Coming to Homerica/References - Revision history

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 *The name is a reference to the 1988 film ''{{W|Coming to America}}''.
 *During the episode's [[Coming to Homerica/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons parody different American sitcoms in the order they were originally aired:
-**''{{W|The Honeymooners}}'', with [[Homer]] as the bus driver Ralph Kramden, [[Bart]] as Ed Norton, [[Lisa]] as Trixie Norton and [[Marge]] as Alice Kramden.
+**''[[The Honeymooners]]'', with [[Homer]] as the bus driver Ralph Kramden, [[Bart]] as Ed Norton, [[Lisa]] as Trixie Norton and [[Marge]] as Alice Kramden.
 **''{{W|The Dick Van Dyke Show}}'', with Homer as Rob Petrie, Marge as Laura Petrie, Bart as Buddy Sorrell and Lisa as Sally Rogers. The family parodies the opening of the sitcom, including Van Dyke's famous stumble.
-**''{{W|The Brady Bunch}}'', with the Simpsons as the Bradys. Lisa gets hit in the nose by a football, a reference to one of the sitcom's most iconic scenes in which Marcia Brady gets hit by a football and eventually loses a date with a boy.
+**''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', with the Simpsons as the Bradys. Lisa gets hit in the nose by a football, a reference to one of the sitcom's most iconic scenes in which Marcia Brady gets hit by a football and eventually loses a date with a boy.
 **''[[Cheers]]'', with Lisa as [[Carla Tortelli]], Marge as Diane Chambers, Homer as [[Norm Peterson]], Bart as Woody Boyd and Maggie as [[Cliff Clavin]].
 <gallery>
-File:The Honeymooners parody.png|The family parodies ''{{W|The Honeymooners}}''
+File:The Honeymooners parody.png|The family parodies ''[[The Honeymooners]]''
 File:The Dick Van Dyke Show parody.png|Homer stumbles like Rob Petrie in ''{{W|The Dick Van Dyke Show}}'' opening
-File:The Brady Bunch.png|In a ''{{W|The Brady Bunch}}'' parody, Lisa gets hit by a football just like in the iconic scene from the sitcom
+File:The Brady Bunch.png|In a ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' parody, Lisa gets hit by a football just like in the iconic scene from the sitcom
 File:How the Test Was Won couch gag.png|The family parodying ''[[Cheers]]''
 </gallery>
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 *When Homer first tries {{W|Akvavit|Aquavit}}, he gets drunk immediately and his head hits the table and he says "More Aquavit please", a parody of the "More ovaltine please" line.
 *Homer mistakes {{W|Xylophobia}} for {{W|Xenophobia}}.
-*[[Cletus]] refers to the {{W|Ku Klux Klan}} and the {{W|Nazi|Nazis}} when trying to come up with a name for the vigilante group.
+*[[Cletus]] refers to the {{W|Ku Klux Klan}} and the {{W|Nazi}}s when trying to come up with a name for the vigilante group.
 *The house from the Pixar film ''{{W2|Up|film}}'' can be seen in the background when [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are monitoring [[Springfield]] from the air.
 **The chair with balloons is itself a parody of Father Adelir, who tried to fly with balloons of helium.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The name is a reference to the film 1988 ''{{W|Coming to America}}''.
+*The name is a reference to the 1988 film ''{{W|Coming to America}}''.
 *During the episode's [[Coming to Homerica/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons parody different American sitcoms in the order they were originally aired:
 **''{{W|The Honeymooners}}'', with [[Homer]] as the bus driver Ralph Kramden, [[Bart]] as Ed Norton, [[Lisa]] as Trixie Norton and [[Marge]] as Alice Kramden.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The name is a reference to the film ''{{W|Coming to America}}''.
+*The name is a reference to the film 1988 ''{{W|Coming to America}}''.
 *During the episode's [[Coming to Homerica/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons parody different American sitcoms in the order they were originally aired:
 **''{{W|The Honeymooners}}'', with [[Homer]] as the bus driver Ralph Kramden, [[Bart]] as Ed Norton, [[Lisa]] as Trixie Norton and [[Marge]] as Alice Kramden.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The name is a reference to the film ''{{w|Coming to America}}''.
+*The name is a reference to the film ''{{W|Coming to America}}''.
 *During the episode's [[Coming to Homerica/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons parody different American sitcoms in the order they were originally aired:
-**''{{w|The Honeymooners}}'', with [[Homer]] as the bus driver Ralph Kramden, [[Bart]] as Ed Norton, [[Lisa]] as Trixie Norton and [[Marge]] as Alice Kramden.
+**''{{W|The Honeymooners}}'', with [[Homer]] as the bus driver Ralph Kramden, [[Bart]] as Ed Norton, [[Lisa]] as Trixie Norton and [[Marge]] as Alice Kramden.
-**''{{w|The Dick Van Dyke Show}}'', with Homer as Rob Petrie, Marge as Laura Petrie, Bart as Buddy Sorrell and Lisa as Sally Rogers. The family parodies the opening of the sitcom, including Van Dyke's famous stumble.
+**''{{W|The Dick Van Dyke Show}}'', with Homer as Rob Petrie, Marge as Laura Petrie, Bart as Buddy Sorrell and Lisa as Sally Rogers. The family parodies the opening of the sitcom, including Van Dyke's famous stumble.
-**''{{w|The Brady Bunch}}'', with the Simpsons as the Bradys. Lisa gets hit in the nose by a football, a reference to one of the sitcom's most iconic scenes in which Marcia Brady gets hit by a football and eventually loses a date with a boy.
+**''{{W|The Brady Bunch}}'', with the Simpsons as the Bradys. Lisa gets hit in the nose by a football, a reference to one of the sitcom's most iconic scenes in which Marcia Brady gets hit by a football and eventually loses a date with a boy.
 **''[[Cheers]]'', with Lisa as [[Carla Tortelli]], Marge as Diane Chambers, Homer as [[Norm Peterson]], Bart as Woody Boyd and Maggie as [[Cliff Clavin]].
 <gallery>
-File:The Honeymooners parody.png|The family parodies ''{{w|The Honeymooners}}''
+File:The Honeymooners parody.png|The family parodies ''{{W|The Honeymooners}}''
-File:The Dick Van Dyke Show parody.png|Homer stumbles like Rob Petrie in ''{{w|The Dick Van Dyke Show}}'' opening
+File:The Dick Van Dyke Show parody.png|Homer stumbles like Rob Petrie in ''{{W|The Dick Van Dyke Show}}'' opening
-File:The Brady Bunch.png|In a ''{{w|The Brady Bunch}}'' parody, Lisa gets hit by a football just like in the iconic scene from the sitcom
+File:The Brady Bunch.png|In a ''{{W|The Brady Bunch}}'' parody, Lisa gets hit by a football just like in the iconic scene from the sitcom
 File:How the Test Was Won couch gag.png|The family parodying ''[[Cheers]]''
 </gallery>
-*''[[The Drowningest Catch]]'' is a parody of ''{{w|Deadliest Catch}}''.
+*''[[The Drowningest Catch]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Deadliest Catch}}''.
-*''{{w|Fanfare for the Common Man}}'' by composer {{w|Aaron Copland}} is played in the [[Krusty Burger]] commercial.
+*''{{W|Fanfare for the Common Man}}'' by composer {{W|Aaron Copland}} is played in the [[Krusty Burger]] commercial.
-*The [[Ogdenville]] citizens are descendants of Norwegian immigrants, and the episode was aired on May 17, Norway's {{w2|Constitution Day|Norway}}.
+*The [[Ogdenville]] citizens are descendants of Norwegian immigrants, and the episode was aired on May 17, Norway's {{W2|Constitution Day|Norway}}.
-*During the closing of Ogdenville, the packed trucks and the grandmother placed on top of one is a literature reference to ''{{w|The Grapes of Wrath}}'' by John Steinbeck.
+*During the closing of Ogdenville, the packed trucks and the grandmother placed on top of one is a literature reference to ''{{W|The Grapes of Wrath}}'' by John Steinbeck.
-**This may also be a reference to ''{{w2|The Beverly Hillbillies|film}}''. In the pilot, Granny Clampett won't leave the farm and ties herself to her rocking chair. Jed and Jethro then tie her and her chair to the top of the loaded truck.
+**This may also be a reference to ''{{W2|The Beverly Hillbillies|film}}''. In the pilot, Granny Clampett won't leave the farm and ties herself to her rocking chair. Jed and Jethro then tie her and her chair to the top of the loaded truck.
-**The music played after when the farmers are leaving Ogdenville is "The Death of Åse" (Åses død) from {{w|Peer Gynt suite|''Peer Gynt'' suite}} by {{w|Edvard Grieg}}, a famous Norwegian composer.
+**The music played after when the farmers are leaving Ogdenville is "The Death of Åse" (Åses død) from {{W|Peer Gynt suite|''Peer Gynt'' suite}} by {{W|Edvard Grieg}}, a famous Norwegian composer.
-*Marge says that {{ap|Inga|Coming to Homerica}} is a nanny just like the ones [[Joe Piscopo]] and {{w|Ethan Hawke}} left their wives for. Piscopo married Kimberly Driscoll, who was his son's nanny when he had been married to Nancy Jones, while Hawke married Ryan Shawhughes, who was hired as a nanny during his marriage to {{w|Uma Thurman}}.
+*Marge says that {{ap|Inga|Coming to Homerica}} is a nanny just like the ones [[Joe Piscopo]] and {{W|Ethan Hawke}} left their wives for. Piscopo married Kimberly Driscoll, who was his son's nanny when he had been married to Nancy Jones, while Hawke married Ryan Shawhughes, who was hired as a nanny during his marriage to {{W|Uma Thurman}}.
 *[[Milhouse]] is angry at some Norwegian kids because they were wearing [[Minnesota Vikings]] clothes, as he considered the USA to be a "[[Tennessee Titans]] country".
 [[File:Up.png|300px|thumb|The house from the Pixar film ''{{W2|Up|film}}'' can be seen in the background when [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are monitoring [[Springfield]] from the air]]
-*One of the kids performs {{w|ski jumping}} with a skateboard. Ski jumping was first contested in Norway in the late 19th century.
+*One of the kids performs {{W|ski jumping}} with a skateboard. Ski jumping was first contested in Norway in the late 19th century.
-**When Bart tries to beat the Norwegian kid, the song "{{w2|Pipeline|instrumental}}" by {{w|The Chantays}} is heard.
+**When Bart tries to beat the Norwegian kid, the song "{{W2|Pipeline|instrumental}}" by {{W|The Chantays}} is heard.
-*[[Moe]] owns a {{w|Harald V of Norway}} coin, part of the {{w|Norwegian krone|currency of Norway}}.
+*[[Moe]] owns a {{W|Harald V of Norway}} coin, part of the {{W|Norwegian krone|currency of Norway}}.
-*When Homer first tries {{w|Akvavit|Aquavit}}, he gets drunk immediately and his head hits the table and he says "More Aquavit please", a parody of the "More ovaltine please" line.
+*When Homer first tries {{W|Akvavit|Aquavit}}, he gets drunk immediately and his head hits the table and he says "More Aquavit please", a parody of the "More ovaltine please" line.
-*Homer mistakes {{w|Xylophobia}} for {{w|Xenophobia}}.
+*Homer mistakes {{W|Xylophobia}} for {{W|Xenophobia}}.
-*[[Cletus]] refers to the {{w|Ku Klux Klan}} and the {{w|Nazi|Nazis}} when trying to come up with a name for the vigilante group.
+*[[Cletus]] refers to the {{W|Ku Klux Klan}} and the {{W|Nazi|Nazis}} when trying to come up with a name for the vigilante group.
 *The house from the Pixar film ''{{W2|Up|film}}'' can be seen in the background when [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are monitoring [[Springfield]] from the air.
 **The chair with balloons is itself a parody of Father Adelir, who tried to fly with balloons of helium.
-*[[Benny Goodman]]'s "{{w2|Sing, Sing, Sing|With a Swing}}" is heard when the Springfieldians are building the fence.
+*[[Benny Goodman]]'s "{{W2|Sing, Sing, Sing|With a Swing}}" is heard when the Springfieldians are building the fence.
-*"Hopparen" by {{w|Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag}} is played when the Springfieldians and Norwegians reencounter.
+*"Hopparen" by {{W|Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag}} is played when the Springfieldians and Norwegians reencounter.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The name is a reference to the film ''{{w|Coming to America}}''.
-*During the episode's [[Coming to Homerica/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons family parody different American sitcoms in the order they were originally aired:
+*During the episode's [[Coming to Homerica/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons parody different American sitcoms in the order they were originally aired:
 **''{{w|The Honeymooners}}'', with [[Homer]] as the bus driver Ralph Kramden, [[Bart]] as Ed Norton, [[Lisa]] as Trixie Norton and [[Marge]] as Alice Kramden.
 **''{{w|The Dick Van Dyke Show}}'', with Homer as Rob Petrie, Marge as Laura Petrie, Bart as Buddy Sorrell and Lisa as Sally Rogers. The family parodies the opening of the sitcom, including Van Dyke's famous stumble.
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 File:The Honeymooners parody.png|The family parodies ''{{w|The Honeymooners}}''
 File:The Dick Van Dyke Show parody.png|Homer stumbles like Rob Petrie in ''{{w|The Dick Van Dyke Show}}'' opening
-File:The Brady Bunch.png|In a ''{{w|The Brady Bunch}}'' parody, Lisa gets hit by a football just like in the iconic sitcom scene
+File:The Brady Bunch.png|In a ''{{w|The Brady Bunch}}'' parody, Lisa gets hit by a football just like in the iconic scene from the sitcom
 File:How the Test Was Won couch gag.png|The family parodying ''[[Cheers]]''
 </gallery>
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 **The music played after when the farmers are leaving Ogdenville is "The Death of Åse" (Åses død) from {{w|Peer Gynt suite|''Peer Gynt'' suite}} by {{w|Edvard Grieg}}, a famous Norwegian composer.
 *Marge says that {{ap|Inga|Coming to Homerica}} is a nanny just like the ones [[Joe Piscopo]] and {{w|Ethan Hawke}} left their wives for. Piscopo married Kimberly Driscoll, who was his son's nanny when he had been married to Nancy Jones, while Hawke married Ryan Shawhughes, who was hired as a nanny during his marriage to {{w|Uma Thurman}}.
-*[[Milhouse]] is angry at some Norwegian kids because they were wearing [[Minnesota Vikings]] clothes, as he thought the USA was a "[[Tennessee Titans]] country".
+*[[Milhouse]] is angry at some Norwegian kids because they were wearing [[Minnesota Vikings]] clothes, as he considered the USA to be a "[[Tennessee Titans]] country".
-[[File:Up.png|300px|thumb|The house from the Pixar film ''{{W2|Up|film}}'' can be seen in the background when [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are monitoring [http://Springfield Springfield] from the air]]
+[[File:Up.png|300px|thumb|The house from the Pixar film ''{{W2|Up|film}}'' can be seen in the background when [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are monitoring [[Springfield]] from the air]]
 *One of the kids performs {{w|ski jumping}} with a skateboard. Ski jumping was first contested in Norway in the late 19th century.
 **When Bart tries to beat the Norwegian kid, the song "{{w2|Pipeline|instrumental}}" by {{w|The Chantays}} is heard.
 *[[Moe]] owns a {{w|Harald V of Norway}} coin, part of the {{w|Norwegian krone|currency of Norway}}.
-*When Homer first tries {{w|Akvavit|Aquavit}}, he gets drunk immediately and his head hits the table and he says "More aquavit please", a parody of the "More ovaltine please" line.
+*When Homer first tries {{w|Akvavit|Aquavit}}, he gets drunk immediately and his head hits the table and he says "More Aquavit please", a parody of the "More ovaltine please" line.
 *Homer mistakes {{w|Xylophobia}} for {{w|Xenophobia}}.
-*[[Cletus]] refers to the {{w|Ku Klux Klan}} and the {{w|Nazi|Nazis}} when trying to name the vigilante group.
+*[[Cletus]] refers to the {{w|Ku Klux Klan}} and the {{w|Nazi|Nazis}} when trying to come up with a name for the vigilante group.
-*The house from the Pixar film ''{{W2|Up|film}}'' can be seen in the background when [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are monitoring [http://Springfield Springfield] from the air.
+*The house from the Pixar film ''{{W2|Up|film}}'' can be seen in the background when [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are monitoring [[Springfield]] from the air.
 **The chair with balloons is itself a parody of Father Adelir, who tried to fly with balloons of helium.
 *[[Benny Goodman]]'s "{{w2|Sing, Sing, Sing|With a Swing}}" is heard when the Springfieldians are building the fence.

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 *When Homer first tries Aquavit, he gets drunk immediately and his head hits the table and he says "More aquavit please", a parody of the "More ovaltine please" line.
 *During the closing of Ogdenville, the packed trucks and the grandmother placed on top of one is a literature reference to ''{{w|The Grapes of Wrath}}'' by John Steinbeck.
 *When the Ogdenville citizens are packing up to leave town, it is referencing "{{w|I Am Legend}}", even the music
 *The music played after the farm failures in Ogdenville is "{{w|The Death of Åse}}" From Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg, a famous Norwegian composer.

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 [[File:Lou face error.png|200px|thumb|right|Lou's face error.]]
 *It seems a little strange as to why all the Ogdenvillians would go to Springfield and not neighboring cities.
-*When Chief Wiggum is at the checkpoint, he mentions to Lou that Springfield only has three police officers. Later, After the completion of the wall, five Springfield Police officers are shown in uniform, with an additional three in a SWAT element.
+*When Chief Wiggum is at the checkpoint, he mentions to Lou that Springfield only has three police officers. Later, after the completion of the wall, five Springfield Police officers are shown in uniform, with an additional three in a SWAT element.
 *In the scene where Lou is talking with Clancy, his mouth disappears for a frame.
 *In the shot of [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Lindsey Naegle]] and various others standing around the fence plans, [[Principal Skinner]] has [[Superintendent Chalmers]]' colors.