Hurricane Neddy/References - Revision history

Solar Dragon: Undo revision 1377443 by 108.36.68.151 (talk) That doesn't seem like a reference to me. It's just Ned snapping

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Undo revision 1377443 by 108.36.68.151 (talk) That doesn't seem like a reference to me. It's just Ned snapping

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Solar Dragon at 11:57, March 1, 2025

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74.15.24.39 at 22:55, February 22, 2025

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74.15.24.39 at 22:53, February 22, 2025

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Solar Dragon: We don't see this happen at all.

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We don't see this happen at all.

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 *During Ned's string of "-diddily's," he actually says a proper English word: "Hostility."
 *A deleted scene shows Ned lashing out at [[Milhouse]] after he passes by him.
 *Among the people at the criminal's execution:
 **[[Aline]]

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 *During Ned's string of "-diddily's," he actually says a proper English word: "Hostility."
 *A deleted scene shows Ned lashing out at [[Milhouse]] after he passes by him.
 *Among the people at the criminal's execution:
 **[[Aline]]

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 *[[Jay Sherman]] from "[[A Star Is Burns]]" and the series ''[[The Critic]]'' makes a cameo appearance in a cell, telling his doctor, "It stinks! It stinks! It stinks!" The doctor responds, to humor him, "That's right, Mr. Sherman. Everything stinks."
 **''The Critic'' had recently been canceled, and this was the writers' explanation as to why (''The Critic'' creators Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the showrunners when Oakley and Weinstein were hired to ''The Simpsons'' staff).
-*[[Dr. Foster]] is later seen in "[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]," this time sporting a toupee.
+*[[Dr. Foster]] is later seen in "[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]," this time sporting a brown toupee.
 *The [[Calmwood Mental Hospital]] is later seen again in "[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]".
 *Todd is wearing a {{W|Butthole Surfers}} shirt when the Flanders family is in the relief center ("Look, Dad! I'm a surfer!"). The censors, however, only allowed "Buttho Surfers" to be shown.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' – as in the episode "[[When Flanders Failed]]", Homer leads the town to aid Flanders in his darkest hour, though on this occasion the results are far worse.
+*As in the episode "[[When Flanders Failed]]", Homer leads the town to aid Flanders in his darkest hour, though on this occasion the results are far worse, similar to ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''.
-*''[[The Critic]]'' – Jay Sherman makes a cameo appearance in the mental hospital scenes. The Simpsons writers joked that this is what really happened to the character after the series was cancelled. Critic fans, however, don't consider this appearance part of the series' canon.
+*[[Jay Sherman]] makes a cameo appearance in the mental hospital scenes. The ''[[The Critic]]'' writers joked that this is what really happened to the character after the series was canceled. Critic fans, however, don't consider this appearance part of the series' canon.
-*''{{W|Dick Tracy}}'' and ''{{W|Pruneface}}'' – Ned's "Prune Tracy" remark is a pun on the comic strip detective. It's also an allusion to an off-color joke: Given the progression, the next name would be Dick Face, had Dr. Foster not stopped him.
+*Ned's "Prune Tracy" remark is a pun on the comic strip detective ''{{W|Dick Tracy}}''. It's also an allusion to an off-color joke: Given the progression, the next name would be Dick Face, had Dr. Foster not stopped him. ''{{W|Pruneface}}'' is also referenced.
-*''{{W2|Job|Bible}}'' – The plot of the episode is very similar to that of the Book of Job in the Bible.
+*The plot of the episode is very similar to that of the Book of Job in the Bible, specifically ''{{W2|Job|Bible}}''.
-*''{{W2|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|film}}'' – Several scenes at [[Calmwood Mental Hospital]] are taken from the 1975 movie.
+*Several scenes at [[Calmwood Mental Hospital]] are taken from the 1975 movie ''{{W2|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|film}}''.
-**The nurse delivering medications at Calmwood looks like {{W|Nurse Ratched}}.
+**The nurse delivering medications at Calmwood looks like ''{{W|Nurse Ratched}}''.
-*''{{W|Swanson|Swanson TV dinners}}'' – The Juvenile Aggression Study film is sponsored by Swanson Angry Man Dinners, a play on Swanson Hungry Man Dinners.
+*The Juvenile Aggression Study film is sponsored by Swanson Angry Man Dinners, a play on ''{{W|Swanson|Swanson TV dinners}}'' Hungry Man Dinners.
-*''{{W2|Halloween|1978 film}}'' - Dr. Foster is shocked to receive news that Ned Flanders has gone mad, stating: "May god have mercy on us all!", referencing Dr. Loomis' reaction to Michael Myers' escape in the first Halloween film. This is clarified on the DVD commentary.
+*Dr. Foster is shocked to receive news that Ned Flanders has gone mad, stating: "May god have mercy on us all!", referencing Dr. Loomis' reaction to Michael Myers' escape in the first ''{{W2|Halloween|1978 film}}''. This is clarified on the DVD commentary.
 *When the Simpsons take shelter in the basement, Marge finds a [[Rubik's Cube]] which she had put there long ago and suggests they solve it to pass the time. (The solving session, however, quickly degenerates into an argument.)
-*''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]'' – The small door in the shoddily rebuilt Flanders house is a reference to the small door in the Wonka Factory. This is also clarified on the DVD commentary.
+*The small door in the shoddily rebuilt Flanders house is a reference to the small door in the Wonka Factory, as seen in ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]''. This is also clarified on the DVD commentary.
 **A sign also reads "Flandy is Dandy" in the crowd scene at the end, outside the mental hospital, which may be a reference to the saying from the film, "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker."
-*''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' – Homer watching [[Barney's Bowl-A-Rama]] spin around on itself as it moves across the sky is a reference to Dorothy's farmhouse spinning across the sky before landing in the land of Oz.
+*Homer watching [[Barney's Bowl-A-Rama]] spin around on itself as it moves across the sky is a reference to Dorothy's farmhouse spinning across the sky before landing in the land of Oz in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''.
 == Trivia ==
-*In the crowd scene at the end, outside the mental hospital, one of the signs reads "Free [[John Swartzwelder]]." John Swartzwelder is a long-time writer on the Simpsons.
+*In the crowd scene at the end, outside the mental hospital, one of the signs reads "Free [[John Swartzwelder]]." John Swartzwelder is a long-time writer on ''The Simpsons''.
 **Swartzwelder himself is seen in one of the mental institution cells; he quickly closes the door as he sees the Simpson family approaching.
 *A man with a ponytail and a white shirt appears to be a caricature of [[Bob Anderson]], who is seen in the crowd during Ned's tirade at the townspeople of Springfield.
 *[[Lucille Botzcowski]] (also known as Botz, the Babysitter Bandit) from the [[Season 1]] finale "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]" makes a cameo appearance, pacing around in her cell.
-*[[Jay Sherman]] from "[[A Star Is Burns]]" and series ''[[The Critic]]'', makes a cameo appearance in a cell, telling his doctor, "It stinks! It stinks! It stinks!" The doctor responds, to humor him, "That's right, Mr. Sherman. Everything stinks."
+*[[Jay Sherman]] from "[[A Star Is Burns]]" and the series ''[[The Critic]]'' makes a cameo appearance in a cell, telling his doctor, "It stinks! It stinks! It stinks!" The doctor responds, to humor him, "That's right, Mr. Sherman. Everything stinks."
-**''The Critic'' had recently been cancelled, and this was the writers' explanation as to why (''The Critic'' creators Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the show runners when Oakley and Weinstein were hired to The Simpsons staff).
+**''The Critic'' had recently been canceled, and this was the writers' explanation as to why (''The Critic'' creators Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the showrunners when Oakley and Weinstein were hired to ''The Simpsons'' staff).
-*[[Dr. Foster]] is later seen in "[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]", this time sporting a toupee.
+*[[Dr. Foster]] is later seen in "[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge]]," this time sporting a toupee.
 *The [[Calmwood Mental Hospital]] is later seen again in "[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]".
 *Todd is wearing a {{W|Butthole Surfers}} shirt when the Flanders family is in the relief center ("Look, Dad! I'm a surfer!"). The censors, however, only allowed "Buttho Surfers" to be shown.
-*During Ned's string of -didily's, he actually says a proper English word: Hostility.
+*During Ned's string of "-diddily's," he actually says a proper English word: "Hostility."
-*A deleted scene shows Ned lashing at [[Milhouse]] after he passes by him.
+*A deleted scene shows Ned lashing out at [[Milhouse]] after he passes by him.
 *Among the people at the criminal's execution:
 **[[Aline]]
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 **[[Springfield Mystery Spot]] cashier
 **[[The Larry Davis Experience]] guitar player
-*Chief Wiggum, Krusty, Lenny, Moe and Homer are the only five people in Springfield to not cringe away in fear after Ned lashes out at them.
+*Chief Wiggum, Krusty, Lenny, Moe, and Homer are the only five people in Springfield to not cringe away in fear after Ned lashes out at them.
-**Homer is the only member of the Simpson family to not cringe away in fear after Ned lashes at him.
+**Homer is the only member of the Simpson family to not cringe away in fear after Ned lashes out at him.
-**Maggie is the only member of the Simpson family that Ned does not lash out at her.
+**Maggie is the only member of the Simpson family that Ned does not lash out at.
-**Apu is the only person in Springfield that Ned does not lash out at him, despite showing Ned the living room of the shoddily rebuilt Flanders house with too much electricity.
+**Apu is the only person in Springfield that Ned does not lash out at, despite showing Ned the living room of the shoddily rebuilt Flanders house with too much electricity.
 == Goofs ==
 [[File:White hair Brandine.png|thumb|Brandine with white hair]]
-*When Ned is sitting with Maude at church as his family takes refuge in it for their destroyed house, Ned does not wear a right shoe but it appears when Rod and Todd meet up with their parents.
+*When Ned is sitting with Maude at church as his family takes refuge there after their house is destroyed, he is not wearing a right shoe, but it appears when Rod and Todd meet up with their parents.
-*When Dr. Foster greets Ned in his cell, he refers to the time the two spent together "Thirty years ago," and the episode flashes back to clips of Ned when he was about 10 years old. This contradicts Ned's age as established in "[[Viva Ned Flanders]]".
+*When Dr. Foster greets Ned in his cell, he refers to the time they spent together "thirty years ago," and the episode flashes back to clips of Ned when he was about ten years old. This contradicts Ned's age as established in "[[Viva Ned Flanders]]".
-*The Simpsons' basement has previously been shown as being accessible from indoors via a flight of stairs, but when they take shelter from the hurricane they are seen having to go outside and then through a storm door to get to the basement.
+*The Simpsons' basement has previously been shown as being accessible from indoors via a flight of stairs, but when they take shelter from the hurricane, they are seen having to go outside and then through a storm door to get to the basement.
-*Ned mentions that he doesn't drink, dance or swear, but in "[[The Joy of Sect]]", he is dispensing beer in his rumpus room.
+*Ned mentions that he doesn't drink, dance, or swear, but in "[[The Joy of Sect]]", he is seen dispensing beer in his rumpus room.
-*Outside of the mental hospital, Ned's ear turns grey for a frame and has the same color as the background.
+*Outside of the mental hospital, Ned's ear turns gray for a frame and has the same color as the background.
-*When Ned is sitting with Maude when they take refuge at church, Ned does not wear a right shoe but it appears when Rod and Todd meet up with their parents.
+*When Ned is sitting with Maude as they take refuge at church, he is not wearing a right shoe, but it appears when Rod and Todd meet up with their parents.
-*Todd is missing a shoe when they take refuge at church it appears when he and Rod meet up with their parents.
+*Todd is missing a shoe when they take refuge at church, but it appears when he and Rod meet up with their parents.
 *When Brandine Spuckler is among the customers seen in the Kwik-E-Mart, her hair is white instead of the usual red.
-*In the close-up, the "sane" sticker is bright red with white text, but in faraway shots it is brick red with black text.
+*In the close-up, the "sane" sticker is bright red with white text, but in faraway shots, it is brick red with black text.
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 *Chief Wiggum, Krusty, Lenny, Moe and Homer are the only five people in Springfield to not cringe away in fear after Ned lashes out at them.
 **Homer is the only member of the Simpson family to not cringe away in fear after Ned lashes at him.
 == Continuity ==

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 *A deleted scene shows Ned lashing at [[Milhouse]] after he passes by him.
 *Among the people at the criminal's execution:
-**[[Aileen]]
+**[[Aline]]
 **[[Della]]
 **[[Bobby Peterson]]