Lisa's Pony/References - Revision history

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Solar Dragon: Not a goof, just an example of an early thing getting changed.

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Not a goof, just an example of an early thing getting changed.

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 [[File:Lisa Finds Pony in Bed.png|250px|thumb|[[Lisa]] waking up to find the [[Princess|pony]]'s head and screaming is a reference to a famous scene from ''[[The Godfather]]'']]
 *At the beginning of the episode, [[Homer]] dreams he is one of the apes in the iconic "Dawn of Man" sequence from the 1968 epic science fiction film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. While the other apes learn to use fire and tools, Homer uses the {{W2|Monolith|Space Odyssey|monolith}} as a back-scratcher and falls asleep leaning against it.
-**The initial fanfare from ''{{W|Also sprach Zarathustra}}'' by {{W|Richard Strauss}}, "Sunrise", which is featured in the film, is also heard.
+**The initial fanfare from ''{{W|Also sprach Zarathustra}}'' by [[Richard Strauss]], "Sunrise", which is featured in the film, is also heard.
 *"{{W|The Blue Danube}}" waltz by {{W|Johann Strauss II}} is briefly heard when Homer is woken up by the telephone.
 *Music pieces heard during the children's acts at [[Springfield Elementary School]] include:

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 == Cultural references ==
 *At the beginning of the episode, [[Homer]] dreams he is one of the apes in the iconic "Dawn of Man" sequence from the 1968 epic science fiction film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. While the other apes learn to use fire and tools, Homer uses the {{W2|Monolith|Space Odyssey|monolith}} as a back-scratcher and falls asleep leaning against it.
 **The initial fanfare from ''{{W|Also sprach Zarathustra}}'' by {{W|Richard Strauss}}, "Sunrise", which is featured in the film, is also heard.
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 *The name of the pet shop [[All Creatures Great and Cheap]] is a pun on the 1975 British film title ''{{W2|All Creatures Great and Small|film}}''.
 *The first pony [[Millicent]] offered to Homer was sired by [[Seattle Slew]]. Seattle Slew was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who became the tenth winner of the {{W2|Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|United States|American Triple Crown}} (1977). She also mentions the {{W|Kentucky Derby}}.
 *Lisa waking up to find the pony's head and screaming is a reference to the famous scene from ''[[The Godfather]]'', where {{W|Jack Woltz}} wakes to find the severed head of his prized racehorse next to him.
 *At the stable, Lisa plays "{{W2|Wildfire|Michael Martin Murphey song}}" by {{W|Michael Martin Murphey}} for [[Princess]].

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 == Cultural references ==
-*At the beginning of the episode, [[Homer]] dreams he is one of the apes in iconic "Dawn of Man" sequence from the 1968 epic science fiction film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. While the other apes learn to use fire and tools, Homer uses the {{W2|Monolith|Space Odyssey|monolith}} as a back-scratcher and falls asleep leaning against it.
+*At the beginning of the episode, [[Homer]] dreams he is one of the apes in the iconic "Dawn of Man" sequence from the 1968 epic science fiction film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. While the other apes learn to use fire and tools, Homer uses the {{W2|Monolith|Space Odyssey|monolith}} as a back-scratcher and falls asleep leaning against it.
 **The initial fanfare from ''{{W|Also sprach Zarathustra}}'' by {{W|Richard Strauss}}, "Sunrise", which is featured in the film, is also heard.
 *"{{W|The Blue Danube}}" waltz by {{W|Johann Strauss II}} is briefly heard when Homer is woken up by the telephone.
-*Music pieces heard during the children acts at [[Springfield Elementary School]] include:
+*Music pieces heard during the children's acts at [[Springfield Elementary School]] include:
 **The "{{W|Sabre Dance}}" by {{W|Aram Khachaturian}} is heard during Kim's act.
 **[[Milhouse]] performs the jazz standard "{{W|Sweet Georgia Brown}}" by {{W|Ben Bernie}} using spoons.
-**[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] perform a knife throwing act to the sound of the {{W|can-can}}.
+**[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] perform a knife-throwing act to the sound of the {{W|can-can}}.
-**[[Chuck Berger]] sings "[[My Ding-a-Ling]]", a novelty song by {{W|Chuck Berry}}.
+**[[Chuck Berger]] sings "[[My Ding-a-Ling]]", a novelty song by [[Chuck Berry]].
 **[[Lisa]] plays an off-key version of "{{W2|Stormy Weather|song}}" by {{W|Harold Arlen}} and {{W|Ted Koehler}}.
 *In the videotape of Lisa taking her first steps, Homer is watching the American TV series ''{{W|Fantasy Island}}''.
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 == Trivia ==
-*When [[Ralph]] is talking, his voice sounds different to normal.
+*When [[Ralph]] is talking, his voice is different to how it is in later episodes.
-*When Homer enquires to Lisa that Marge would be better at getting her a new 4 1/2 reed, Lisa answers that "I called her she's not home" yet in a very next scene, Marge is seen present in the crowd reassuring Lisa that her father wouldn't fail her; this raises the question as to why Marge didn't simply take Lisa out to the store (The reason she was not home was obviously because she had departed to attend the Talent show).
+*When Homer enquires to Lisa that Marge would be better at getting her a new 4 1/2 reed, Lisa answers, "I called her she's not home," yet in the very next scene, Marge is seen present in the crowd reassuring Lisa that her father wouldn't fail her; this raises the question as to why Marge didn't simply take Lisa out to the store (the reason she was not home was obviously because she had departed to attend the talent show).
-*In this episode, it is revealed that [[Apu]] was dating [[Princess Kashmir]] showing how much of a bachelor he was in early seasons.
+*In this episode, it is revealed that [[Apu]] was dating [[Princess Kashmir]], showing how much of a bachelor he was in the early seasons.
-*In a brief montage when [[Homer]] spends time with [[Lisa]], he blow-drys Lisa and the animation looks ''very'' similar to "[[Bart the General]]" when he blow-drys [[Bart]] in a scene compared to this episode.
+*In a brief montage when [[Homer]] spends time with [[Lisa]], he blow-dries Lisa, and the animation looks ''very'' similar to "[[Bart the General]]" when he blow-dries [[Bart]] in a scene compared to this episode.
 == Continuity ==
 *In "[[Old Money]]", Lisa mentioned if she got a pony she would name it Princess.
-*[[Moe's Tavern]] also distracts [[Homer]] from running an errand for a family member in the comic story ''[[Maggie's Crib 25]]''.
+*[[Moe's Tavern]] also distracts [[Homer]] from running an errand for a family member in the comic story {{Cmc|Maggie's Crib|25}}.
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 **[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] perform a knife throwing act to the sound of the {{W|can-can}}.
 **[[Chuck Berger]] sings "[[My Ding-a-Ling]]", a novelty song by {{W|Chuck Berry}}.
-**Lisa plays an off-key version of "{{W2|Stormy Weather|song}}" by {{W|Harold Arlen}} and {{W|Ted Koehler}}.
+**[[Lisa]] plays an off-key version of "{{W2|Stormy Weather|song}}" by {{W|Harold Arlen}} and {{W|Ted Koehler}}.
 *In the videotape of Lisa taking her first steps, Homer is watching the American TV series ''{{W|Fantasy Island}}''.
+*The name of the pet shop [[All Creatures Great and Cheap]] is a pun on the 1975 British film title ''{{W2|All Creatures Great and Small|film}}''.
-*Lisa plays the standard "{{W2|Stormy Weather|song}}" at the talent show. Later, when playing for [[Princess]], she plays "{{W2|Wildfire|Michael Martin Murphey song}}".
+*The first pony [[Millicent]] offered to Homer was sired by [[Seattle Slew]]. Seattle Slew was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who became the tenth winner of the {{W2|Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|United States|American Triple Crown}} (1977). She also mentions the {{W|Kentucky Derby}}.
-*The store name [[All Creatures Great and Cheap]] is a pun on ''All Creatures Great and Small'', a novel by English veterinarian {{W|James Herriot}} and pun on the song of the same name, which is about animals.
+[[File:Lisa Finds Pony in Bed.png|250px|thumb|[[Lisa]] waking up to find the [[Princess|pony]]'s head and screaming is a reference to a famous scene from ''[[The Godfather]]'']]
 *Lisa waking up to find the pony's head and screaming is a reference to the famous scene from ''[[The Godfather]]'', where {{W|Jack Woltz}} wakes to find the severed head of his prized racehorse next to him.
-*During Homer's dream sequence, an instrumental version of "{{W|Golden Slumbers}}" by [[The Beatles]] is played.
+*At the stable, Lisa plays "{{W2|Wildfire|Michael Martin Murphey song}}" by {{W|Michael Martin Murphey}} for [[Princess]].
-*Bart and Lisa see an episode of ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', hosted by {{Ch|Johnny Carson}}. {{Ch|Ed McMahon}} can be heard laughing at Carson's joke.
+*While driving home from the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], Homer falls asleep behind the wheel and dreams that he is in [[Slumberland]], drawn in the style of {{W|Winsor McCay}}'s ''{{W|Little Nemo in Slumberland}}''.
 == Trivia ==

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 **Lisa plays an off-key version of "{{W2|Stormy Weather|song}}" by {{W|Harold Arlen}} and {{W|Ted Koehler}}.
 *In the videotape of Lisa taking her first steps, Homer is watching the American TV series ''{{W|Fantasy Island}}''.
 *Lisa plays the standard "{{W2|Stormy Weather|song}}" at the talent show. Later, when playing for [[Princess]], she plays "{{W2|Wildfire|Michael Martin Murphey song}}".

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 *Lisa plays the standard "{{W2|Stormy Weather|song}}" at the talent show. Later, when playing for [[Princess]], she plays "{{W2|Wildfire|Michael Martin Murphey song}}".
 *The store name [[All Creatures Great and Cheap]] is a pun on ''All Creatures Great and Small'', a novel by English veterinarian {{w|James Herriot}} and pun on the song of the same name, which is about animals.
-*Lisa waking up to find the pony's head and screaming is a reference to the famous scene from ''{{w|The Godfather}}'', where {{w|Jack Woltz}} wakes to find the severed head of his prized racehorse next to him.
+*Lisa waking up to find the pony's head and screaming is a reference to the famous scene from ''[[The Godfather]]'', where {{w|Jack Woltz}} wakes to find the severed head of his prized racehorse next to him.
 *During Homer's dream sequence, an instrumental version of "{{w|Golden Slumbers}}" by [[The Beatles]] is played.
 *Bart and Lisa see an episode of ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', hosted by {{ch|Johnny Carson}}. {{ch|Ed McMahon}} can be heard laughing at Carson's joke.