Diggs/References - Revision history

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Solar Dragon at 23:51, December 26, 2025

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Simpsons88 at 18:25, December 25, 2025

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Solar Dragon at 14:01, May 5, 2021

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Solar Dragon at 13:15, May 3, 2021

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SolarBot: /* Cultural references /replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (4), == → == (4), == → == (4), → *

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SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|William Wharton (author)|William Wharton}} → {{W2|William Wharton|author}} (2)

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‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|William Wharton (author)|William Wharton}} → {{W2|William Wharton|author}} (2)

HomerGriffin: /* Continuity */

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‎Continuity

Loco87 at 21:22, February 7, 2016

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 *[[Abe]] thinks of his time in the {{W|Korean War}} when Freedom is massaging his head.
 *Homer is watching a football game between the {{W|Philadelphia Eagles}} and the {{W|Atlanta Falcons}}.
-[[File:Diggs arm cast.png|thumb|300px|The names on {{ch|Diggs}}' cast reference well-known intellectual and pop-culture figures such as {{W|Alan Turing}} or even ''[[The Simpsons]]'' former writer [[John Swartzwelder]].]]
+[[File:Diggs arm cast.png|thumb|300px|The names on {{Ch|Diggs}}' cast reference well-known intellectual and pop-culture figures such as {{W|Alan Turing}} or even ''[[The Simpsons]]'' former writer [[John Swartzwelder]].]]
 *The names on Diggs's cast are:
 **Phineas Fogg, most likely intended to be {{W|Phileas Fogg}} from ''{{W|Around the World in Eighty Days}}''.

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 *The episode parodies some elements from the 1951 American coming-of-age novel ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' by {{W|J. D. Salinger}}, such as [[Bart]] having a similar emotional role to that of {{W|Holden Caulfield}}, feeling that adults do not understand what matters in a similar way Holden feels adults are "phony", or feeling alienated at school the way Holden feels alienated from everyone.
 **The episode, however, has more direct allusions to the 1959 coming-of-age novel ''{{W|A Separate Peace}}'' by {{W|John Knowles}}. Particularly:
-***{{ch|Diggs}}' leap off of the tree branch, an analogy to Finny's fall in the novel.
+***{{Ch|Diggs}}' leap off of the tree branch, an analogy to Finny's fall in the novel.
-***Brinker Hadley's signature on Digg's cast, one of the main characters from the novel.
+***Brinker Hadley's signature on Diggs' cast, one of the main characters from the novel.
-***Diggs mental breakdown, as that of the loner and outsider Leper Lepellier.
+***Diggs's mental breakdown, as that of the loner and outsider Leper Lepellier.
 [[File:Diggs promo 6.png|thumb|300px|The [[Chomet couch gag|episode's couch gag]] by French animator [[Sylvain Chomet]] includes several references to [[France]], such as the famous portrait of former president {{W|François Hollande}} by {{W|Raymond Depardon}}.]]
 *The [[Chomet couch gag|episode's couch gag]] was created by French comic writer, animator, and film director [[Sylvain Chomet]]:
 **The setting and music are based on those of the 2003 animated adventure comedy-drama ''{{W|The Triplets of Belleville}}''. The film, also created by Chomet, was highly praised and nominated for two Academy Awards.
-**[[Bart]] uses a "DIY goose liver paté", referencing the ''{{W|Pâté de Foie Gras}}'', a delicacy in French cuisine.
+**[[Bart]] uses a "DIY goose liver pate", referencing the ''{{W|Pâté de Foie Gras}}'', a delicacy in French cuisine.
 **[[Homer]] eats a bucket of snails, referencing {{W|escargot}}.
 **Art pieces include:
-***A picture of the ship ''France'' sinking with the stlye of ''Untergang der Titanic'' by {{W|Willy Stöwer}}.
+***A picture of the ship ''France'' sinking in the style of ''Untergang der Titanic'' by {{W|Willy Stöwer}}.
 ***The portrait by {{W|Raymond Depardon}} of former French president {{W|François Hollande}}.
 *[[Reverend Lovejoy]] is talking about the ancient {{W|Kingdom of Moab}} during his sermon.
-*The Protestant minister from [[Indonesia]], [[Reverend Kartawijaya]], accidentally prays for [[Allah]]. This is a reference to Indonesia being the country with the {{W|Islam by country|largest muslim population}} in the world.
+*The Protestant minister from [[Indonesia]], [[Reverend Kartawijaya]], accidentally prays for [[Allah]]. This is a reference to Indonesia being the country with the {{W|Islam by country|largest Muslim population}} in the world.
 *During a video call, [[Milhouse]] tells Bart that "there really was a Duncan Hines". He is referring to {{W|Duncan Hines}}, an American author and food critic who produced restaurant ratings for travelers. Milhouse also shows Bart a box of Duncan Hines cake mix.
 *A boy in a devil disguise takes the role of Mr. Applegate in a school play on ''{{W|Damn Yankees}}'', the 1955 musical comedy.
-*[[Martin]] gives Bart a {{W|St. John's wort}} plant to eat in exchange of money.
+*[[Martin]] gives Bart a {{W|St. John's wort}} plant to eat in exchange for money.
 *{{Ch|Diggs}} says that Bart is the reason that he had to dissect a [[The Muppets|Muppet]] in biology instead of a frog.
 *The song that plays during the showing of the [[Montessori School]] is "{{W|Dôme épais le jasmin|Flower Duet}}" by {{W|Léo Delibes}}, from the opera ''{{W|Lakmé}}''.
 *Diggs uses the Latin phrase ''{{W|Habemus papam}}'' to tell whether Bart is accepted in the falconry club.
 *[[Skinner]] speaks {{W|Esperanto}}.
-*Homer mentions the American rock band {{W2|Journey|band}} when he projects his own teenage onto Bart.
+*Homer mentions the American rock band {{W2|Journey|band}} when he projects his own teenage years onto Bart.
 *The song playing while Bart and Diggs are having fun is "{{W2|Come Saturday Morning|song}}" by {{W|The Sandpipers}}.
 **The song is heard again when Bart takes care of [[Freedom]].
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 **Oedipa Maas and Dr. Hilarius from ''{{W|The Crying of Lot 49}}'' by [[Thomas Pynchon]].
 **{{W|Allan Quatermain}} from ''{{W|King Solomon's Mines}}'' by {{W|H. Rider Haggard}}.
-**Professor T.W. Mangrove, a reference to Raymond Luxury-Yacht from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. In the sketch, Raymond Luxury-Yacht is pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove" according to Raymond himself.
+**Professor T. W. Mangrove, a reference to Raymond Luxury-Yacht from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. In the sketch, Raymond Luxury-Yacht is pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove" according to Raymond himself.
 **{{W|Alan Turing}}, inventor of the {{W|Turing Machine}}.
 **The [[TARDIS]] and Dalek #7 from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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 **{{W|Kilgore Trout}}, a fictional character created by writer {{W|Kurt Vonnegut}}.
 **[[Cthulhu]], the fictional cosmic entity created by writer {{W|H. P. Lovecraft}}.
-**{{W|Stephen Dedalus}}, {{W|James Joyce}}'s literary alter-ego.
+**{{W|Stephen Dedalus}}, {{W|James Joyce}}'s literary alter ego.
 **Major T. J. "King" Kong from ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}''.
-**[[John Swartzwelder]], former writer, producer and consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
+**[[John Swartzwelder]], former writer, producer, and consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
 *Diggs compares Bart to the Greek philosopher {{W|Diogenes}}, and also alludes to the lamp Diogenes was known to wander with at the marketplace in [[Athens]].
 *Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an {{W|Arkham Asylum}} type of place, referencing {{W|Arkham Asylum}} from the ''[[DC Comics]]''.
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 == Trivia ==
-*The brand of the TV, "BoyleHendry" refers to animator [[Neil Boyle]] and compositor [[Kirk Hendry]], who participated in the making of the couch gag.
+*The brand of the TV, "BoyleHendry", refers to animator [[Neil Boyle]] and compositor [[Kirk Hendry]], who participated in the making of the couch gag.
 *[[Skinner]] speaks {{W|Esperanto}}. The sentences he says are "Is the Esperanto Society far behind?" and "It's true. I'm very lonely."

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 == Cultural references ==
-[[File:Diggs arm cast.png|thumb|Diggs' arm cast]]
+*The episode parodies some elements from the 1951 American coming-of-age novel ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' by {{W|J. D. Salinger}}, such as [[Bart]] having a similar emotional role to that of {{W|Holden Caulfield}}, feeling that adults do not understand what matters in a similar way Holden feels adults are "phony", or feeling alienated at school the way Holden feels alienated from everyone.
-*The episode is a parody of ''{{W|Catcher in the Rye}}''
+**The episode, however, has more direct allusions to the 1959 coming-of-age novel ''{{W|A Separate Peace}}'' by {{W|John Knowles}}. Particularly:
-*The episode makes various allusions to the novel "A Separate Peace". Particularly, Diggs' leap off of the tree branch, Brinker Hadley's signature on Digg's cast, and the mental breakdown of a loner and outsider (Leper Lepellier).
+***{{ch|Diggs}}' leap off of the tree branch, an analogy to Finny's fall in the novel.
-*{{Ch|Diggs}} says that Bart is the reason that he had to dissect a [[The Muppets|Muppet]] in Biology.
+***Brinker Hadley's signature on Digg's cast, one of the main characters from the novel.
-*The song that plays during the showing of the [[Montessori School]] is "{{W|Flower Duet}}" by {{W|Léo Delibes}}, from the opera ''{{W|Lakmé}}''.
+***Diggs mental breakdown, as that of the loner and outsider Leper Lepellier.
-*The song playing while Bart and Diggs are having fun is "{{W2|Come Saturday Morning|song}}" performed by {{W|The Sandpipers}}.
+[[File:Diggs promo 6.png|thumb|300px|The [[Chomet couch gag|episode's couch gag]] by French animator [[Sylvain Chomet]] includes several references to [[France]], such as the famous portrait of former president {{W|François Hollande}} by {{W|Raymond Depardon}}.]]
-*The poem that Diggs quotes while Bart and Diggs sit in the tree and also when he releases all of the falcons is "{{W|The Windhover}}" by [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]].
+*The [[Chomet couch gag|episode's couch gag]] was created by French comic writer, animator, and film director [[Sylvain Chomet]]:
-*Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an {{W|Arkham Asylum}} type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the ''[[DC Comics]]''.
+**The setting and music are based on those of the 2003 animated adventure comedy-drama ''{{W|The Triplets of Belleville}}''. The film, also created by Chomet, was highly praised and nominated for two Academy Awards.
-*Some of the names on Diggs's cast:
+**[[Bart]] uses a "DIY goose liver paté", referencing the ''{{W|Pâté de Foie Gras}}'', a delicacy in French cuisine.
-**[[Cthulhu]]
+**[[Homer]] eats a bucket of snails, referencing {{W|escargot}}.
-**[[TARDIS]] and Dalek #7 from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
+**Art pieces include:
-**{{W|Alan Turing}}, inventor of the {{W|Turing Machine}}.
+***A picture of the ship ''France'' sinking with the stlye of ''Untergang der Titanic'' by {{W|Willy Stöwer}}.
 **Phineas Fogg, most likely intended to be {{W|Phileas Fogg}} from ''{{W|Around the World in Eighty Days}}''.
 **Oedipa Maas and Dr. Hilarius from ''{{W|The Crying of Lot 49}}'' by [[Thomas Pynchon]].
 **{{W|Allan Quatermain}} from ''{{W|King Solomon's Mines}}'' by {{W|H. Rider Haggard}}.
 **Clare Quilty from ''{{W|Lolita}}'' by {{W|Vladimir Nabokov}}.
-**Brinker Hadley from ''{{W|A Separate Peace}}''.
+**{{W2|William Wharton|author}}, the American author best known for his first novel ''{{W2|Birdy|novel}}''.
-**{{W2|William Wharton|author}}, an author.
+**{{W|Kilgore Trout}}, a fictional character created by writer {{W|Kurt Vonnegut}}.
 **{{W|Stephen Dedalus}}, {{W|James Joyce}}'s literary alter-ego.
 **Major T. J. "King" Kong from ''{{W|Dr. Strangelove}}''.
 **[[John Swartzwelder]], former writer, producer and consultant for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
-*[[Comic Book Guy]] is dressed in a ''[[Star Trek]]'' uniform.
+*Diggs compares Bart to the Greek philosopher {{W|Diogenes}}, and also alludes to the lamp Diogenes was known to wander with at the marketplace in [[Athens]].
-*Diggs says that he's a messed up kid, not [[Magneto]] from ''[[Marvel Comics]]''.
+*Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an {{W|Arkham Asylum}} type of place, referencing {{W|Arkham Asylum}} from the ''[[DC Comics]]''.
 == Trivia ==
 *[[Skinner]] speaks {{W|Esperanto}}. The sentences he says are "Is the Esperanto Society far behind?" and "It's true. I'm very lonely."

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 == Trivia ==
-*[[Skinner]] speaks {{w|Esperanto}}. The sentences he says are "Is the Esperanto Society far behind?" and "It's true. I'm very lonely."
+*[[Skinner]] speaks {{W|Esperanto}}. The sentences he says are "Is the Esperanto Society far behind?" and "It's true. I'm very lonely."
 == Continuity ==

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 == Trivia ==
-*[[Skinner]] speaks {{w|Esperanto}}.
+*[[Skinner]] speaks {{w|Esperanto}}. The sentences he says are "Is the Esperanto Society far behind?" and "It's true. I'm very lonely."
 == Continuity ==

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 *The episode is a parody of ''{{W|Catcher in the Rye}}''<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/News/Simpsons-Turns-25-1071375.aspx TV Guide - "The Simpsons Turns 25 With Kristen Wiig, Guillermo Del Toro And More"]</ref>
 *Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an {{W|Arkham Asylum}} type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the ''[[DC Comics]]''.
-* The episode makes various allusions to the novel "A Separate Peace".  Particularly, Diggs's leap off of the tree branch,  Brinker Hadley's signature on Digg's cast, and the mental breakdown of a loner and outsider (Leper Lepellier).
+*The episode makes various allusions to the novel "A Separate Peace".  Particularly, Diggs's leap off of the tree branch,  Brinker Hadley's signature on Digg's cast, and the mental breakdown of a loner and outsider (Leper Lepellier).
 *Some of the names on Diggs's cast:
 **[[Cthulhu]]

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 == Continuity ==
-*Bart once again displays his ability to swallow various inedible objects "[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]".
+*Bart once again displays his ability to swallow various inedible objects. ("[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]")
 == References ==