Homer Alone/References - Revision history

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Spare-tire at 02:25, January 2, 2023

2023-01-02T02:25:14Z

Spare-tire: /* Cultural references */

2022-12-15T22:25:13Z

‎Cultural references

205.213.104.122: /* Cultural references */

2022-12-13T23:30:52Z

‎Cultural references

Solar Dragon: Both of these are unnotable

2022-12-07T00:10:15Z

Both of these are unnotable

205.213.104.120: /* Trivia */

2022-12-06T21:26:30Z

‎Trivia

Solar Dragon at 23:37, December 5, 2022

2022-12-05T23:37:16Z

Spare-tire at 23:18, December 5, 2022

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 *The man who rudely turns down the lube job and bluntly tells the [[Squeaky-Voiced Teen]] "Do not touch me" was the same man seen in "[[When Flanders Failed]]" who was rude to Ned Flanders when Ned was gracious enough to validate his parking ticket without having to buy anything from [[The Leftorium]]. The man would not even listen to Ned's quip of "Right as rain, or as we say around here, left as rain!", instead growling at Ned "Just stamp the ticket!"
 *Nelson has bunked off school to see the incident on the [[Springfield Memorial Bridge]]. He later utters "Ha! Ha!" when Homer announces that later he and Marge will snuggle.
-*This is the first episode in which Patty and Selma mention [[MacGyver]].
+*This is the first episode in which Patty and Selma mention ''[[MacGyver]]''.
 *The ending of the final act with the whole family in the same bed is similar to that of their first [[The Simpsons shorts|short]] "[[Good Night]]", Maggie closes her eyes last in both.

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 *When Marge leaves for her vacation, there is a man on the train platform checking his watch. He is modeled after Mark Kirkland who wrote this episode.
 *There were some scenes in the trailers for this episode which didn't make it to air. After Homer staples Maggie's diaper shut, he picks her up, and the changing board comes with her.
-*The man who rudely turns down the lube job and bluntly tells the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] "Do not touch me" was the same man seen in "[[When Flanders Failed]]" who was rude to Ned Flanders when Ned was gracious enough to validate his parking ticket without having to buy anything from [[The Leftorium]]. The man would not even listen to Ned's quip of "Right as rain, or as we say around here, left as rain!", instead growling at Ned "Just stamp the ticket!"
+*The man who rudely turns down the lube job and bluntly tells the [[Squeaky-Voiced Teen]] "Do not touch me" was the same man seen in "[[When Flanders Failed]]" who was rude to Ned Flanders when Ned was gracious enough to validate his parking ticket without having to buy anything from [[The Leftorium]]. The man would not even listen to Ned's quip of "Right as rain, or as we say around here, left as rain!", instead growling at Ned "Just stamp the ticket!"
 *Nelson has bunked off school to see the incident on the [[Springfield Memorial Bridge]]. He later utters "Ha! Ha!" when Homer announces that later he and Marge will snuggle.
 *This is the first episode in which Patty and Selma mention [[MacGyver]].

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The title is a reference to the [[1990]] family comedy film ''[[Home Alone]]''.
-** Also, when [[Homer]] discovers that [[Maggie]] is missing, he makes Kevin McAllister's iconic pose.
+**Also, when [[Homer]] discovers that [[Maggie]] is missing, he makes Kevin McAllister's iconic pose.
 *The opening scene of the episode, where Homer is chasing [[Bart]], is a parody of the Road Runner and Coyote chase scenes from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
 *When [[Marge]] drops the kids off at school, she glares at them and tells them to "GET! OUT!" in a manner strongly reminiscent of the [[Terminator]].

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The title is a reference to the [[1990]] family comedy film ''[[Home Alone]]''.
-** Also, when [[Homer]] discovers that [[Maggie]] is missing, he makes Kevin McCallister's iconic pose.
+** Also, when [[Homer]] discovers that [[Maggie]] is missing, he makes Kevin McAllister's iconic pose.
 *The opening scene of the episode, where Homer is chasing [[Bart]], is a parody of the Road Runner and Coyote chase scenes from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
 *When [[Marge]] drops the kids off at school, she glares at them and tells them to "GET! OUT!" in a manner strongly reminiscent of the [[Terminator]].

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The title is a reference to the [[1990]] family comedy film ''[[Home Alone]]''.
-** Also, when Homer discovers that Maggie is missing, he makes Kevin McCallister's iconic pose.
+** Also, when [[Homer]] discovers that [[Maggie]] is missing, he makes Kevin McCallister's iconic pose.
 *The opening scene of the episode, where Homer is chasing [[Bart]], is a parody of the Road Runner and Coyote chase scenes from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
 *When [[Marge]] drops the kids off at school, she glares at them and tells them to "GET! OUT!" in a manner strongly reminiscent of the [[Terminator]].
-*When [[Homer]] calls the Department of Missing Babies to report that [[Maggie]] has disappeared, the on-hold music is "{{W2|Baby Come Back|Player song}}" by {{W2|Player|band}}.
+*When Homer calls the Department of Missing Babies to report that Maggie has disappeared, the on-hold music is "{{W2|Baby Come Back|Player song}}" by {{W2|Player|band}}.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Trivia ==
 *This is the first episode that Chief Wiggum has blue hair.
 *Marge's train stops at Shelbyville, Badwater, Cattle Skull, and Testing grounds before stopping at Rancho Relaxo.
 *The second Nick's bowling shop that Marge goes to has a picture of [[Jacques]] from the episode "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]".
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 *The man who rudely turns down the lube job and bluntly tells the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] "Do not touch me" was the same man seen in "[[When Flanders Failed]]" who was rude to Ned Flanders when Ned was gracious enough to validate his parking ticket without having to buy anything from [[The Leftorium]]. The man would not even listen to Ned's quip of "Right as rain, or as we say around here, left as rain!", instead growling at Ned "Just stamp the ticket!"
 *Nelson has bunked off school to see the incident on the [[Springfield Memorial Bridge]]. He later utters "Ha! Ha!" when Homer announces that later he and Marge will snuggle.
-*First physical appearance of [[Arnie Pie]].
+*First onscreen appearance of [[Arnie Pie]].
 *This is the first episode in which Patty and Selma mention [[MacGyver]].
 == Continuity ==
 *The gangster complaining about the body in his car trunk was last seen in "[[Bart the Murderer]]".
 *[[Troy McClure]] mentioned working on the film ''[[Calling All Quakers]]''. He would also be involved with the Quakers through the comic ''[[Troy McClure Presents: Sowing your Quaker Oats]]'', mentioned in ''[[The Bongos That Time Forgot]]''.