Editing Opposites A-Frack/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is most likely a {{W|portmanteau}} on the saying "opposites attract" and "frack" in the work {{W|Hydraulic fracturing|fracking}}. There is also a {{W|Opposites Attract|song with that title}}.
*[[Patty]] and [[Selma]] did not enjoy [[Paris]] as they could not see the ''{{w|Mona Lisa}}''.
*[[Homer]] tells [[Marge]] she can not bring "a couple of Riddlers to stay in the Bat Cave", a reference to [[The Riddler]] villain from ''[[DC Comics]]'', and to {{w|Batcave|Batman's headquarters}}.
*Homer also calls Patty and Selma "bad news bears", a reference to the sports comedy film ''{{w|The Bad News Bears}}''.
*A similar song to "Si tu vois ma mère" by {{w|Sidney Bechet}} is heard when Patty and Selma and other smokers recreate the [[Eiffel Tower]] at the front of [[Springfield Dog Track]] during the night. This song is part of the soundtrack of ''{{w|Midnight in Paris}}''.
*[[Lisa]] watched a documentary about fracking on [[Webflix]], a parody of [[Netflix]]. Other content watched by Lisa included:
**''[[Oh Glacier, Where Art Thou?]]'', a pun on the 2000 film ''{{w|O Brother, Where Art Thou?}}''.
**''[[The Desolation of Smog]]'', a pun on ''{{w|The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug}}''.
*Lisa thinks that stopping [[Mr. Burns]] from fracking may be beyond the power of an eight-year-old girl with a book report due on ''{{w|Beezus and Ramona}}''. Lisa is referring to the 1955 children's novel written by {{w|Beverly Cleary}}.
*When [[Maxine Lombard]] speaks of defending "our precious Bay Area values", she is referring to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], a hotbed of informed environmentalism.
*Burns' trial is transmitted via [[S-SPAN]], a parody of {{w|C-SPAN}}. C-SPAN is an American cable and satellite television network that televises many proceedings of the United States federal government, as well as other public affairs programming.
*Pictures of Maxine with [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]] can be seen at her office.
[[File:Singin' in the Rain parody.png|300px|thumb|Upon discovering their mutual attraction, Mr. Burns and Maxine Lombard re-enact the dream sequence from ''{{W|Singin' in the Rain}}'']]
*Upon discovering their mutual attraction, Mr. Burns and Maxine Lombard re-enact the dream sequence from the 1952 American musical romantic comedy film ''{{W|Singin' in the Rain}}''.
**The song "{{w|Singin' in the Rain#Songs|The Broadway Melody Ballet}}" by {{w|Nacio Herb Brown}} is heard during the sequence.
*Burns once slept with [[Nellie Taft]], the First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913.
*Maxine calls Burns a "sexy little Nosferatu", a reference to the film ''{{w|Nosferatu the Vampyre}}'' based on {{w|Bram Stoker}}'s ''[[Dracula]]''.
*The compounds [[Professor Frink]] talks about include {{w|2-Butoxyethanol}}, {{w|Dazomet}} and {{w|Formaldehyde}}. He also mentions the {{w|margin of error}}, a concept in sampling.
*When Homer says "I like movies where there's only one day a year when murder is legal" he is referring to the dystopian horror film ''{{w2|The Purge|2013 film}}''.
*Homer refers to the bulldozers as "Killdozers", a reference to the 1974 sci-fi film ''{{w2|Killdozer!|film}}'' in which a spirit takes over a large bulldozer.
*When the [[Burns' manor]] is being demolished, retired American radio journalist {{ch|Robert Siegel}} tells Burns that the "[[Antonin Scalia]] bedroom" was now a {{w|National Public Radio}} broadcast center.
**Siegel also plays the ''{{w|All Things Considered}}'' theme by {{w|Wycliffe Gordon}} on a radio.

== Continuity ==
[[File:Opposite A-Frack Action Figures.png|thumb|200px|right|The action figures in the Androids Dungeon.]]
*Action figures of three of [[The Fossil Fuel Four]] ([[The Fracker]], [[Charcoal Briquette]] and [[Old King Coal]]) appears in the Android's Dungeon. ("[[Married to the Blob]]")
*Action figures of [[The Collider]], {{Ch|Radioactive Man}} and [[Sergeant Activity]] also appears. ("[[Steal This Episode]]", "[[Fat Man and Little Boy]]", etc.)

== Trivia ==
*[[Bart]] only has two lines in this episode.

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