Homer the Heretic/References - Revision history

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‎Cultural references

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 {{TabR}}
 {{EpisodePrevNextRef|A Streetcar Named Marge|Lisa the Beauty Queen}}
 [[File:Tapped Out Sunday Morning Homer Greet Animal Friends.png|thumb|right|[[Homer]]'s pose with the animals on him is a reference to {{W|Francis of Assisi#Nature and the environment|St. Francis of Assisi}}.]]

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 *It is revealed that [[Apu]] is Hindu, and [[Moe]] is a Snakehandler.
 *Some fans of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' have held parties on June 5 and calling it "The Feast of Maximum Occupancy", in reference of Homer's excuse to get out of work by making up a holiday by looking at the safety warning at [[Moe's Tavern]], which reads "Maximum Occupancy, 65". The June 5th party date is a reference to the digits 6 and 5.
-*At the end of the episode, God tells Homer the meaning of life, but the closing credits start before the audience can hear it. During the original broadcast, this gave the illusion of God's answer being cut off by the Fox continuity announcer.
+*At the end of the episode, God tells Homer the meaning of life, but the closing credits start before the audience can hear it.
 *God also mentions that Homer has to wait 6 months to know the meaning of life, because Homer will die. Homer later dies for a few seconds in "[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]", which aired approximately six months after this episode. Ironically, that episode also has Homer dreaming about what is implied to be [[Hell]] and referring to it as a "wonderful dream."
 *The [[chalkboard gag]], "I will not defame [[New Orleans]]", is a reference to complaints the show received about the song about New Orleans in the previous episode, "[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]".
 *This episode shows how Homer was born. Unlike [[Bart]]'s birth in "[[I Married Marge]]", [[Lisa]]'s birth in "[[Lisa's First Word]]", and [[Maggie]]'s birth in "[[And Maggie Makes Three]]", Homer was seen being born from inside the womb and not from outside the womb. You can clearly tell this by the womb's shape at the beginning of the scene, the amniotic sac breaking after Homer's dance, the umbilical cord that's attached to Homer before he pulled it out from the womb, and a hand (possibly the surgeon's) pulling Homer's legs out of the womb while he grasps onto it as he gets delivered. However, just before the rest of Homer gets delivered after his legs, the scene cuts to the present, where Homer, grabbing onto his bed's headboard (similar to how he grasped the womb when he was delivered), is getting pulled out of bed by [[Marge]]. This reveals that Homer was dreaming about his birth, and Marge was pulling on Homer while telling him to wake up, similar to how the surgeon's hand pulled Homer out of the womb at the end of Homer's dream about his birth.
 **This episode also reveals that Homer was a breech baby and he was born via a breech delivery during Homer's dream about his birth. You can clearly tell this by the surgeon's hand delivering Homer's legs first.
 == Continuity ==
 *Apu is a volunteer firefighter in this episode. He would later also be volunteer firefighters in "[[Crook and Ladder]]". And Apu, [[Moe]], and [[Ned]] also were volunteer firefighters in "[[Brother's Little Helper]]". [[Luann]] was shown as being a member of the Volunteer [[Fire Department]] in this episode.

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 *It is revealed that [[Apu]] is Hindu, and [[Moe]] is a Snakehandler.
 *Some fans of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' have held parties on June 5 and calling it "The Feast of Maximum Occupancy", in reference of Homer's excuse to get out of work by making up a holiday by looking at the safety warning at [[Moe's Tavern]], which reads "Maximum Occupancy, 65". The June 5th party date is a reference to the digits 6 and 5.
-*At the end of the episode, God tells Homer the meaning of life, but the closing credits start before the audience can hear it.
+*At the end of the episode, God tells Homer the meaning of life, but the closing credits start before the audience can hear it. During the original broadcast, this gave the illusion of God's answer being cut off by the Fox continuity announcer.
 *God also mentions that Homer has to wait 6 months to know the meaning of life, because Homer will die. Homer later dies for a few seconds in "[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]", which aired approximately six months after this episode. Ironically, that episode also has Homer dreaming about what is implied to be [[Hell]] and referring to it as a "wonderful dream."
 *The [[chalkboard gag]], "I will not defame [[New Orleans]]", is a reference to complaints the show received about the song about New Orleans in the previous episode, "[[A Streetcar Named Marge]]".
 *This episode shows how Homer was born. Unlike [[Bart]]'s birth in "[[I Married Marge]]", [[Lisa]]'s birth in "[[Lisa's First Word]]", and [[Maggie]]'s birth in "[[And Maggie Makes Three]]", Homer was seen being born from inside the womb and not from outside the womb. You can clearly tell this by the womb's shape at the beginning of the scene, the amniotic sac breaking after Homer's dance, the umbilical cord that's attached to Homer before he pulled it out from the womb, and a hand (possibly the surgeon's) pulling Homer's legs out of the womb while he grasps onto it as he gets delivered. However, just before the rest of Homer gets delivered after his legs, the scene cuts to the present, where Homer, grabbing onto his bed's headboard (similar to how he grasped the womb when he was delivered), is getting pulled out of bed by [[Marge]]. This reveals that Homer was dreaming about his birth, and Marge was pulling on Homer while telling him to wake up, similar to how the surgeon's hand pulled Homer out of the womb at the end of Homer's dream about his birth.
 **This episode also reveals that Homer was a breech baby and he was born via a breech delivery during Homer's dream about his birth. You can clearly tell this by the surgeon's hand delivering Homer's legs first.
 == Continuity ==
 *Apu is a volunteer firefighter in this episode. He would later also be volunteer firefighters in "[[Crook and Ladder]]". And Apu, [[Moe]], and [[Ned]] also were volunteer firefighters in "[[Brother's Little Helper]]". [[Luann]] was shown as being a member of the Volunteer [[Fire Department]] in this episode.

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 == Continuity ==
 *Apu is a volunteer firefighter in this episode. He would later also be volunteer firefighters in "[[Crook and Ladder]]". And Apu, [[Moe]], and [[Ned]] also were volunteer firefighters in "[[Brother's Little Helper]]". [[Luann]] was shown as being a member of the Volunteer [[Fire Department]] in this episode.
-*Homer sings "{{W2|Delilah|Tom Jones song}}" in the shower showing his appreciation for {{ch|Tom Jones}}. ("[[The War of the Simpsons]]", "[[Marge Gets a Job]]")
+*Homer sings "{{W2|Delilah|Tom Jones song}}" in the shower showing his appreciation for {{Ch|Tom Jones}}. ("[[The War of the Simpsons]]", "[[Marge Gets a Job]]")
 == Goofs ==

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 == Continuity ==
 *Apu is a volunteer firefighter in this episode. He would later also be volunteer firefighters in "[[Crook and Ladder]]". And Apu, [[Moe]], and [[Ned]] also were volunteer firefighters in "[[Brother's Little Helper]]". [[Luann]] was shown as being a member of the Volunteer [[Fire Department]] in this episode.
-*Homer sings "{{W|Delilah|Tom Jones Song}}" in the shower showing his appreciation for {{ch|Tom Jones}}. ("[[The War of the Simpsons]]", "[[Marge Gets a Job]]")
+*Homer sings "{{W2|Delilah|Tom Jones song}}" in the shower showing his appreciation for {{ch|Tom Jones}}. ("[[The War of the Simpsons]]", "[[Marge Gets a Job]]")
 == Goofs ==

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 *[[Jamshed Nahasapeemapetilon]]
 == Cultural references ==
 *When [[Homer]] skips [[First Church of Springfield|church]] and watches TV at home, he watches ''{{W|The Three Stooges}}'' (obvious due to a [[Curly Howard|Curly]]-like cry coming from the TV).
 *Homer is singing "{{W2|Delilah|Tom Jones song}}" in the shower.

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 *Homer is singing "{{W2|Delilah|Tom Jones song}}" in the shower.
 *Homer's slide in a dressing gown and slippers to "{{W|Short Shorts}}" is a reference to the film ''{{W|Risky Business}}''.
 *[[Playdude]] is a parody of [[Playboy]].
 *Homer's pose with the animals on him is a reference to {{W|Francis of Assisi#Nature and the environment|St. Francis of Assisi}}.