Future-Drama/References - Revision history

SolarBot: /* Future events */ replaced: {{ap|RoboCop|franchise}} → RoboCop

2025-01-22T14:45:21Z

‎Future events: replaced: {{ap|RoboCop|franchise}} → RoboCop

Solar Dragon: Undo revision 1200928 by 97.116.81.225 (talk) That seems like a stretch

2023-02-06T11:44:35Z

Undo revision 1200928 by 97.116.81.225 (talk) That seems like a stretch

97.116.81.225: /* Cultural references */

2023-02-06T00:46:05Z

‎Cultural references

SolarBot: replaced: Frink → Professor Frink (7)

2022-07-25T11:39:26Z

replaced: Frink → Professor Frink (7)

Solar Dragon: Undo revision 1163332 by PlentalDan (talk) Irrelevant

2022-05-31T23:43:38Z

Undo revision 1163332 by PlentalDan (talk) Irrelevant

PlentalDan: /* Trivia */

2022-05-31T23:25:07Z

‎Trivia

Solar Dragon at 16:06, March 15, 2022

2022-03-15T16:06:00Z

SolarBot: /* Goofs */replaced: Willie → Willie

2022-03-15T16:03:25Z

‎Goofs: replaced: Willie → Willie

SolarBot: replaced: Nelson → Nelson, Moe → Moe, Smithers → Smithers, Ralph → Ralph, Skinner → Principal Skinner

2022-03-10T21:46:37Z

replaced: Nelson → Nelson, Moe → Moe, Smithers → Smithers, Ralph → Ralph, Skinner → Principal Skinner

Solar Dragon: /* Goofs */

2022-01-16T12:12:30Z

‎Goofs

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 *[[Ralph]] can use the toilet.
 *Yale University is now owned by McDonald's and has banned men from taking science. It offers majors like "femis-try" and "gal-gebra"
-*All the cops in [[Springfield]] have become {{ap|RoboCop|franchise}}s. [[Clancy Wiggum]] has a rotisserie in his belly.
+*All the cops in [[Springfield]] have become [[RoboCop]]s. [[Clancy Wiggum]] has a rotisserie in his belly.
 *[[Smithers]] (who apparently is gay after all) ''is'' straight, as long as he takes special injections every ten minutes.
 *[[Patty]] now has a fluffy tail because of plastic surgery.
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 *Singers at prom night have been replaced with iPods. A-ha remains overplayed.
 *[[Professor Frink]] seems to have hung himself; his skeleton hangs from a rafter in his basement.
-*The garbage man uses a spaceship. (similar to the one from E.T.) It has to fly all the way up to move to the next house.)
+*The garbage man uses a spaceship. (similar to the one from E.T.) It has to fly all the way up to move to the next house.
 *[[Blinky]] the three-eyed fish has hundreds of descendants; a three-eyed whale is even shown.
 *Marriage has become a three-year commitment.

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 *The {{W|screensaver}} on [[Professor Frink]]'s large video screen resembles the green-on-black waterfall display from ''[[The Matrix]]''.
 *In the future, [[Superintendent Chalmers]] is shown to be wheelchair-bound and only able to say "[[Principal Skinner]]!", similar to {{W2|Christopher Pike|Star Trek}} from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
 === Songs ===

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 *The {{W|screensaver}} on [[Professor Frink]]'s large video screen resembles the green-on-black waterfall display from ''[[The Matrix]]''.
 *In the future, [[Superintendent Chalmers]] is shown to be wheelchair-bound and only able to say "[[Principal Skinner]]!", similar to {{W2|Christopher Pike|Star Trek}} from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
 === Songs ===

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 *This episode has had two sequels: "[[Holidays of Future Passed]]" and "[[Days of Future Future]]".
 *At one point [[Bart]] gets bored and wants to see what else the future holds, the astrology machine acts and sounds like TiVo, one future event listed has [[Cletus]] as Vice President of the United States. Other options include [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] invading Earth, [[Flanders]]' violent revenge on [[Homer]], [[Moe]] finally gets e-mail, [[Maggie]] getting arrested for DUI, and [[Lenny]] having a super pet.
-*Near the beginning of the episode, [[Frink]] shows Bart and [[Lisa]] welcoming signs with their names on them, to prove he predicted their arrival at his lab. However, he hides an extra sign welcoming [[Maggie]], who didn't arrive, perhaps hinting that this vision into the future may not be accurate.
+*Near the beginning of the episode, Frink shows Bart and [[Lisa]] welcoming signs with their names on them, to prove he predicted their arrival at his lab. However, he hides an extra sign welcoming [[Maggie]], who didn't arrive, perhaps hinting that this vision into the future may not be accurate.
 *This is the first time in the entire run of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' that Frink is called "Dr. Frink".
 *The UK airing cuts out "Nobody is gay for [[Moleman]]" line.
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 *Genetically modified foods have led to smart puke, capable of moving on its own.
 *Singers at prom night have been replaced with iPods. A-ha remains overplayed.
-*[[Professor Frink|Prof. Frink]] seems to have hung himself; his skeleton hangs from a rafter in his basement.
+*[[Professor Frink]] seems to have hung himself; his skeleton hangs from a rafter in his basement.
 *The garbage man uses a spaceship. (similar to the one from E.T.) It has to fly all the way up to move to the next house.)
 *[[Blinky]] the three-eyed fish has hundreds of descendants; a three-eyed whale is even shown.
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 *Several of the characters—e.g. [[Apu]], [[Willie]]—look a bit too old for only eight years to have passed, but it can be attributed to stress, especially for Apu. In addition, in the long shot of the school at the beginning of the prom, Willie's whiskers are red, but gray in close-up. The coloring error is repeated in a second long shot at the graduation ceremony.
 *When Snake is talking about robbing a man who went to Princeton, part of his ear briefly turns gray.
-*When Frink shows Lisa a picture of her shocked face after discovering that [[Milhouse]] caused the house fire, Lisa is shown with regular braces. However, in Season 4's "[[Last Exit to Springfield]]", Lisa has already been given braces, which are shown to be invisible.
+*When Professor Frink shows Lisa a picture of her shocked face after discovering that [[Milhouse]] caused the house fire, Lisa is shown with regular braces. However, in Season 4's "[[Last Exit to Springfield]]", Lisa has already been given braces, which are shown to be invisible.
 == Continuity ==

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 *This is the first time in the entire run of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' that Frink is called "Dr. Frink".
 *The UK airing cuts out "Nobody is gay for [[Moleman]]" line.
 === Future events ===

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 == Goofs ==
 *When [[Marge]] calls to Bart and Lisa for their photo, she is holding a very small camera, but after they come down the stairs, the camera is much larger and is now the size of a Polaroid one, which from the back appears white, but is in fact black when viewed from the front. Also, Marge is seen to put the camera down somewhere to her left, but when the view changes, we can see there is no surface to put it on, and the camera is nowhere to be seen.
-*Several of the characters—e.g. [[Apu]], [[Groundskeeper Willie|Willie]]—look a bit too old for only eight years to have passed, but it can be attributed to stress, especially for Apu. In addition, in the long shot of the school at the beginning of the prom, Willie's whiskers are red, but gray in close-up. The coloring error is repeated in a second long shot at the graduation ceremony.
+*Several of the characters—e.g. [[Apu]], [[Willie]]—look a bit too old for only eight years to have passed, but it can be attributed to stress, especially for Apu. In addition, in the long shot of the school at the beginning of the prom, Willie's whiskers are red, but gray in close-up. The coloring error is repeated in a second long shot at the graduation ceremony.
 *When Snake is talking about robbing a man who went to Princeton, part of his ear briefly turns gray.
 *In the FOXCAST of this episode, the title is confused for the episode "[[Home Away from Homer]]", which aired two weeks after this episode.

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 *The episode title, and [[Bender]]'s appearance, are references to ''[[Futurama]]''.
 *The {{W|screensaver}} on [[Professor Frink]]'s large video screen resembles the green-on-black waterfall display from ''[[The Matrix]]''.
-*In the future, [[Superintendent Chalmers]] is shown to be wheelchair-bound and only able to say "[[Principal Skinner|Skinner]]!", similar to {{W2|Christopher Pike|Star Trek}} from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
+*In the future, [[Superintendent Chalmers]] is shown to be wheelchair-bound and only able to say "[[Principal Skinner]]!", similar to {{W2|Christopher Pike|Star Trek}} from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
 === Songs ===
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 *Skinner is principal of [[Springfield High School]], with [[Kearney]] as the very anti-drug assistant principal.
 *[[Superintendent Chalmers]] is in a Christopher Pike-like persistent vegetative state after taking the drug [[Made-up words#stim|stim]]. All he can say is, "Skinner!"
-*[[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]] impregnated [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]], who each gave birth to twins. He then deserts them both, similar to the way his own [[Mr. Muntz|father]] deserted him.
+*[[Nelson]] impregnated [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]], who each gave birth to twins. He then deserts them both, similar to the way his own [[Mr. Muntz|father]] deserted him.
 *The United States is in the midst of Gulf War V, "Operation: find our president's head".
-*[[Moe Szyslak|Moe]] has a clone and a spider clone (because a spider entered the cloning machine). All three pursue Marge's love.
+*[[Moe]] has a clone and a spider clone (because a spider entered the cloning machine). All three pursue Marge's love.
 *[[Mr. Burns]], now a 112-year-old shut-in, sponsors a Yale scholarship as punishment for stealing Christmas. He keeps diamonds to have them changed into Earth's most precious mineral of the age: coal. His home is also guarded by a large group of unicorn-clam creatures ([[uni-clams]]).
-*[[Ralph Wiggum|Ralph]] can use the toilet.
+*[[Ralph]] can use the toilet.
 *Yale University is now owned by McDonald's and has banned men from taking science. It offers majors like "femis-try" and "gal-gebra"
 *All the cops in [[Springfield]] have become {{ap|RoboCop|franchise}}s. [[Clancy Wiggum]] has a rotisserie in his belly.
-*[[Waylon Smithers, Jr.|Smithers]] (who apparently is gay after all) ''is'' straight, as long as he takes special injections every ten minutes.
+*[[Smithers]] (who apparently is gay after all) ''is'' straight, as long as he takes special injections every ten minutes.
 *[[Patty]] now has a fluffy tail because of plastic surgery.
 *The U.S. Dollar has been replaced by the "Reagan". There is also a 51st state: [[Saudi Israelia]], and apes are trying to get the right to vote.