Flanders' Ladder/References - Revision history

Solar Dragon at 20:23, March 11, 2026

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Solar Dragon: Undo revision 1183753 by Monster Bash (talk) Canonicity is determined by us so doesn't really count as a trivia point

2022-11-05T20:10:59Z

Undo revision 1183753 by Monster Bash (talk) Canonicity is determined by us so doesn't really count as a trivia point

Monster Bash at 17:55, November 5, 2022

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 **[[Amber Simpson]] ("[[Viva Ned Flanders]]")
 **[[Alice Glick]] ("[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]")
-**[[Max (Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair))|Max]] ("[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]")
+**{{ap|Max|Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)}} ("[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]")
 **[[Waylon Smithers, Sr.]] ("[[The Blunder Years]]")
 **[[Marvin Monroe]] ("[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]")

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 **[[Amber Simpson]] ("[[Viva Ned Flanders]]")
 **[[Alice Glick]] ("[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]")
-**Ice cream man ("[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]")
+**[[Max (Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair))|Max]] ("[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]")
 **[[Waylon Smithers, Sr.]] ("[[The Blunder Years]]")
 **[[Marvin Monroe]] ("[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]")

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 **[[Frankie the Squealer]] ("[[Insane Clown Poppy]]")
 *Maude's death scene is shown. ("[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]")
 == Trivia ==

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 *Amongst the ghosts appears:
 **[[Maude Flanders]] ("[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]")
-**[[Snowball II]], [[Snowball III]] and [[Coltrane|Snowball III]] ("[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]")
+**[[Snowball II]], [[Snowball III]] and [[Coltrane|Snowball IV]] ("[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]")
 **{{ap|Albert|Walking Big & Tall}} ("[[Walking Big & Tall]]")
 **[[Shary Bobbins]] ("[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]")

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 **[[Maude Flanders]] ("[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]")
 **[[Snowball II]], [[Snowball III]] and [[Coltrane|Snowball III]] ("[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]")
 **{{ap|Albert|Walking Big & Tall}} ("[[Walking Big & Tall]]")
 **[[Shary Bobbins]] ("[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]")

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The title of the episode is a reference to {{W|Jacob's Ladder}}, referring to a ladder to heaven described in the ''{{W|Book of Genesis}}''.
-*The plot, wherein [[Bart]] sees dead people and helps them with their unfinished business, is the plot of ''{{w|The Sixth Sense}}''.
+*The plot, wherein [[Bart]] sees dead people and helps them with their unfinished business, is the plot of ''{{W|The Sixth Sense}}''.
-*Bart tricks [[Lisa]] into playing {{w|Jump scare|The Scary Maze Game}}.
+*Bart tricks [[Lisa]] into playing {{W|Jump scare|The Scary Maze Game}}.
 *[[Homer]] trows board games into the fire:
 **[[Scribble]], a parody of [[Scrabble]] and ''{{W|Pictionary}}''.
-**[[Don't Lose the Pieces]], a parody of {{w|Don't Rest Your Head|Don't Lose Your Mind}}.
+**[[Don't Lose the Pieces]], a parody of {{W|Don't Rest Your Head|Don't Lose Your Mind}}.
 **[[Oligopoly]], a parody of [[Monopoly]].
 **[[Needless Operation]], a parody of {{W2|Operation|game}}
 **[[Mouse Trip]], a parody of {{W2|Mouse Trap|game}}.
 *In the VHS collection, there are recordings of
-**''{{w|Family Matters}}''.
+**''{{W|Family Matters}}''.
 **''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' (Homer imitates himself in the [[The Simpsons shorts|shorts]].)
 **''[[Saved by the Bell]]''.
-*When Homer presses play on the VHS, the 1997 {{w|Ricola}} commercial.
+*When Homer presses play on the VHS, the 1997 {{W|Ricola}} commercial.
-*On the Homer's Xxxercise tape, the song "{{W2|Physical|Olivia Newton-John song}}" by {{w|Olivia Newton-John}} plays.
+*On the Homer's Xxxercise tape, the song "{{W2|Physical|Olivia Newton-John song}}" by {{W|Olivia Newton-John}} plays.
 *[[Ned Flanders]] use the IMDbible web site a parody of the {{W|IMDb}} Web Site.
 *[[Rod]] and [[Todd]] recite the lines "If I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take" from the {{W|Christian child's prayer}} "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep".
-*In Bart's brain, [[The Scream]] by {{w|Edvard Munch}} appears, with Bart as the screamer.
+*In Bart's brain, [[The Scream]] by {{W|Edvard Munch}} appears, with Bart as the screamer.
 *A chalkboard saying "Roots of Singh" is also seen, a reference to [[Simon Singh]]. On the chalkboard is the equation x^5-57x^4+1249x^3-13191x^2+67438x-134064=0, which has solutions x=19,9,14,7,8, using the code A=1, B=2, etc., this spells "SINGH".
 *Homer mentions getting every answer in ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' wrong.
-*The final montage is a parody ''{{W2|Six Feet Under|TV series}}'''s series {{w|Everyone's Waiting|finale}}.
+*The final montage is a parody ''{{W2|Six Feet Under|TV series}}'''s series {{W|Everyone's Waiting|finale}}.
 **The song playing over it and credits is "{{W|Breathe Me}}" by {{W2|Sia|musician}}. The same song was used in the Six Feet Under finale.
 **[[Smithers]] dies when [[Mr. Burns]] marries [[Angelina Jolie]].

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 **[[Frankie the Squealer]] ("[[Insane Clown Poppy]]")
 *Maude's death scene is shown. ("[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]")
 ==Trivia==
 *The episode was dedicated in memory of [[Tom Wolfe]], who died on May 14, 6 days before the episode aired.
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