Lisa Simpson's Book Club/References - Revision history

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‎The Lion, The Wardrobe, and the Snow Queen

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Solar Dragon: Created page with "{{TabR|nogags}} == Cultural references == === Wraparounds === Lisa tells the book club that she doesn't want to be a "book-tator" like {{Ch|Oprah Winfrey|Oprah}}. While..."

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== Cultural references ==
=== Wraparounds ===
*[[Lisa]] tells the book club that she doesn't want to be a "book-tator" like {{Ch|Oprah Winfrey|Oprah}}.
*While they are burning books, [[Mr. Burns]] says to set the temperature to a toasty ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]'', a reference to the book by [[Ray Bradbury]].

=== Rhyme of the Middle-Aged Mariner ===
*The story is a parody of the poem ''{{W|The Rime of the Ancient Mariner}}'' by {{W|Samuel Taylor Coleridge}}.
*The bartender at [[Salty's]] is [[Popeye]] from the ''{{ap|Popeye|comic strip}}'' franchise.
*The sailors sing a parody of "{{W|For He's a Jolly Good Fellow}}", replacing "Fellow" with "Captain".
*[[Ol' Gull]] sings "{{W|Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag}}" by {{W|Felix Powell|Felix}} and {{W|George Henry Powell}}.

=== The Little Engine That Couldn't Care Less ===
*The story is a parody of ''{{W|The Little Engine That Could}}''.
*[[Homer]] opens the story with "Once upon a time in a train yard in a galaxy far, far away...", a reference to ''[[Star Wars]]''.

=== Little Women ===
*The story is a parody of the novel ''[[Little Women]]'' by {{W|Louisa May Alcott}}.

=== The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Kwik-E-Mart Employees ===
*[[Apu]] threatens to saw [[Jimbo]] in half as if Jimbo was magician {{Ch|David Copperfield}}'s bikini-clad assistant.

=== The Lion, The Wardrobe, and the Snow Queen ===
*The story is a parody of ''{{W|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}'' by {{W|C. S. Lewis}}.
**[[Bart]] plays [[Edmund Pevensie]] while [[Lisa]] plays [[Lucy Pevensie]].
**[[Comic Book Guy]] is a parody of [[Mr. Tumnus]].
**[[Agnes Skinner]] is a parody of the {{W|White Witch}}.
**[[Ned Flanders]] is a parody of {{W|Aslan}}.
**[[Homer]] plays [[Mr. Beaver]].
*[[Frodo Baggins]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' appear and tell Edward and Lucy that they need to throw a ring in a volcano, but they got lost.

=== Lisa Longsocks ===
*The story is a parody of ''{{W2|Pippi Longstocking|novel}}''.
**[[[Lisa Longsocks|Lisa]] and [[Bart Longsocks]] are parodies of {{W|Pippi Longstocking}}.
*Lisa Longsocks fights against [[Bigfoot]].
*Homer's pirate crew are fighting Redbeard and Bluebeard, references to [[Blackbeard]].
*Marge says that [[Heaven]] has a curfew and you don't want to tick off [[St. Peter]].

=== Something Pretty Bad This Way Is Coming! ===
*The story is a parody of ''{{W2|Something Wicked This Way Comes|novel}}'' by [[Ray Bradbury]].
*[[Sideshow Bob]] is a parody of [[The Illustrated Man]] from the Bradbury short stories {{W|The Illustrated Man|of the same name}}.

== Continuity ==
=== Wraparounds ===
*The ''{{ap|Radioactive Man|comic}}'' issue that [[Bart]] has is the real-world {{RM|136}}.

=== Rhyme of the Middle-Aged Mariner ===
*[[Handsome Pete]] is seen in Salty's. ("[[Bart the Fink]]")

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 **[[Bart]] plays [[Edmund Pevensie]] while [[Lisa]] plays [[Lucy Pevensie]].
 **[[Comic Book Guy]] plays [[Mr. Tumnus]].
-**[[Agnes Skinner]] plays the [[White Witch]].
+**[[Agnes Skinner]] plays the [[Ice Queen]], a parody of the {{W|White Witch}}.
 **[[Ned Flanders]] plays [[Aslan]].
 **[[Homer]] plays [[Mr. Beaver]].

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 *The story is a parody of ''{{W2|Something Wicked This Way Comes|novel}}'' by [[Ray Bradbury]].
 *[[Sideshow Bob]] is a parody of [[The Illustrated Man]] from the Bradbury short stories {{W|The Illustrated Man|of the same name}}.
 == Continuity ==

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 **[[Homer]] plays [[Mr. Beaver]].
 *[[Frodo Baggins]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' appear and tell Edward and Lucy that they need to throw a ring in a volcano, but they got lost.
 === Lisa Longsocks ===

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 *[[Apu]] threatens to saw [[Jimbo]] in half as if Jimbo was magician {{Ch|David Copperfield}}'s bikini-clad assistant.
-=== The Lion, The Wardrobe, and the Snow Queen ===
+=== The Lion, the Wardrobe, and the Snow Queen ===
 *The story is a parody of ''{{W|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}'' by {{W|C. S. Lewis}}.
 **[[Bart]] plays [[Edmund Pevensie]] while [[Lisa]] plays [[Lucy Pevensie]].

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 === Lisa Longsocks ===
 *The story is a parody of ''{{W2|Pippi Longstocking|novel}}''.
-**[[[Lisa Longsocks|Lisa]] and [[Bart Longsocks]] are parodies of {{W|Pippi Longstocking}}.
+**[[Lisa Longsocks|Lisa]] and [[Bart Longsocks]] are parodies of {{W|Pippi Longstocking}}.
 *Lisa Longsocks fights against [[Bigfoot]].
 *Homer's pirate crew are fighting Redbeard and Bluebeard, references to [[Blackbeard]].