Citizen Kane - Revision history

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‎Episodes

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‎Comics

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 {{TB|"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"}}
 {{TB|When the Simpsons were in the Mall they see a cane in a glass case and [[Lisa]] comments "Oh, look, there's the cane from ''Citizen Kane''", and then Homer, [[Marge]] and [[Bart]] give each other confused looks and walk off purposefully, leading Lisa to reprimand herself: "Wait a minute... there was no cane in ''Citizen Kane''".}}
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 {{TB|"[[Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]"}}
 {{TB|Mayor Quimby has air traffic redirected away from the motel where he has his extramarital affairs. With no planes overhead he hears the sound of [[Miss Springfield|his mistress]]' voice and "regrets building her that opera house" which is a reference to Kane building an opera house for {{W|Sources for Citizen Kane#Susan Alexander Kane|Susan Alexaner}}, his mistress and later second wife who is not a good singer.}}
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 {{TB|"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"}}
 {{TB|When the Simpsons were in the Mall they see a cane in a glass case and [[Lisa]] comments "Oh, look, there's the cane from ''Citizen Kane''", and then Homer, [[Marge]] and [[Bart]] give each other confused looks and walk off purposefully, leading Lisa to reprimand herself: "Wait a minute... there was no cane in ''Citizen Kane''".}}
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 {{TB|"[[Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington]]"}}
 {{TB|Mayor Quimby has air traffic redirected away from the motel where he has his extramarital affairs. With no planes overhead he hears the sound of [[Miss Springfield|his mistress]]' voice and "regrets building her that opera house" which is a reference to Kane building an opera house for {{W|Sources for Citizen Kane#Susan Alexander Kane|Susan Alexaner}}, his mistress and later second wife who is not a good singer.}}
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 {{TB|[[Season 18|18]]}}

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 {{TB|"[[White Christmas Blues]]"}}
 {{TB|''[[Citizen Cane]]'' is a parody of ''Citizen Kane''.}}
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 {{TB|[[Season 29|29]]}}
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 {{TB|"[[Frink Gets Testy]]"}}
 {{TB| In a documentary about Nostradamus, [[Orson Welles]] mentions he was the director of ''Citizen Kane''.}}
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 {{TB|"[[Last Exit to Springfield]]"}}
 {{TB|The scene transition where Mr. Burns's vulture in his birdhouse is shown in close-up, is very similar to a famous transition scene in ''Citizen Kane'', where a cockatoo in Kane's birdhouse briefly squawks. Both birds are shown from the same camera position too.}}
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 {{TB|[[Season 5|5]]}}
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 {{TB|"[[Rosebud]]"}}
-{{TB|The opening shots of [[Mr. Burns]] lying near-death with a snow ball in his hand parody of the opening scenes of the film. Also, the flashback where Mr. Burns leaves his teddy bear [[Bobo]] behind to go along with a rich millionaire and leave his parents references a similar scene where Charles Foster Kane is told to leave his parents for a richer life. Kane then leaves his sled behind.}}
+{{TB|The opening shots of [[Mr. Burns]] lying near-death with a snowglobe in his hand parody of the opening scenes of the film. Burns also smashes the snowglobe on the floor. Also, the flashback where Mr. Burns leaves his teddy bear [[Bobo]] behind to go along with a rich millionaire and leave his parents references a similar scene where Charles Foster Kane is told to leave his parents for a richer life. Kane then leaves his sled behind.}}
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 {{TB|"[[Marge Gets a Job]]"}}
 {{TB|[[Smithers]]' dance act for Mr. Burns, ''[[Tribute to Mr. Burns]]'', is a direct parody of a dance act organized for Charles Foster Kane.}}
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 {{TB|"[[Mr. Plow]]"}}

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 {{TB|"[[Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish]]"}}
 {{TB|The scene where [[Mr. Burns]] is trying to be elected governor in front of a large black and white poster of his own face references a similar scene in the movie where Kane running for Governor of [[New York]]. [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] are on the couch at home watching when Bart asked, "Is your boss governor yet?" with Homer replying, "Not yet, son, not yet." In the movie Kane's wife and son are seated in the crowd at the speech when his son questioned, "Mother, is Pop governor yet?" and she answered, "Not yet, Junior."<br>Later, when Burns' election campaign begins to plummet he shouts, "You can't do this to me. I'm Charles Montgomery Burns!" This is a parody of the line that Kane speaks when he fails in getting elected, "You can't do this to me. I'm Charles Foster Kane."}}
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 {{TB|"[[Blood Feud]]"}}

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 {{TB|''[[The Rise and Fall of Bartholomew J. Simpson]]''}}
 {{TB|The comic's plot of adult Lisa trying to learn about the significance of the words "[[Fish Logs]]" from Bart's past is loosely based the film.}}
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