American History X-cellent/References - Revision history

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replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (4), replaced: → (8)

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‎Cultural references

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‎Cultural references: couch gag

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 [[File:Burns Bless America.png|thumb|right|The script cover to ''[[Burns Bless America]]'' is a reference to the painting ''{{W|Archibald Willard#The Spirit of '76|The Spirit of '76}}'']]
 *The episode title is a wordplay on the 1998 drama ''{{W|American History X}}'', but tacks on [[Mr. Burns]]' catchphrase at the end.
 *The plot is largely based on the [[Stephen King]] novel ''{{W2|The Green Mile|novel}}''.
 *A couple of story elements during Burns' stay in prison, however, are references to ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'':
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 *One of the things Mr. Burns has on him that he has to leave to the prison guard before going into his cell is a movie stub to the film ''{{W2|Tillie's Punctured Romance|1914 film}}'' from 1914, staring [[Charlie Chaplin]].
 *The song "{{W2|Summer|War song}}" by War plays at the start of Burns' July 4th picnic.
 == Trivia ==

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 *Burns' wine cellar includes Chateau La Mondotte, a St Emilion vineyard owned by Stephan von Neipperg, Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
 *As stated in the episode, Annie the ant is named after ''{{W|Little Orphan Annie}}''.
-*One of the things [[Mr. Burns]] has on him that he has to leave to the prison guard before going into his cell is a movie stub to the film ''{{W2|Tillie's Punctured Romance|1914 film}}'' from 1914, staring [[Charlie Chaplin]].
+*One of the things Mr. Burns has on him that he has to leave to the prison guard before going into his cell is a movie stub to the film ''{{W2|Tillie's Punctured Romance|1914 film}}'' from 1914, staring [[Charlie Chaplin]].
 *The song "{{W2|Summer|War song}}" by War plays at the start of Burns' July 4th picnic.
 *The Couch Gag has a reference to {{W|Buster Keaton}} and his film {{W|Steamboat Bill, Jr.}} with the wall falling.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode title is a wordplay on the 1998 drama ''{{W|American History X}}'', but tacks on [[Mr. Burns]]' catchphrase at the end.
 *The plot is largely based on the [[Stephen King]] novel ''{{W2|The Green Mile|novel}}''.

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 *Burns' wine cellar includes Chateau La Mondotte, a St Emilion vineyard owned by Stephan von Neipperg, Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
 *As stated in the episode, Annie the ant is named after ''{{W|Little Orphan Annie}}''.
 *One of the things [[Mr. Burns]] has on him that he has to leave to the prison guard before going into his cell is a movie stub to the film ''{{W2|Tillie's Punctured Romance|1914 film}}'' from 1914, staring [[Charlie Chaplin]].
 *The song "{{W2|Summer|War song}}" by War plays at the start of Burns' July 4th picnic.

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 *Burns' wine cellar includes Chateau La Mondotte, a St Emilion vineyard owned by Stephan von Neipperg, Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
 *As stated in the episode, Annie the ant is named after ''{{W|Little Orphan Annie}}''.
 *One of the things [[Mr. Burns]] has on him that he has to leave to the prison guard before going into his cell is a movie stub to the film ''{{W2|Tillie's Punctured Romance|1914 film}}'' from 1914, staring [[Charlie Chaplin]].
 *The song "{{W2|Summer|War song}}" by War plays at the start of Burns' July 4th picnic.

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 == Trivia ==
-*Although Mr. Burns has been replaced or substituted by many characters before, including [[Lenny]] and even [[Homer]], this episode marks the first time that [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.|Smithers]] himself replaces Mr. Burns as owner of the Power Plant.
+*Although Mr. Burns has been replaced or substituted by many characters before, including [[Lenny]] and even [[Homer]], this episode marks the first time that [[Smithers]] himself replaces Mr. Burns as owner of the Power Plant.
 *This episode also implies that Smithers might have become openly gay, given Homer's comment about knowing about Smither's tendency to "like his loafers light" as well as flashing Smithers twice, with the first time suggesting Smithers to "use that image any way [Smithers] would like."
 *This episode shows [[Sideshow Bob]] being in the washing machine and the dryer, put there by a laughing [[Snake]] who was Bob's friend and cell mate in the first few seasons, suggesting that either he stopped being Bob's friend, or it was a practical joke.