Bart the Murderer/References - Revision history

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MediocreUsername: /* Cultural references */ continuity

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‎Cultural references: continuity

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 *"{{W2|One Fine Day|song}}" by {{W|Gerry Goffin}} and {{W|Carole King}} is heard when Bart is serving drinks to the mob.
 *The song Bart sings in the kitchen is [[Frank Sinatra]]'s "{{W2|Witchcraft|1957 song}}".
-*[[The Godfather]] gives Fat Tony the infamous mafia {{W2|Kiss of death|mafia}}.
+*{{Ch|The Godfather}} gives Fat Tony the infamous mafia {{W2|Kiss of death|mafia}}.
 *Bart refers to Fat Tony as "patrón", the famous nickname of Colombian drug lord {{W|Pablo Escobar}}.
 *[[Princess Opal]] describes an hypothetical wedding between TV personality [[Vanna White]] and politician [[Ted Kennedy]]. She also mentions how country singer [[Willie Nelson]] will astound his fans by swimming across the {{W|English Channel}}.
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 == Trivia ==
-*[[Fat Tony]]'s prisoner number was 8F03, the production code for this episode.
+*Fat Tony's prisoner number was 8F03, the production code for this episode.
 ***''Eat My Shorts'' is a horse running in another race (and another of Bart's catchphrases).
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 *Bart's forgotten permission slip can be seen (just barely) under his pillowcase before he wakes up at the beginning of the episode.
 *While imprisoned, Bart's cellmate is a seriously pumped-up [[Sideshow Bob]].
-*During the last scene, the Simpsons watch a movie based on this episode. When the narrator lists the actors, the actor playing Fat Tony is [[Joe Mantegna]], who provides the voice of Fat Tony on ''The Simpsons''.
+*During the last scene, the Simpsons watch a movie based on this episode. When the narrator lists the actors, the actor playing Fat Tony is Joe Mantegna, who provides the voice of Fat Tony on ''The Simpsons''.
 *The producers attempted to have "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes play midway through the episode. Due to being unable to secure permission, they used "One Fine Day" instead.
-*On the news, Fat Tony's real name is revealed as "William "[[Fat Tony]]" Williams" but would later change to "Anthony "Fat Tony" D'Amico" in "[[The Homer They Fall]]" whether or not this was a decision made by the shows writers or if the two names were separate aliases is unknown.
+*On the news, Fat Tony's real name is revealed as "William "Fat Tony" Williams" but would later change to "Anthony "Fat Tony" D'Amico" in "[[The Homer They Fall]]" whether or not this was a decision made by the shows writers or if the two names were separate aliases is unknown.
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 == Cultural references ==
-*This episode takes a lot of plot of [[Bart]]'s afterschool job for [[Fat Tony]] is spoofing the rise of mobster {{W|Henry Hill}} in ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. As in the film, a school-aged boy mixes drinks for the local mob gang, his mother gets distressed after seeing him wear a snazzy new suit, the mobster interfering when he is in trouble at school (in the movie they stop the local mailman through a violent treat from delivering letters from the school to his parents, in the episode they go directly to the principal's office) and there is also a cigarette hijacking. Fat Tony's character design was based {{W|Paul Sorvino}} who played {{W|Paul Vario|Paulie Vario}} (renamed Paulie Cicero in the movie).
+*This episode takes a lot of plot of [[Bart]]'s afterschool job for [[Fat Tony]] is spoofing the rise of mobster {{W|Henry Hill}} in ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. As in the film, a school-aged boy mixes drinks for the local mob gang, his mother gets distressed after seeing him wear a snazzy new suit, the mobsters interfering when he is in trouble at school (in the movie they stop the local mailman through a violent treat from delivering letters from the school to his parents, in the episode they go directly to the principal's office) and there is also a cigarette hijacking. Fat Tony's character design was based {{W|Paul Sorvino}} who played {{W|Paul Vario|Paulie Vario}} (renamed Paulie Cicero in the movie).
 *The [[Jackie O's]] cereal's name is a reference to former First Lady {{W|Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis}} (1929–1994), wife of President {{Ch|John F. Kennedy}}. When she re-married (to shipping magnate {{W|Aristotle Onassis}}) five years after Kennedy's assassination, she was nicknamed "Jackie O" in popular culture.
 **Both during and after Kennedy's presidency, Mrs. Kennedy was known for her independent and widely respected fashion sense (particularly for the pink suit she was wearing the day JFK was assassinated), alluded to by the cereal box's color scheme and promise of stretch pants.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*This episode takes a lot of plot of [[Bart]]'s afterschool job for [[Fat Tony]] is spoofing the rise of mobster {{W|Henry Hill}} in ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. As in the film, a school-aged boy mixes drinks for the local mob gang, his mother gets distressed after seeing him wear a snazzy new suit, the mobster interfering when he is in trouble at school (in the movie they stop the local mailman through a violent treat from delivering mail from the school to his parents, in the episode they go directly the principal) and there is also a cigarette hijacking. Fat Tony's character design was based {{W|Paul Sorvino}} who played {{W|Paul Vario|Paulie Vario}} (renamed Paulie Cicero in the movie).
+*This episode takes a lot of plot of [[Bart]]'s afterschool job for [[Fat Tony]] is spoofing the rise of mobster {{W|Henry Hill}} in ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. As in the film, a school-aged boy mixes drinks for the local mob gang, his mother gets distressed after seeing him wear a snazzy new suit, the mobster interfering when he is in trouble at school (in the movie they stop the local mailman through a violent treat from delivering letters from the school to his parents, in the episode they go directly to the principal's office) and there is also a cigarette hijacking. Fat Tony's character design was based {{W|Paul Sorvino}} who played {{W|Paul Vario|Paulie Vario}} (renamed Paulie Cicero in the movie).
 *The [[Jackie O's]] cereal's name is a reference to former First Lady {{W|Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis}} (1929–1994), wife of President {{Ch|John F. Kennedy}}. When she re-married (to shipping magnate {{W|Aristotle Onassis}}) five years after Kennedy's assassination, she was nicknamed "Jackie O" in popular culture.
 **Both during and after Kennedy's presidency, Mrs. Kennedy was known for her independent and widely respected fashion sense (particularly for the pink suit she was wearing the day JFK was assassinated), alluded to by the cereal box's color scheme and promise of stretch pants.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*This episode takes a lot of plot points from the film ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. As in the film, a school-aged boy mixes drinks for the mob gang, and there is also a cigarette hijacking. [[Bart]]'s work for [[Fat Tony]] mirrors the rise of young American mobster {{W|Henry Hill}}.
+*This episode takes a lot of plot of [[Bart]]'s afterschool job for [[Fat Tony]] is spoofing the rise of mobster {{W|Henry Hill}} in ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. As in the film, a school-aged boy mixes drinks for the local mob gang, his mother gets distressed after seeing him wear a snazzy new suit, the mobster interfering when he is in trouble at school (in the movie they stop the local mailman through a violent treat from delivering mail from the school to his parents, in the episode they go directly the principal) and there is also a cigarette hijacking. Fat Tony's character design was based {{W|Paul Sorvino}} who played {{W|Paul Vario|Paulie Vario}} (renamed Paulie Cicero in the movie).
 *The [[Jackie O's]] cereal's name is a reference to former First Lady {{W|Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis}} (1929–1994), wife of President {{Ch|John F. Kennedy}}. When she re-married (to shipping magnate {{W|Aristotle Onassis}}) five years after Kennedy's assassination, she was nicknamed "Jackie O" in popular culture.
 **Both during and after Kennedy's presidency, Mrs. Kennedy was known for her independent and widely respected fashion sense (particularly for the pink suit she was wearing the day JFK was assassinated), alluded to by the cereal box's color scheme and promise of stretch pants.

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 **British actress [[Jane Seymour]] is Fat Tony's lover. Presented as "the woman he loved" in reference to the 1988 film ''{{W|The Woman He Loved}}'', in which Jane Seymour starred.
 **[[Neil Patrick Harris]] from the medical sitcom ''{{W|Doogie Howser, M.D.}}'' as Bart Simpson.
 == Trivia ==

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 *Bart refers to Fat Tony as "patrón", the famous nickname of Colombian drug lord {{W|Pablo Escobar}}.
 *[[Princess Opal]] describes an hypothetical wedding between TV personality [[Vanna White]] and politician [[Ted Kennedy]]. She also mentions how country singer [[Willie Nelson]] will astound his fans by swimming across the {{W|English Channel}}.
-**She later foresees the divorce of actress {{W|Delta Burke}} and {{W|Gerald McRaney}}, protagonist of the American sitcom ''{{W|Major Dad}}''. In real life, however, Burke has been married to actor Gerald McRaney since May 28, 1989.
+**She later foresees the divorce of actress {{W|Delta Burke}} and {{W|Gerald McRaney}}, protagonist of the American sitcom ''{{W|Major Dad}}''. In real life, however, Burke has been married to actor Gerald McRaney since May 28, 1989, and never divorced.
-*Bart wakes up screaming, similar to {{W|Jack Wolt}} ({{W|John Marley}}) scream when he wakes up to find his prize horse's severed head in bed next to him in ''[[The Godfather]]''.
+*Bart wakes up screaming, similar to {{W|Jack Wolt}}'s ({{W|John Marley}}) scream when he wakes up to find his prize horse's severed head in bed next to him in ''[[The Godfather]]''.
 *[[Skinner]] frees himself from being trapped under the newspapers in a way similar to [[Angus MacGyver]]'s escapes from ''[[MacGyver]]'', the 1985 TV series.
 *In ''[[Blood on the Blackboard: The Bart Simpson Story]]'':

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 == Cultural references ==
-*This episode takes a lot of plot points from the film ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. As in the film, a school aged boy mixes drinks for the mob gang, and there is also a cigarette hijacking. Bart's work for Fat Tony mirrors the rise of young Henry Hill.
+*This episode takes a lot of plot points from the film ''{{W|Goodfellas}}''. As in the film, a school-aged boy mixes drinks for the mob gang, and there is also a cigarette hijacking. [[Bart]]'s work for [[Fat Tony]] mirrors the rise of young American mobster {{W|Henry Hill}}.
-*''Ah, Fudge!'' is also a common {{W|minced oath}} for the {{W|f-word}}.
+*The [[Jackie O's]] cereal's name is a reference to former First Lady {{W|Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis}} (1929–1994), wife of President {{Ch|John F. Kennedy}}. When she re-married (to shipping magnate {{W|Aristotle Onassis}}) five years after Kennedy's assassination, she was nicknamed "Jackie O" in popular culture.
 *The wrapper design for {{ap|Ah Fudge!|chocolate bar|Ah Fudge! chocolate bar}} is based on the {{W|Hershey bar}}.
-*The scene where [[Lisa]] waves to Bart as he tries to get on the [[School Bus|school bus]] is a reference to ''{{W2|The French Connection|film}}''.
+*All the horses in the third race at Shelbyville Downs are named for famous cartoon phrases:
-*The song Bart sings in the kitchen is [[Frank Sinatra]]'s ''{{W2|Witchcraft|1957 song}}''.
+**"Sufferin' Succotash" ({{W2|Sylvester|Looney Tunes}})
 == Trivia ==
 *[[Fat Tony]]'s prisoner number was 8F03, the production code for this episode.
-*All the horses in the third race at Shelbyville Downs are named for famous cartoon phrases:
 ***''Eat My Shorts'' is a horse running in another race (and another of Bart's catchphrases).
 *There is a large drum of nuclear waste seen in [[Homer]]'s basement in this episode.