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2026-02-10T18:42:51Z

‎Cultural references

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‎Cultural references

2026-02-10T18:35:55Z

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2024-11-07T12:02:45Z

‎Continuity: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (3), Simpsons family → Simpson family, replaced: → (6)

2024-10-08T22:18:04Z

2024-06-23T16:36:47Z

‎Trivia: add more detail about the Taylor Swift chalkboard gag

2023-04-30T02:12:43Z

‎Cultural references: Hobson's choice

2023-04-30T00:54:32Z

‎Cultural references: Adolphe Sax , Hitler

2023-04-29T16:49:20Z

‎Cultural references: Dog City

2023-01-31T17:41:43Z

Reverted edits by 2600:387:9:9:0:0:0:62 (talk) to last revision by Solar Dragon

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 *The song the dog plays on the piano is "{{W|Maple Leaf Rag}}" by {{W|Scott Joplin}}.
 *[[Anger Watkins]] references the movie ''{{W2|Turbo|film}}'' and how it raced in the {{W|Indianapolis 500}}.
-*The [[Channel 6]] headline "Dog Yay Yesterday", is a reference to the 1975 film ''{{W|Dog Day Yesterday}}''.
+*The [[Channel 6]] headline "Dog Yay Afternoon", is a reference to the 1975 film ''{{W|Dog Day Afternoon}}''.
 *The song playing when Springfield becomes dog-friendly is "Finale" from ''{{W|The Carnival of the Animals}}'' by {{W|Camille Saint-Saëns}}.
 *Dogs playing poker around the table are a depiction of the painting "A Friend in Need" from the ''{{W|Dogs Playing Poker}}'' series by American artist {{W|Cassius Marcellus Coolidge}}.

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 *The song the dog plays on the piano is "{{W|Maple Leaf Rag}}" by {{W|Scott Joplin}}.
 *[[Anger Watkins]] references the movie ''{{W2|Turbo|film}}'' and how it raced in the {{W|Indianapolis 500}}.
 *The song playing when Springfield becomes dog-friendly is "Finale" from ''{{W|The Carnival of the Animals}}'' by {{W|Camille Saint-Saëns}}.
 *Dogs playing poker around the table are a depiction of the painting "A Friend in Need" from the ''{{W|Dogs Playing Poker}}'' series by American artist {{W|Cassius Marcellus Coolidge}}.

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 *Homer can't decide whether to hit man or dog and calls it a "[[Peanuts|Snoopy]]'s choice," meaning {{W|Hobson's choice}}, but what he has is a dilemma with two bad options.
 *[[Lisa]] imagines living with a 19th century family and learning sax from [[Adolphe Sax]].
 **Sax, not anticipating [[Adolf Hitler]], says the name "Adolphe" will only be associated with beautiful music.
 *The song the dog plays on the piano is "{{W|Maple Leaf Rag}}" by {{W|Scott Joplin}}.
 *[[Anger Watkins]] references the movie ''{{W2|Turbo|film}}'' and how it raced in the {{W|Indianapolis 500}}.

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 **''The Simpsons: Tapped Out''. ("[[A Tree Grows in Springfield]]")
 **''ChoreMonkey''. ("[[Dad Behavior]]")
-*Bart tells the story of how the [[Simpsons family|family]] saved [[Santa's Little Helper]]. ("[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]")
+*Bart tells the story of how the [[Simpson family|family]] saved [[Santa's Little Helper]]. ("[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]")
 *[[Mayor Quimby]] references {{W|Rand McNally}} and how they don't know what [[Springfield's state|state their Springfield is in]], [[breaking the fourth wall]]. ("[[Bart vs. Australia]]")
 *The painting "A Friend in Need" is depicted again. ("[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]")

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 == Trivia ==
 *This is the second ever episode, consecutive, after "[[Moho House]]", where the [[couch gag]] comes before the [[title screen]], this time though the [[HD opening sequence|opening sequence]] is shown half-fully.
-**The chalkboard gag refers to the [[season 28|28 seasons]] of the show; Taylor Swift is also around the same age as the show; being born only 4 days before the airing of [[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]].
+**The chalkboard gag refers to the [[season 28|28 seasons]] of the show; Taylor Swift is also around the same age as the show; being born only 4 days before the airing of "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]".
 **When Homer is driving home from his shift at the [[Power Plant]], instead of throwing the rod to [[Otto]], he gets stuck in the traffic and opens up the ''[[EZcape]]'' app to help him get through, thus starting the episode.
 {{Season 28|R}}

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 **''[[Nedflix]]'', a parody of ''[[Netflix]]''.
 **''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''.
-*Homer references [[Peanuts|Peanuts' Snoopy]].
+*Homer can't decide whether to hit man or dog and calls it a "[[Peanuts|Snoopy]]'s choice," meaning {{W|Hobson's choice}}, but what he has is a dilemma with two bad options.
 *[[Lisa]] imagines living with a 19th century family and learning sax from [[Adolphe Sax]].
 **Sax, not anticipating [[Adolf Hitler]], says the name "Adolphe" will only be associated with beautiful music.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The title of the episode might be a reference to ''{{W|Dogville}}''.
+*The title of the episode is a reference to the animated series ''{{W|Dog City}}''.
 *[[Bart]] mentions [[Taylor Swift]] in the [[Chalkboard gag]].
 *Apps installed on [[Homer]]'s phone include: