Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy/References - Revision history

Solar Dragon: Reverted edits by Jebediatis (talk) to last revision by SolarBot

2026-02-16T11:52:55Z

Reverted edits by Jebediatis (talk) to last revision by SolarBot

Jebediatis at 05:50, February 16, 2026

2026-02-16T05:50:44Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */ replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (3), typos fixed: the the → the, replaced: → (6)

2025-06-01T17:15:35Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (3), typos fixed: the the → the, replaced: → (6)

74.12.174.247: That movie was released until 1999.

2025-04-09T07:11:07Z

That movie was released until 1999.

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Snowball II at 00:21, December 16, 2023

2023-12-16T00:21:20Z

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2021-02-05T18:58:37Z

‎Goofs

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w|Kool & the Gang}} → Kool & the Gang, {{w|Lewis Carroll}} → Lewis Carroll, {{w|Paul Harvey}} → Paul Harvey, {{w|Jerry Lewis}} → Jerry Lewis

2021-01-27T16:15:19Z

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 *The "''X-Files''-style" music also plays when Bart peers through his telescope at the adults ([[Simpson & Son Revitalizing Tonic|Revitalizing Tonic]] customers) arriving at their houses, hurrying inside, and closing the curtains.
 *When Al Gore is notified that someone has finally bought a copy of his book, he celebrates by putting on an LP record and playing "{{W2|Celebration|song}}" by [[Kool & the Gang]].
-*The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a pun on the real-life town of [[Lake Placid|Lake Placid, New York]].
+*The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a pun on the real-life town of {{W|Lake Placid, New York}}.
 *In the flashback of young [[Homer]] watching the televised presidential press conference, then {{Ch|John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy}} addresses Helen. [[Helen Thomas]] was the first and at that time only female member of the White House press corps.
 *Lisa references {{W|Occam's Razor}}, a 14th-century theory still cited today as a counter to needlessly complicated explanations.

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 *The "''X-Files''-style" music also plays when Bart peers through his telescope at the adults ([[Simpson & Son Revitalizing Tonic|Revitalizing Tonic]] customers) arriving at their houses, hurrying inside, and closing the curtains.
 *When Al Gore is notified that someone has finally bought a copy of his book, he celebrates by putting on an LP record and playing "{{W2|Celebration|song}}" by [[Kool & the Gang]].
-*The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a pun on the real-life town of {{W|Lake Placid, New York}}.
+*The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a pun on the real-life town of [[Lake Placid|Lake Placid, New York]].
 *In the flashback of young [[Homer]] watching the televised presidential press conference, then {{Ch|John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy}} addresses Helen. [[Helen Thomas]] was the first and at that time only female member of the White House press corps.
 *Lisa references {{W|Occam's Razor}}, a 14th-century theory still cited today as a counter to needlessly complicated explanations.

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 *When Al Gore is notified that someone has finally bought a copy of his book, he celebrates by putting on an LP record and playing "{{W2|Celebration|song}}" by [[Kool & the Gang]].
 *The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a pun on the real-life town of {{W|Lake Placid, New York}}.
-*In the flashback of young [[Homer]] watching the televised presidential press conference, then {{Ch|John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy}} addresses Helen. [[Helen Thomas]] was the first and at that time only female member of the the White House press corps.
+*In the flashback of young [[Homer]] watching the televised presidential press conference, then {{Ch|John F. Kennedy|President Kennedy}} addresses Helen. [[Helen Thomas]] was the first and at that time only female member of the White House press corps.
 *Lisa references {{W|Occam's Razor}}, a 14th-century theory still cited today as a counter to needlessly complicated explanations.
 *[[Milhouse]]'s line "We're through the looking-glass here, people" is from the {{W|Oliver Stone}} movie ''{{W2|JFK|film}}''. The line is also a reference to the [[Lewis Carroll]] book ''{{W|Through the Looking-Glass}}'' and has become a slang term meaning to enter a world where nothing is as it appears — such as investigating behind-the-scenes goings-on.

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 *The "''X-Files''-style" music also plays when Bart peers through his telescope at the adults ([[Simpson & Son Revitalizing Tonic|Revitalizing Tonic]] customers) arriving at their houses, hurrying inside, and closing the curtains.
 *When Al Gore is notified that someone has finally bought a copy of his book, he celebrates by putting on an LP record and playing "{{W2|Celebration|song}}" by [[Kool & the Gang]].
-*The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a reference to either the movie ''{{W2|Lake Placid|film}}'' or to the real-life town of {{W|Lake Placid, New York}}.
+*The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a pun on the real-life town of {{W|Lake Placid, New York}}.
 *Lisa references {{W|Occam's Razor}}, a 14th-century theory still cited today as a counter to needlessly complicated explanations.
 *[[Milhouse]]'s line "We're through the looking-glass here, people" is from the {{W|Oliver Stone}} movie ''{{W2|JFK|film}}''. The line is also a reference to the [[Lewis Carroll]] book ''{{W|Through the Looking-Glass}}'' and has become a slang term meaning to enter a world where nothing is as it appears — such as investigating behind-the-scenes goings-on.

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 *[[Professor Frink]]'s transformation into a suave man with a deep voice is a reference to [[Jerry Lewis]]'s transforming into Buddy Love in ''{{W|The Nutty Professor}}''.
 *When Grampa is selling his tonic, he's mostly seen dressed as a quintessential Southern Colonel, an image strongly associated with [[Colonel Sanders]], the founder of [[KFC]].
-* The man in the crowd in [[Spittle County]] who proclaims, "I'm not convinced. I've had bad luck with aphrodisiacs." is a parody of {{W|Ed Wynn}}.
+*The man in the crowd in [[Spittle County]] who proclaims, "I'm not convinced. I've had bad luck with aphrodisiacs." is a parody of {{W|Ed Wynn}}.
 == Trivia ==

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 *[[Bart]]'s blackboard line, "My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man", is a reference to ''{{W2|The Fugitive|1993 film}}'' and Richard Kimble's saying that a one-armed man killed his wife.
 **The line has also been interpreted by some fans as referring to [[Herman Hermann]].
-*At the bookstore, in order to cover up his and [[Marge]]'s looking through the "Marital Relations" section, [[Homer]] accidentally grabs [[Mapplethorpe|a photography book]] by {{w|Robert Mapplethorpe}} and screams when he gets a look at the contents (Mapplethorpe was famous for the homo-erotic nature of his work).
+*At the bookstore, in order to cover up his and [[Marge]]'s looking through the "Marital Relations" section, [[Homer]] accidentally grabs [[Mapplethorpe|a photography book]] by {{W|Robert Mapplethorpe}} and screams when he gets a look at the contents (Mapplethorpe was famous for the homo-erotic nature of his work).
 *The book on tape, ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Erotic American]]'' by [[Paul Harvey]], which Marge and Homer purchase, includes some of Harvey's broadcasting mannerisms such as beginning by saying "Hello, Americans" and ending by saying "Good day." (The voice for Harvey's reading was provided by [[Harry Shearer]].)
-*Also in the bookstore, the fictional (as in non-existent) [[Al Gore]] books ''Rational Thinking, Reasonable Future'' (which [[Lisa]] mentions) and ''[[Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow]]'' (which she buys) are tongue-in-cheek references to Gore's real-life 1992 book, ''{{w|Earth in the Balance}}''.
+*Also in the bookstore, the fictional (as in non-existent) [[Al Gore]] books ''Rational Thinking, Reasonable Future'' (which [[Lisa]] mentions) and ''[[Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow]]'' (which she buys) are tongue-in-cheek references to Gore's real-life 1992 book, ''{{W|Earth in the Balance}}''.
-*When Lisa buys ''Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow'' and Gore is notified as soon as the clerk scans it at the counter, the music in the background is very reminiscient of the ''{{w|The X-Files|X-Files}}'' theme.
+*When Lisa buys ''Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow'' and Gore is notified as soon as the clerk scans it at the counter, the music in the background is very reminiscient of the ''{{W|The X-Files|X-Files}}'' theme.
 *The "''X-Files''-style" music also plays when Bart peers through his telescope at the adults ([[Simpson & Son Revitalizing Tonic|Revitalizing Tonic]] customers) arriving at their houses, hurrying inside, and closing the curtains.
 *When Al Gore is notified that someone has finally bought a copy of his book, he celebrates by putting on an LP record and playing "{{W2|Celebration|song}}" by [[Kool & the Gang]].
-*The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a reference to either the movie ''{{W2|Lake Placid|film}}'' or to the real-life town of {{w|Lake Placid, New York}}.
+*The town Lake Flaccid, which [[Grampa]] mentions, is a reference to either the movie ''{{W2|Lake Placid|film}}'' or to the real-life town of {{W|Lake Placid, New York}}.
-*Lisa references {{w|Occam's Razor}}, a 14th-century theory still cited today as a counter to needlessly complicated explanations.
+*Lisa references {{W|Occam's Razor}}, a 14th-century theory still cited today as a counter to needlessly complicated explanations.
-*[[Milhouse]]'s line "We're through the looking-glass here, people" is from the {{w|Oliver Stone}} movie ''{{W2|JFK|film}}''. The line is also a reference to the [[Lewis Carroll]] book ''{{w|Through the Looking-Glass}}'' and has become a slang term meaning to enter a world where nothing is as it appears — such as investigating behind-the-scenes goings-on.
+*[[Milhouse]]'s line "We're through the looking-glass here, people" is from the {{W|Oliver Stone}} movie ''{{W2|JFK|film}}''. The line is also a reference to the [[Lewis Carroll]] book ''{{W|Through the Looking-Glass}}'' and has become a slang term meaning to enter a world where nothing is as it appears — such as investigating behind-the-scenes goings-on.
-*[[Professor Frink]]'s transformation into a suave man with a deep voice is a reference to [[Jerry Lewis]]'s transforming into Buddy Love in ''{{w|The Nutty Professor}}''.
+*[[Professor Frink]]'s transformation into a suave man with a deep voice is a reference to [[Jerry Lewis]]'s transforming into Buddy Love in ''{{W|The Nutty Professor}}''.
 *When Grampa is selling his tonic, he's mostly seen dressed as a quintessential Southern Colonel, an image strongly associated with [[Colonel Sanders]], the founder of [[KFC]].

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 == Goofs ==
-[[File:Yellowendell.jpg|thumb|Yellow Wendell]]
+[[File:Yellow Wendell.png|thumb|Yellow Wendell]]
 *When Homer leaves to 'do some serious thinking', he drives away from the house in the [[Orange Station Wagon|orange station wagon]] (Marge's car), but arrives at the farmhouse in his [[Pink Sedan|pink sedan]].
 *When Homer and Marge are in the car, between scenes, the windscreen goes missing. It becomes noticeable when the mirror appears and disappears, and Abe's head manages to pop out when he and Homer argue over the getaway music.