Bart-Mangled Banner/References - Revision history

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 *The "Donkey-Basketball" story was originally supposed to be in "[[Bart the Fink]]", but was cut for time (according to the [[The Complete Seventh Season|Season 7 DVD]] commentary).
 *The Chanel suit that Marge is wearing in this episode resembles the one from the previous episode, "[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield]]".
-*Bart himself coined the phrase "Bart-Mangled Banner" in the [[Season 14]] episode, "[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]" (when he altered [[Lisa]]'s blueprint for the state flag to read "Learn To Fart" instead of "To Fraternal Love").
+*Bart himself coined the phrase "Bart-Mangled Banner" in the [[Season 14]] episode, "[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]" (when he altered Lisa's blueprint for the state flag to read "Learn To Fart" instead of "To Fraternal Love").
 *[[Cesar]] and [[Ugolin]] appear in this episode, when the Simpson family is having dinner in the Eiffel Tower.
 *[[The last registered Democrat]] who helps the Simpsons escape is identical in voice and appearance to {{ap|Cookie|Dude, Where's My Ranch?}}.

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 *"[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" is heard before the donkey basketball game starts.
 *[[Lenny]]'s tattoo references {{W|Bob Dole 1996 presidential campaign|Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign}}, which had {{W|Jack Kemp}} as a running mate for vice president.
-*The [[Springfield Shopper]] boss wants a writer to overhype Bart's story so much so that it makes the ''{{W|New York Post}}'' look like ''{{W|The New York Times}}''.
+*The [[Springfield Shopper]] boss wants a writer to overhype Bart's story so much so that it makes the ''{{W|New York Post}}'' look like ''[[The New York Times]]''.
 *The car wash is named [[When You Wash Upon a Car Wash]], a pun on the song "{{W|When You Wish Upon a Star}}", featured in ''{{W2|Pinocchio|1940 film}}''.
 *[[Sideshow Mel]] uses the nickname {{W|Old Glory}} to refer to the US flag.

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 *The "Left-wing celebrities" include:
 **American film director {{Ch|Michael Moore}}. Moore is a Democrat, and is well known for his {{W|Michael Moore#Political views|progressive views}}.
-**The [[Dixie Chicks (characters)|Dixie Chicks]]. In 2003, the band {{W|Dixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush|publicly criticized President George W. Bush}}, which triggered a backlash.
+**The {{Chs|Dixie Chicks}}. In 2003, the band {{W|Dixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush|publicly criticized President George W. Bush}}, which triggered a backlash.
 **[[Elmo]], a character from ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
 **Former Democrat US president [[Bill Clinton]], who mentions ''{{W|The Washington Post}}''.

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 **While being escorted out by the {{W|SWAT}}, Homer sings to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and mentions {{W|Cracker Jack}}s, an American brand of snack food.
 *The "Left-wing celebrities" include:
-**American film director {{Ch|Michael Moore}}. Moore is a Democrat, and is well-known for his {{W|Michael Moore#Political views|progressive views}}.
+**American film director {{Ch|Michael Moore}}. Moore is a Democrat, and is well known for his {{W|Michael Moore#Political views|progressive views}}.
 **The [[Dixie Chicks (characters)|Dixie Chicks]]. In 2003, the band {{W|Dixie Chicks comments on George W. Bush|publicly criticized President George W. Bush}}, which triggered a backlash.
 **[[Elmo]], a character from ''[[Sesame Street]]''.

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 *The episode title is a play on "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", the national anthem of the United States.
 *[[Lisa]] asks [[Marge]] for a {{W|calico cat}}.
-*When [[Bart]] thinks him, Lisa and [[Maggie]] are going to be sell to become {{W|Crash test dummy|crash test dummies}}, Lisa hopes it is going to be for the car manufacturer {{W|Volvo Cars|Volvo}}. Volvo cars have long been marketed as safe and the company uses high-tech safety systems as standard equipment in new vehicles.
+*When [[Bart]] thinks him, Lisa and [[Maggie]] are going to be sold to become {{W|Crash test dummy|crash test dummies}}, Lisa hopes it is going to be for the car manufacturer {{W|Volvo Cars|Volvo}}. Volvo cars have long been marketed as safe and the company uses high-tech safety systems as standard equipment in new vehicles.
 *{{W2|Blondie|band}}'s famous 1979 single "{{W|One Way or Another}}" is heard when [[Dr. Hibbert]] chases Bart.
 [[File:North by Northwest parody.png|250px|thumb|[[Bart]] is chased by a crop-duster plane, parodying the iconic scene in the 1959 spy thriller film ''{{W|North by Northwest}}'']]
 *Bart is chased by a crop-duster plane, parodying the iconic scene in the 1959 spy thriller film ''{{W|North by Northwest}}''.
-*[[Drederick Tatum]] hits Dr. Hibbert in the face for his "{{W|Black-on-black racism|Black-on-black}} violence" and again in honor of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], who advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States.
+*[[Drederick Tatum]] hits Dr. Hibbert in the face for his "{{W|Black-on-black racism|Black-on-black}} violence" and hits him again in honor of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], who advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States.
 *[[Willie]]'s mother works at a [[Starbucks]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].
 *"[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" is heard before the donkey basketball game starts.
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 **Former Democrat US president [[Bill Clinton]], who mentions ''{{W|The Washington Post}}''.
 **A [[wine expert]], who was imprisoned for saying that imported wines are better than {{W|Napa Valley}} wines.
-*The [[terrorist]] who was imprisoned for bringing explosives from [[Canada]] is a spoof of {{W|Ahmed Ressam}}, known as the "Millennium Bomber", the suspect who planned to blow up the [[Space Needle]] on December 31, 1999 but was foiled.
+**The [[terrorist]] who was imprisoned for bringing explosives from [[Canada]] is a spoof of {{W|Ahmed Ressam}}, known as the "Millennium Bomber", the suspect who planned to blow up the [[Space Needle]] on December 31, 1999 but was foiled.
 **American comedian and actress {{Ch|Janeane Garofalo}}. Garofalo is a Democrat and has been open and outspoken regarding her liberal political views.
 *The Simpsons are held at [[Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center]], named in honor to former US president [[Ronald Reagan]].
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 *When the Simpsons sing "[[America Rules]]" to cover their staggered escape from the reeducation center, it parallels the Von Trapps' use of "{{W|So Long, Farewell}}" in their escape from Salzburg in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
 **Lisa burns an {{W|American Civil Liberties Union}} (ACLU) card.
-[[File:Reagan Reeducation Center.png|250px|thumb|The Rondal Reagan Reeducation Center is actually {{W|Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary}}, the former prison located off the coast of [[San Francisco]]]]
+[[File:Reagan Reeducation Center.png|250px|thumb|The Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center is actually {{W|Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary}}, the former prison located off the coast of [[San Francisco]]]]
-*The Rondal Reagan Reeducation Center is actually {{W|Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary}}, the former prison located off the coast of [[San Francisco]], [[California]].
+*The Ronald Reagan Reeducation Center is actually {{W|Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary}}, the former prison located off the coast of [[San Francisco]], [[California]].
 *The song "{{W2|America|Neil Diamond song}}" by {{W|Neil Diamond}} is heard at the end of the episode.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a play on the title of USA's National Anthem, "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]".
+*The episode title is a play on "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", the national anthem of the United States.
-*When [[Dr. Hibbert]] chases [[Bart]], "{{W|One Way or Another}}" by Blondie is played.
+*[[Lisa]] asks [[Marge]] for a {{W|calico cat}}.
-*The scene where Dr. Hibbert chases Bart in a cropduster mirrors a scene in the 1959 [[Alfred Hitchcock]] thriller, ''{{W|North by Northwest}}''.
+*When [[Bart]] thinks him, Lisa and [[Maggie]] are going to be sell to become {{W|Crash test dummy|crash test dummies}}, Lisa hopes it is going to be for the car manufacturer {{W|Volvo Cars|Volvo}}. Volvo cars have long been marketed as safe and the company uses high-tech safety systems as standard equipment in new vehicles.
-*When thinking about changing [[Springfield]]'s name, [[Mayor Quimby]] refers to "Hitler City, NC", which (according to him) changed its name to Charlotte.
+*{{W2|Blondie|band}}'s famous 1979 single "{{W|One Way or Another}}" is heard when [[Dr. Hibbert]] chases Bart.
 *The "Government Knows Best" act satirizes the controversial 2001 legislation, the {{W|USA PATRIOT Act|Patriot Act}}, aimed at fighting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
-*[[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]]'s attempt to smoke 100 cigarettes at once is a reference to the ''[[Guinness World Records]]''.
+*When the Simpsons sing "[[America Rules]]" to cover their staggered escape from the reeducation center, it parallels the Von Trapps' use of "{{W|So Long, Farewell}}" in their escape from Salzburg in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
-*[[Lenny]]'s tattoo is from the Dole-Kemp 1996 election campaign.
+**Lisa burns an {{W|American Civil Liberties Union}} (ACLU) card.
-*The man who was imprisoned for bringing explosives from Canada is a spoof of the Millennium Bomber, the suspect who planned to blow up the [[Space Needle]] on Dec. 31, 1999 but was foiled.
+[[File:Reagan Reeducation Center.png|250px|thumb|The Rondal Reagan Reeducation Center is actually {{W|Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary}}, the former prison located off the coast of [[San Francisco]]]]
 == Trivia ==

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 *Bart himself coined the phrase "Bart-Mangled Banner" in the [[Season 14]] episode, "[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]" (when he altered [[Lisa]]'s blueprint for the state flag to read "Learn To Fart" instead of "To Fraternal Love").
 *[[Cesar]] and [[Ugolin]] appear in this episode, when the Simpson family is having dinner in the Eiffel Tower.
-*The "last registered democrat" who helps the family escape is identical in voice and appearance to [[Cookie (Dude, Where's My Ranch?)|Cookie]].
+*The "last registered democrat" who helps the family escape is identical in voice and appearance to {{ap|Cookie|Dude, Where's My Ranch?}}.
 == Goofs ==