Editing The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular/References

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== Cultural references ==
*[[Troy McClure]] also starred in ''[[Five Fabulous Weeks of The Chevy Chase Show]]'', a reference to ''{{W|The Chevy Chase Show}}''.
*Troy McClure calls the [[Simpson family]] "America's favorite non-prehistoric cartoon family", a reference to ''[[The Flintstones]]''.
*One of the [[couch gag]]s shows the Simpsons being crushed by a giant foot, a reference to ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
*One of the couch gags shows the Simpsons in a [[M. C. Escher]]-style room.
*''[[Johnny Reb Comics]]'' is a reference to {{W|Johnny Reb}}, the national personification of the common soldier of the {{W|Confederate States of America|Confederacy}}.
*{{Ch|James L. Brooks}} is depicted as looking like [[Rich Uncle Pennybags]] from [[Monopoly]].
*{{Ch|Sam Simon}} is depicted as looking like {{W|Howard Hughes}}.
*In the short "[[Good Night]]", [[Marge]] sings "[[Rock-a-bye Baby]]" to [[Maggie]].
*Professor Lawrence Pierce is from the {{W|University of Chicago}}.
*A clip from "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]" of Homer singing a parody of "[[Meet the Flintstones]]", the theme song of ''The Flintstones'', is shown.
*Homer eating potato chips in space in "[[Deep Space Homer]]" is set to the song "{{W|The Blue Danube}}" by {{W|Johann Strauss II}}.
*Dr. Linus Irving is from the {{W|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|Sloan-Kettering Memorial Institute}}.
*{{Ch|Matt Groening}} has a ''[[Life in Hell]]'' poster in his office.
*In the deleted scene from "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]", he has a book called ''[[Sex]]'', a reference to [[Madonna]]'s 1992 book ''{{W2|Sex|book}}''.
*Another deleted scene from "Krusty Gets Kancelled" has network executives telling Krusty that his show is being replaced by a hemorrhoid infomercial starring {{W|Claude Akins}}.
*The deleted scene from "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]" has Homer dealing cards to [[James Bont]], [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], [[Oddjob]], and [[Jaws]] from ''[[James Bond]].
*In a deleted scene from "[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]", Bart says that he'll sell his soul for a {{W|Formula One}} racing car.
*In a deleted scene from "[[Burns' Heir]]", the [[Robotic Richard Simmons]], a robot version of [[Richard Simmons]], plays the song "{{W|(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty}}" by {{W|KC and the Sunshine Band}}. The song later plays during the "hardcore nudity" montage.
**When Smithers shoots the robot in the head, it quickly "heals", similar to the T-1000 in the steel mill scene of ''{{W|Terminator 2}}''.

== Trivia ==
*All the new footage in this episode is colored using digital ink and paint. This marks the second time it was used in the series, after "[[Radioactive Man]]".
*The wraparound sequences with Troy were animated by USAnimation, which also provided the digital coloring for "[[Radioactive Man]]".
*The answer to the question during the first commercial break claims that the cash register says "NRA4EVER" when [[Maggie]] is scanned. This is a joke and the cash register actually says "847.63", the estimated cost of raising a baby for one month in [[1989]].
*Alternate shooters of [[Mr. Burns]] include; [[Barney]], {{Ch|Tito Puente}}, [[Moe]], [[Apu]], and [[Santa's Little Helper]].
**The alternate ending where Mr. Burns reveals that [[Waylon Smithers]] shot him is also shown. This alternate ending was created to stop the show's staff from leaking the ending.

== Continuity ==
*Clips from ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' [[The Simpsons shorts|shorts]] include:
**The family eating dinner in "[[Eating Dinner]]".
**The entirety of "[[Good Night]]".
**The entirety of "[[The Perfect Crime]]".
**Scenes from "[[Space Patrol]]".
**Scenes from "[[World War III]]".
**The entirety of "[[Bathtime]]".
*Clips from episodes include:
**[[Barney]] drinking with {{Ch|Wade Boggs}} at [[Moe's Tavern]]. ("[[Homer at the Bat]]")
*[[Adolf Hitler]] in an episode of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]''. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]")
*Alternate outcomes for "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]" are shown.
*The [[couch gags]] are all repeats from previous episodes. These include the couch gags from "[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]", "[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]", "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]", "[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]", "[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]", "[[Homer Goes to College]]", "[[A Star Is Burns]]", "[[Homer the Great]]", "[[Homer Badman]]", "[[Lisa's Rival]]", "[[Bart's Comet]]", and the "[[Circus Line couch gag]]" originally from "[[Lisa's First Word]]".
*Clips from the "Homer getting stupider" montage include:
**Homer at the post office pretending to be [[Mr. Burns]] to get a letter. ("[[Blood Feud]]")
**Homer's "I was being sarcastic" making people happy monologue. ("[[Flaming Moe's]]")
**Homer singing "[[Meet the Flintstones]]". ("[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]")
**Homer opening the bag of potato chips in the space shuttle. ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
**The "no TV and no beer make Homer something something" scene from "The Shinning" segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]".
*The scene of [[Smithers]] talking to [[Mr. Burns]] about his birthday preparations is shown, and then imagining Burns coming out of a cake, is shown. ("[[Rosebud]]")
*The scene of Burns talking about dogs to Smithers is shown. ("[[Dog of Death]]")
*The scene of Smithers turning his computer on and seeing a naked Mr. Burns on the screen is shown. ("[[Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy]]")
*The scene where Smithers imagines Burns flying through his window is shown. ("[[Marge Gets a Job]]")
*Clips and deleted scenes from "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]" are shown.
*Clips and deleted scenes from "[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]" are shown.
*The clip of Homer meeting [[Mona Simpson|his mother]] is seen. ("[[Mother Simpson]]")
*Deleted scenes from "[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]" are shown.
*Clips and deleted scenes from "[[Homer and Apu]]" are shown.
*Clips and deleted scenes from "[[Burns' Heir]]" are shown.
*The hardcore nudity montage includes:
**[[Barney]] in "[[Mr. Plow]]".
**[[Martin]] in "[[Bart of Darkness]]".
**Homer in "[[Rosebud]]".
**Bart in "[['Round Springfield]]".
**[[Groundskeeper Willie]] in "[[Bart's Girlfriend]]".
**Homer in "[[Homie the Clown]]".
**Bart in "[[Bart vs. Australia]]".
**Homer in "[[Homer Badman]]".
**Baby Bart in "[[Lisa's First Word]]".
**Mr. Burns in "[[Brush with Greatness]]".
**Homer and Marge in "[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]".
**Homer in "Homer Badman".
**Baby Bart in "[[And Maggie Makes Three]]".
**Homer in "[[Treehouse of Horror III]]".
**Baby Bart in "[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]".
**Homer in "[[Homer the Great]]".
**Bart, [[Rabbi Krustofsky]] and rabbis in "[[Like Father, Like Clown]]".
**Bart in "[[I Love Lisa]]".
**Homer in "[[The Call of the Simpsons]]".
**Homer and Marge in "[[Colonel Homer]]".

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