Editing Chief of Hearts/References

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== Cultural references ==
[[File:Dylan's party superheroes.png|300px|thumb|Some kids are dressed as superheroes from [[Marvel]] and [[DC Comics]] at Dylan's party]]
*At Dylan's party, some kids are dressed as superheroes from [[Marvel]] and [[DC Comics]].
**Part of the ''{{W|Funeral Sentences and Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary}}'' by {{W|Henry Purcell}} is heard when the kids are fighting.
**Chief Wiggum later mentions [[Superman]].
*''Battle Ball'' is a reference to ''{{W|Bakugan Battle Brawlers}}'', a game played with balls with magnets inside and cards.
**When explaining the game to [[Bart]], one of the boys says that it makes ''{{W|Digimon}}'' look like ''[[Pokémon]]''.
*[[John Swartzwelder]], one of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' writers, is seen among the bums that [[Chief Wiggum]] ordered [[Krusty]] to sort according to the war they participated in.
*[[Ralph]]'s grandma lives in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].
*While pointing a gun at [[Homer]], [[Johnny Tightlips]] says, "nobody moves, or the doughboy gets popped" a reference to [[Poppin' Fresh]], better known as the {{W|Pillsbury Doughboy}}.
*Chief Wiggum wants Homer to write a story about baseball player {{Ch|Babe Ruth}} and [[Adolf Hitler]], but without mentioning "baseball" or "[[Germany]]".
*When chief Wiggum goes to [[Moe's]] tavern upon leaving the hospital, it is revealed that he has tried to frame Homer with fake evidence such as in the police corruption film ''{{W|Touch of Evil}}''. He is also using a cane like captain Quinlan did.
**He also compares the friends' meeting to a "''{{W2|St. Elmo's Fire|film}}'' reunion which {{W|Andrew McCarthy}} was going to attend". McCarthy was part of the cast of ''St. Elmo's Fire'', a film about a group of friends who just graduated from college and struggled with adulthood.
[[File:Starsky & Hutch parody.png|300px|thumb|The cop show that [[Homer]] watches is a parody of the action TV series ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'']]
*The cop show that Homer watches before changing the channel is a parody of the action TV series ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]''.
**Over the freeze-frame at the end of the show, the words "A Stephen J. Copshow Production" appear, a parody of {{W|Stephen J. Cannell}}, who produced many cop shows but not ''Starsky & Hutch''.
*[[Fat Tony]], [[Louie]], [[Legs]] and Johnny Tightlips are stitching alligator logos onto {{W|Counterfeit_consumer_good|knockoff}} {{W|Lacoste}} shirts. They are rushing because Fat Tony wants them at [[Springfield Mall|the mall]] "in time for the ''Crazy Days of Summer'' sale." Knockoffs frequently have logos with mistakes and the two reptile species are often confused with each other, but the Lacoste logo is a crocodile because the founder, {{W|René Lacoste}}, was nicknamed "The Crocodile" by the American press when he was a tennis player. 
*When Wiggum holds a fried chicken as if it was a gun, Johnny Tightlips says "looks like his weapon is loaded with 12 original herbs and spices". This is a reference to {{W|KFC Original Recipe}}, in which [[Colonel Sanders|Sanders]]' Original Recipe of "11 herbs and spices" is one of the most famous trade secrets in the catering industry.
*When Louie turns on the music for Fat Tony, the song "{{W|At Seventeen}}" by {{W|Janis Ian}} plays.
**The song is heard again during the credits.
*Wiggum uses {{W|Fix-a-Flat}} to attack Louie.
*At the end of the episode, one of Homer and Wiggum's photos is a parody of the skating scene from ''{{W|Blades of Glory}}'', the sports comedy film.

== Trivia ==
**As of this episode, Homer is the only character to have speaking lines in every episode of the series, since Bart doesn't appear in "[[Four Great Women and a Manicure]]".
*[[Sideshow Bob]] makes a brief cameo appearance at the end of the episode.
*[[Ramrod]] is one of the ex-convicts working at [[Cora's Diner]].
*[[Superintendent Chalmers]] mentions Bart previously took {{W|Ritalin}}. ("[[Brother's Little Helper]]")

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