Homer Goes to Prep School/References - Revision history

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Simpsons88 at 16:27, July 25, 2024

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Simpsons88 at 20:22, July 24, 2024

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The B from UA at 10:22, July 6, 2021

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 *In the episode's [[Homer Goes to Prep School/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the members of the family are popular trophies:
 **[[Homer]] is the {{W|Oscar statuette}} from the {{W|Academy Awards}}.
-**[[Marge]] is the {{W|Emmy statuette}} from the {{W|Emmy Awards}}.
+**[[Marge]] is the {{W|Emmy statuette}} from the [[Emmy Awards]].
 **[[Lisa]] is the {{W2|Grammium|trophy}} from the {{W|Grammy Awards}}.
 **[[Maggie]] is the {{W|Stanley Cup}}, awarded to the {{W|NHL}} champion.
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 **''[[Volcasteroid!]]'', a reference to the 1997 disaster film ''{{W2|Volcano|1997 film}}''.
 **''[[Kathy Griffin: Even Armageddon Won't Stop Me]]'', a reference to [[Kathy Griffin]] and her resilience to continue her career despite it being mined with controversies that included many bans and suspensions.
-*[[MyTube]] is a parody of {{W|YouTube}}.
+*[[MyTube]] is a parody of [[YouTube]].
 *The acronym {{W|TEOTWAWKI}} Homer uses means "The End of the World as We Know It", and is a phrase used in {{W|survivalism}}.
 *Bart and [[Milhouse]] are playing ''[[Satan's Path]]'', which is a parody of the board game from the film ''{{W|Jumanji}}''.

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 **''[[Kathy Griffin: Even Armageddon Won't Stop Me]]'', a reference to [[Kathy Griffin]] and her resilience to continue her career despite it being mined with controversies that included many bans and suspensions.
 *[[MyTube]] is a parody of {{W|YouTube}}.
-*The acronym {{W|TEOTWAWKI}} Homer uses means "The End of the World as We Know It", as is a phrase used in {{W|survivalism}}.
+*The acronym {{W|TEOTWAWKI}} Homer uses means "The End of the World as We Know It", and is a phrase used in {{W|survivalism}}.
 *Bart and [[Milhouse]] are playing ''[[Satan's Path]]'', which is a parody of the board game from the film ''{{W|Jumanji}}''.
 *Bart's girlfriend was just a rice bag with a face drawn on it. This is similar to {{W|Wilson the volleyball}}, the personified friend of Chuck Noland ([[Tom Hanks]]) in ''{{W|Cast Away}}''.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*Homer and Bart were watching some apocalyptic moves :
+*In the episode's [[Homer Goes to Prep School/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the members of the family are popular trophies:
-**''[[Ice World: Los Angeles]]'', may be a reference to ''{{W2|Ice Age|franchise}}'' and ''{{W|Escape from L.A.}}''.
+**[[Homer]] is the {{W|Oscar statuette}} from the {{W|Academy Awards}}.
-**''[[Volcasteroid!]]'', a reference to ''{{W2|Volcano|1997 film}}''.
+**[[Marge]] is the {{W|Emmy statuette}} from the {{W|Emmy Awards}}.
-**''[[Kathy Griffin: Even Armageddon Won't Stop Me]]'', a reference to [[Kathy Griffin]] and ''{{W2|Armageddon|1998 film}}''.
+**[[Lisa]] is the {{W2|Grammium|trophy}} from the {{W|Grammy Awards}}.
-*Homer mentions ''{{W|Red Dawn}}''.
+**[[Maggie]] is the {{W|Stanley Cup}}, awarded to the {{W|NHL}} champion.
-*[[Tom Skerritt]] makes an appearance.
+**[[Bart]] is a blue version of the KCA orange blimp from {{W|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards}}.
 *Homer imagining people turning to apes and destroying everything is a reference to ''{{W|Rise of the Planet of the Apes}}''.
-*The scene with Homer in the popcorn machine refers to the sex scene in ''[[Titanic]]''.
+*[[Moe]] says that the acronym "OK" stands for "Old Kinderhook", which was one of the nicknames for US president [[Martin Van Buren]]. Some historians believe that "OK" originated from Van Buren's supporters who used it to refer to him during his presidential campaigns. This connection to Van Buren is one of the popular theories about the etymology of the term "OK".
-*When Bart mentioned that in apocalyptic movies, water and gas are money, he may be referring to ''{{W|Mad Max 2}}''.
+*On [[Eugene Blatz|Dr. Eugene Blatz]]'s video:
-*When he draws a face on a rice bag, this is a reference to "Wilson", the volleyball in the movie ''{{W|Cast Away}}''.
+**One of the crisis is American economist {{W|Ben Bernanke}}. This is a reference to Bernanke being the chairman of the United States Federal Reserve during the {{W|2007–2008 financial crisis}}.
-*The false wall in the Simpsons' basement may be a reference to ''{{W|Inside Man}}''.
+**Another crisis is the {{W|Periodical cicadas|17-year cicadas}}, a species of cicadas that emerge en masse every 17 years in North America.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Cultural references ==
 *Homer and Bart were watching some apocalyptic moves :
-**''[[Ice World: Los Angeles]]'', may be a reference to ''[[Ice Age]]'' and ''{{W|Escape from L.A.}}''.
+**''[[Ice World: Los Angeles]]'', may be a reference to ''{{W2|Ice Age|franchise}}'' and ''{{W|Escape from L.A.}}''.
 **''[[Volcasteroid!]]'', a reference to ''{{W2|Volcano|1997 film}}''.
 **''[[Kathy Griffin: Even Armageddon Won't Stop Me]]'', a reference to [[Kathy Griffin]] and ''{{W2|Armageddon|1998 film}}''.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *Homer and Bart were watching some apocalyptic moves :
-**''[[Ice World: Los Angeles]]'', may be a reference to [[Ice Age]] and ''{{W|Escape from L.A.}}''.
+**''[[Ice World: Los Angeles]]'', may be a reference to ''[[Ice Age]]'' and ''{{W|Escape from L.A.}}''.
 **''[[Volcasteroid!]]'', a reference to ''{{W2|Volcano|1997 film}}''.
 **''[[Kathy Griffin: Even Armageddon Won't Stop Me]]'', a reference to [[Kathy Griffin]] and ''{{W2|Armageddon|1998 film}}''.

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 *[[Tom Skerritt]] makes an appearance.
 *Homer imagining people turning to apes and destroying everything is a reference to ''{{w|Rise of the Planet of the Apes}}''.
-*The scene with Homer in the popcorn machine refers to the sex scene in ''{{W2|Titanic|1997 film}}''.
+*The scene with Homer in the popcorn machine refers to the sex scene in ''[[Titanic]]''.
 *When Bart mentioned that in apocalyptic movies, water and gas are money, he may be referring to ''{{w|Mad Max 2}}''.
 *When he draws a face on a rice bag, this is a reference to "Wilson", the volleyball in the movie ''{{w|Cast Away}}''.