Grade School Confidential/References - Revision history

Snowball II at 13:08, October 15, 2024

2024-10-15T13:08:15Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|Vishnu}} → Vishnu, {{W|Houdini}} → Houdini

2022-06-06T12:08:18Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|Vishnu}} → Vishnu, {{W|Houdini}} → Houdini

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|The Andy Griffith Show}} → The Andy Griffith Show, {{W|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}} → Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, {{W|Barney Fife}} → Barney Fife

2022-03-13T21:43:20Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|The Andy Griffith Show}} → The Andy Griffith Show, {{W|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}} → Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, {{W|Barney Fife}} → Barney Fife

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: Pahasatira → Pahasatira

2022-03-10T22:04:03Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: Pahasatira → Pahasatira

Simpsons88 at 13:01, March 5, 2022

2022-03-05T13:01:02Z

Solar Dragon: /* Goofs */

2022-01-16T13:05:18Z

‎Goofs

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +George Gershwin

2021-03-17T10:00:54Z

‎Cultural references: +George Gershwin

CJG00 at 05:09, February 6, 2021

2021-02-06T05:09:41Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w|High School Confidential (film)|High School Confidential}} → {{W2|High School Confidential|film}}

2020-12-11T14:40:32Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{w|High School Confidential (film)|High School Confidential}} → {{W2|High School Confidential|film}}

Spare-tire: This has plenty.

2015-08-28T00:02:00Z

This has plenty.

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 *The phrase Bart says "Set your faces to stunned" is an obvious reference to the famous ''[[Star Trek]]'' mis-quote 'Set Phasers to Stun'.
 *[[Sanjay]]'s daughter, [[Pahasatira]], thinks of the Hinduism deity [[Vishnu]] when she tries to describe Edna and Seymour's posture in the closet.
-*[[Chief Wiggum]] tells his wife [[Sarah Wiggum|Sarah]] to get him in contact with Superintendent Chalmers in a similar way [[Barney Fife]] from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' orders the telephone operator Sarah to get him in contact with other characters.
+*[[Chief Wiggum]] says, "[[Sarah Wiggum|Sarah]], get me [[Superintendent Chalmers]]" the same way [[Barney Fife]] from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' would say, "Sarah, get me ___' to Sarah the local telephone switchboard operator.
 *In trying to force Edna and Seymour out of the school, the police attempt to flood the area with music, more specifically using the song "{{W|Embraceable You}}", performed by [[Michael Dees]]. This is similar to a tactic that the US troops used during {{W|Operation Just Cause}} in an attempt to force {{W|Manuel Noriega}} out of the Vatican embassy in Panama City.

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 *[[Homer]] imitates [[Richard Nixon]] when he takes the kids for a ride in the "{{W|Space Shuttle}}".
 *The [[Mathemagician]], whom [[Martin]] hires for his party, is modelled after [[Bill Gates]].
-**[[Bart]] calls the Mathemagician "{{W|Houdini}}".
+**[[Bart]] calls the Mathemagician "[[Harry Houdini|Houdini]]".
 [[File:Gradeschoolconfidential7.png|250px|thumb|''[[Peanuts]]'' character Charlie Brown can be seen as a candle with half the head melted]]
 *''[[Peanuts]]'' character Charlie Brown can be seen as a candle with half the head melted.
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 **One of the pictures is from a {{W|Lady Baltimore cake}}.
 *The phrase Bart says "Set your faces to stunned" is an obvious reference to the famous ''[[Star Trek]]'' mis-quote 'Set Phasers to Stun'.
-*[[Sanjay]]'s daughter, [[Pahasatira]], thinks of the Hinduism deity {{W|Vishnu}} when she tries to describe Edna and Seymour's posture in the closet.
+*[[Sanjay]]'s daughter, [[Pahasatira]], thinks of the Hinduism deity [[Vishnu]] when she tries to describe Edna and Seymour's posture in the closet.
 *[[Chief Wiggum]] tells his wife [[Sarah Wiggum|Sarah]] to get him in contact with Superintendent Chalmers in a similar way [[Barney Fife]] from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' orders the telephone operator Sarah to get him in contact with other characters.
 *In trying to force Edna and Seymour out of the school, the police attempt to flood the area with music, more specifically using the song "{{W|Embraceable You}}", performed by [[Michael Dees]]. This is similar to a tactic that the US troops used during {{W|Operation Just Cause}} in an attempt to force {{W|Manuel Noriega}} out of the Vatican embassy in Panama City.

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 [[File:Gradeschoolconfidential7.png|250px|thumb|''[[Peanuts]]'' character Charlie Brown can be seen as a candle with half the head melted]]
 *''[[Peanuts]]'' character Charlie Brown can be seen as a candle with half the head melted.
-*[[Principal Skinner]] hums ''{{W|Eine kleine Nachtmusik}}'' by {{W|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}} when he asks Bart to deliver a letter to [[Edna]].
+*[[Principal Skinner]] hums ''{{W|Eine kleine Nachtmusik}}'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] when he asks Bart to deliver a letter to [[Edna]].
 *The movie being played at [[Aztec Theater]] has [[Tom Berenger]] on it. [[Superintendent Chalmers]]' comment "You think they actually filmed this in [[Atlanta]]?" implies that the film is in fact ''{{W2|The Big Chill|film}}'', a 1983 comedy-drama film starring Tom Berenger.
 *[[Agnes]] started collecting photos of cakes after finding a picture of a cake she liked on a 1941 edition of ''{{W|Good Housekeeping}}'' magazine.
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 *The phrase Bart says "Set your faces to stunned" is an obvious reference to the famous ''[[Star Trek]]'' mis-quote 'Set Phasers to Stun'.
 *[[Sanjay]]'s daughter, [[Pahasatira]], thinks of the Hinduism deity {{W|Vishnu}} when she tries to describe Edna and Seymour's posture in the closet.
-*[[Chief Wiggum]] tells his wife [[Sarah Wiggum|Sarah]] to get him in contact with Superintendent Chalmers in a similar way {{W|Barney Fife}} from ''{{W|The Andy Griffith Show}}'' orders the telephone operator Sarah to get him in contact with other characters.
+*[[Chief Wiggum]] tells his wife [[Sarah Wiggum|Sarah]] to get him in contact with Superintendent Chalmers in a similar way [[Barney Fife]] from ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' orders the telephone operator Sarah to get him in contact with other characters.
 *In trying to force Edna and Seymour out of the school, the police attempt to flood the area with music, more specifically using the song "{{W|Embraceable You}}", performed by [[Michael Dees]]. This is similar to a tactic that the US troops used during {{W|Operation Just Cause}} in an attempt to force {{W|Manuel Noriega}} out of the Vatican embassy in Panama City.

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 **One of the pictures is from a {{W|Lady Baltimore cake}}.
 *The phrase Bart says "Set your faces to stunned" is an obvious reference to the famous ''[[Star Trek]]'' mis-quote 'Set Phasers to Stun'.
-*[[Sanjay]]'s daughter, [[Pahasatira Nahasapeemapetilon|Pahasatira]], thinks of the Hinduism deity {{W|Vishnu}} when she tries to describe Edna and Seymour's posture in the closet.
+*[[Sanjay]]'s daughter, [[Pahasatira]], thinks of the Hinduism deity {{W|Vishnu}} when she tries to describe Edna and Seymour's posture in the closet.
 *[[Chief Wiggum]] tells his wife [[Sarah Wiggum|Sarah]] to get him in contact with Superintendent Chalmers in a similar way {{W|Barney Fife}} from ''{{W|The Andy Griffith Show}}'' orders the telephone operator Sarah to get him in contact with other characters.
 *In trying to force Edna and Seymour out of the school, the police attempt to flood the area with music, more specifically using the song "{{W|Embraceable You}}", performed by [[Michael Dees]]. This is similar to a tactic that the US troops used during {{W|Operation Just Cause}} in an attempt to force {{W|Manuel Noriega}} out of the Vatican embassy in Panama City.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode title is a reference to the movie ''{{W2|High School Confidential|film}}''.
 *The [[Mathemagician]], whom [[Martin]] hires for his party, is modelled after [[Bill Gates]].
-*Set faces to stun is a obvious reference to the famous [Star Trek] Mis-quote 'Set Phasers to Stun'
+**[[Bart]] calls the Mathemagician "{{W|Houdini}}".
 *''[[Peanuts]]'' character Charlie Brown can be seen as a candle with half the head melted.
-*[[Edna]] and [[Principal Skinner]] dance to the {{W|George Gershwin}} song "{{W|Embraceable You}}" performed by [[Michael Dees]].
+*[[Principal Skinner]] hums ''{{W|Eine kleine Nachtmusik}}'' by {{W|Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}} when he asks Bart to deliver a letter to [[Edna]].
 == Trivia ==

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 == Goofs ==
 *Mrs. Krabappel's name on the envelope is misspelled as "Enda" when Bart is opening and reading the letter, but is spelled correctly when viewed in closeup.
 *When Maude Flanders accuses Skinner and Krabappel in engaging in a sexual relationship, Lenny's beard is colored yellow.

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 *[[Marge]] only says 8 words in this episode: "Krabappel", "Oh, my goodness" and "Homer, Bart's up there".
 *Bart (who fed his serving to a cat), Lisa (who feigns sickness), Edna and Skinner (who hide in Martin's playhouse) are Martin's only guests who did not get food poisoning.
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 == Cultural references ==