dressed as Ilsa Lund, Jack Deforest as Rick Blaine, [[Nelson]] as Captain Louis Renault, [[Üter]] as Signor Ferrari, [[Nina Skalka]] as the guitar player (portrayed by {{w|Corinna Mura}}), and [[Ralph]] as Signor Ugarte.
**Ralph says "You despise me, don't you?", one of the phrases from the film.
*Ralph mentions {{w|Fiji Water}} when he gets in a locker.
*When Milhouse finally got the role of Rick Blaine, he questions why the Nazis would respect the "letters of transit" signed by {{w|Charles de Gaulle}}. These fictitious letters were a key element of the film.
*[[Tom Collins]]' name is a reference to the cocktail of the {{w|Tom Collins|same name}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Rlazebnik/status/716780724821438466 Rob LaZebnik's Twitter]</ref>
**George Takei wonders if Tom Collins would like to hear about horror stories of him working with [[Bill Shatner]]. Bill Shatner is well-known for portraying Captain [[James T. Kirk]] in ''Star Trek'', the series in which Takei portrayed [[Hikaru Sulu]].
*The song "{{W2|Celebration|Kool & the Gang song}}" by [[Kool & the Gang]] plays when Smithers is dating [[Julio]].
*Three people were checking on [[The Hounds|Mr. Burns' hounds]]. They were wearing "PEtA" T-shirts, a referenceto to "{{w|People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PeTA}}", an American animal rights organization.
[[File:The Aviator parody scene.png|300px|thumb|[[Mr. Burns]] and [[Smithers]] fly on a {{w|Sikorsky S-38}} in the night of [[Springfield]] just like [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and [[Cate Blanchett]] did in the 2004 film ''{{w2|The Aviator|2004 film}}'']]
*The scene in which Smithers is on a plane with Burns flying in the night of [[Springfield]] is a reference to ''{{w2|The Aviator|2004 film}}''. In that film scene [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] (as {{w|Howard Hughes}}) invited [[Cate Blanchett]] (as [[Katharine Hepburn]]) to fly in his {{w|Sikorsky S-38}} when he first met her. That same scene soundtrack, "{{w2|Moonglow|song}}" by [[Benny Goodman]], was used in this episode scene.
*The sign in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] that says "Our Castro district is much different than yours" is alluding to the {{w|Castro District, San Francisco|Castro District}} of [[San Francisco]].
*In Smithers' visit to Havana, the mural ''Muerte al Señor Burns'' (''Death to Mr. Burns'') is a reference to the real-world ''Huye {{w|Fulgencio Batista|Batista}}'' mural [https://i0.wp.com/jovencuba.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/revolucion-cubana-pensamiento.jpg?fit=1024%2C488&ssl=1] from 1959.
*[[Chalmers]] compares Milhouse to a "young {{w|Noah Wyle}}".
*Mr. Burns took an [[Uber]] to get to [[Luigi's]]. He thought Uber was a "''Wehrmacht'' staff car". ''{{w|Wehrmacht}}'' was the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany. Eventually, the car was a {{w|Prius}}.
*"{{w2|As Time Goes By|song}}" can be heard when Burns and Smithers hug.
*A lifetime [[Broadway]] pass can be seen on Mr. Burns' letter to get Smithers back.
**Burns says he forgot to add a [[Starbucks]] card in the letter.
*The montage at the end showing [[Moe]], [[Jack Deforest|Jack]] and [[Groundskeeper Willie]] on a journey for gold is a reference to ''{{W2|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre|film}}''. Moe mentions a "Bogart kid", a reference to [[Humphrey Bogart]], who was a protagonist in that film.
**The image of [[Moe]] with a noose around his neck and standing on the shoulders of a boy is a reference to the pivotal scene, revealed in flashback, in ''{{w|Once Upon a Time in the West}}''.
**The image of [[Lisa]] and Jack on The African Queen boat is a reference to the film ''{{W2|The African Queen|film}}''.
*The main theme of ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', composed by {{w|Max Steiner}}, can be heard during the credits.

== Trivia ==
*''The Simpsons'' logo appears over the clouds when Smithers and Mr. Burns were parachuting.
*[[Rob LaZebnik]] told in an interview that the inspiration for this episode came from his relationship with his homosexual son, Johnny LaZebnik, who came out during high school.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/simpsons-character-smithers-to-come-out-as-gay-in-new-episode-20160402 Rolling Stone - 'Simpsons' Character Smithers to Come Out as Gay in New Episode]</ref>

== Continuity ==
*[[Vladimir Putin]] on horseback was previously seen in "[[Treehouse of Horror XXVI]]".

== Goofs ==
*The banner of the opera to be played the next day after ''[[Casablanca]]'' changes between scenes from ''{{W2|Equus|play}}'' to ''{{w|Top Gun}}''.
*At the Licenses Bureau, it's possible to see for a fraction of a second that the lady gives Smithers and Julio a Marriage License, but later it's a fishing license.
*[[Janey Powell]] calls herself "Jacqueline Jones" in this episode.

== References ==
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