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 *Lyle McCarthy calls Homer "[[Home Alone]]".
 *Comic Book Guy has a poster for the 1957 horror film ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]'' in his room.
-*When Homer is introduced to Lyle McCarthy, he shows Homer a picture if what Brad and Angelina looked like before meeting him. This picture depicts the duo being extremely overweight, while also riding a motorcycle. This photo is a parody of a real photo taken of the McGuire twins, best known for holding the Guinness World Record for World’s Heaviest Twins.
+*When Homer is introduced to Lyle McCarthy, he shows Homer a picture if what Brad and Angelina looked like before meeting him. This picture depicts the duo being extremely overweight, while also riding a motorcycle. This photo is a parody of a real photo taken of the McGuire twins, best known for holding the Guinness World Record for World's Heaviest Twins.
 **A similar reference appears in [[The Day the Violence Died]].

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 *Lyle McCarthy calls Homer "[[Home Alone]]".
 *Comic Book Guy has a poster for the 1957 horror film ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]'' in his room.
-*When Homer is introduced to Lyle McCarthy, he shows Homer a picture if what Brad and Angelina looked like before meeting him. This picture depicts the duo being extremely overweight, while also riding a motorcycle. This photo is a parody of a real photo taken of the McCrary twins, best known for holding the Guinness World Record for World’s Heaviest Twins.
+*When Homer is introduced to Lyle McCarthy, he shows Homer a picture if what Brad and Angelina looked like before meeting him. This picture depicts the duo being extremely overweight, while also riding a motorcycle. This photo is a parody of a real photo taken of the McGuire twins, best known for holding the Guinness World Record for World’s Heaviest Twins.
 **A similar reference appears in [[The Day the Violence Died]].

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 *Lyle McCarthy calls Homer "[[Home Alone]]".
 *Comic Book Guy has a poster for the 1957 horror film ''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]'' in his room.
 == Trivia ==

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 *A former studio head says that his only sin was believing in [[George Clooney]].
 *The villain in the ''{{ap|Everyman|film}}'' film, [[Dr. Reptilicus]], resembles {{W2|Lizard|character}} from ''Marvel Comics''.
-*When the Everyman film is played in the cinema and Homer's physical appearance changes throughout the viewing, it is a reference to {{W|Bela Lugosi}}'s role in ''''{{W|Plan 9 from Outer Space}}''''. Lugosi died before ''Plan 9'' began production, and director {{W|Ed Wood}} included Lugosi in the film via footage he had recorded for other projects. In some scenes, Lugosi's character was portrayed by a stand-in who was taller than Lugosi and bore no resemblance to him, resulting in Lugosi's character changing appearance from scene to scene, similar to Homer in the Everyman film.
+*When the Everyman film is played in the cinema and Homer's physical appearance changes throughout the viewing, it is a reference to {{W|Bela Lugosi}}'s role in ''{{W|Plan 9 from Outer Space}}''. Lugosi died before ''Plan 9'' began production, and director {{W|Ed Wood}} included Lugosi in the film via footage he had recorded for other projects. In some scenes, Lugosi's character was portrayed by a stand-in who was taller than Lugosi and bore no resemblance to him, resulting in Lugosi's character changing appearance from scene to scene, similar to Homer in the Everyman film.
 *Posters seen in the [[Aztec Theater]] include:
 **''[[Fat Suit]]'' starring [[Eddie Murphy]], a reference to his role as {{W2|The Nutty Professor|character}} in the {{W2|The Nutty Professor|1996 film|1966 film of the same name}}.

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 *Comic Book Guy attempts to use a Vulcan deathgrip on the [[Ginormous Pictures security guard]], a reference to ''Star Trek''.
 *A former studio head says that his only sin was believing in [[George Clooney]].
-*The villain in the''{{ap|Everyman|film}}'' film is [[Lizard]] from ''Marvel Comics''.
+*The villain in the ''{{ap|Everyman|film}}'' film, [[Dr. Reptilicus]], resembles {{W2|Lizard|character}} from ''Marvel Comics''.
 *When the Everyman film is played in the cinema and Homer's physical appearance changes throughout the viewing, it is a reference to {{W|Bela Lugosi}}'s role in ''''{{W|Plan 9 from Outer Space}}''''. Lugosi died before ''Plan 9'' began production, and director {{W|Ed Wood}} included Lugosi in the film via footage he had recorded for other projects. In some scenes, Lugosi's character was portrayed by a stand-in who was taller than Lugosi and bore no resemblance to him, resulting in Lugosi's character changing appearance from scene to scene, similar to Homer in the Everyman film.
 *Posters seen in the [[Aztec Theater]] include:

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The title is a play on an old slogan of [[Burger King]]: "Home of the Whopper".
-*At the movie studio, one of the posters is for a movie called "Welcome Back, Potter." This is a parody of the movie/book series ''Harry Potter'' and the 1970s sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter''.
+*In the [[Android's Dungeon]], there is a poster of ''[[Swatchmen]]'', a parody of ''{{W|Watchmen}}''.
-*The villain in the Everyman film looks exactly like the Lizard, one of the villains of the comic book hero ''Spider-Man''.
+*[[Bart]] asks [[Comic Book Guy]] if it was possible that before [[Spider-Man]] was a movie, it was a comic book. When Bart asks this, Comic Book Guy responds with "Suffering [[Steve Ditko]]". Steve Ditko is one of the co-creators of Spider-Man. Comic Book Guy then goes on to say that Spider-Man was introduced in 1962's ''[[Amazing Fantasy|Amazing Fantasy #15]]''.
 *Some of the posters in the movie theater were references to real life movies.
 **''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Gettin' Rabies]]'' is a reference to the ''{{W|Alvin and the Chipmunks}}''.
-**''[[Star Wars Episode VII: The Apology]]'' is a reference to ''[[Star Wars]]''. In real life, an ''{{W|Star Wars sequel trilogy|Episode VII}}'' is being produced, but is most likely not going to be called ''The Apology''.
+**''[[Star Wars Episode VII: The Apology]]'' is a reference to ''[[Star Wars]]''. The episode was released years before ''{{W|Star Wars: The Force Awakens}}'' was made.
-*Eddie Murphy's "The Fat Suit" was a reference to his role as the Klump family in the "Nutty Professor" franchise.
+*[[Lyle McCarthy]] got [[Brad Pitt]] and [[Angelina Jolie]] into shape.
-*In the Android's Dungeon hangs a poster of "Swatchmen", a parody of ''Watchmen''.
+*Lyle McCarthy plays the song "{{W|Eye of the Tiger}}" by {{W2|Survivor|band}}. Homer then wants him to play {{W2|"Heroes"|David Bowie song}} by [[David Bowie]].
-*After Lyle McCarthy falls down to the ground he uses his shirt to as wings to fly like Rocky the Flying Squirrel from ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''.
+*Everyman thanks [[Captain America]] for giving him the patriotism to want to save the president's life. He also thanked Wonder Woman for giving him the boobs to distract the guard.
-*Lyle nicknames Homer "Homersapien," a reference to either the popular toy Robosapien or the scientific name for man, ''Homo sapiens''.
+*After Lyle McCarthy jumps off the building, he uses his shirt to as wings to fly like [[Rocky the Flying Squirrel]] from ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''.
-*The mural that Nelson is painting in the school yard resembles Picasso's "Guernica" but with some visual references to the Simpsons.
+*The home town of Everyman is Gothamopolis, a combination of [[Gotham City]] and {{W|Metropolis}}, the home towns of [[Batman]] and [[Superman]] respectively.
-*''{{W|Plan 9 from Outer Space}}'': When the Everyman film is played in the cinema and Homer's physical appearance changes throughout the viewing, it is a reference to {{W|Bela Lugosi}}'s role in ''Plan 9''. Lugosi died before ''Plan 9'' began production, and director {{W|Ed Wood}} included Lugosi in the film via footage he had recorded for other projects. In some scenes, Lugosi's character was portrayed by a stand-in who was taller than Lugosi and bore no resemblance to him, resulting in Lugosi's character changing appearance from scene to scene, similar to Homer in the Everyman film.
+*Sir [[Ben Kingsley]] is eaten by the grasshopperaptor.
-*Homer visits the {{W|Stahl House}} in Los Angeles.
+*When talking about the expired milk from 1961, [[Apu]] says "Everyone was twisting again like they did the previous summer.", a reference to the song "{{W|Let's Twist Again}}" by {{W|Chubby Checker}}.
 == Trivia ==
 *This is the second episode in which [[Matt Groening]], creator of the show, has guest starred as {{Ch|Matt Groening|himself}}. He is seen loading his truck with ''Bongo Comics'', his own line of comic books, while saying how rich he is.
 **When Groening is loading the comics into his truck, a picture of the Simpson family is visible on the back of his jacket.
 == Goofs ==
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 *When Homer says, "I need change for a dollar. I also need a dollar", his mouth doesn't match.
 *When Matt Groening "steals" the Everyman comics, he says "I'm so rich", but his mouth doesn't move.
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