Little Big Mom/References - Revision history

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Solar Dragon at 17:05, April 4, 2025

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Simpsons88 at 16:44, April 4, 2025

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SolarBot: replaced: Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo → "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"

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Undo revision 1294212 by 2600:4040:7E43:6C00:8CEA:4930:F0B4:37B1 (talk) That is what the trivia was already saying

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 *Good Old Oats are a parody of {{W|Quaker Oats}}.
 *The ''Virtual Doctor'' website says that it's from the creators of ''{{W|Dragon Quest}}'' and ''SimSandwich''. ''Dragon Quest'' is a series of RPGs released by {{W|Square-Enix}} (originally released as ''Dragon Warrior'' in the US). ''SimSandwich'' is a reference to the ''Sim'' series of games, the most famous of which is ''{{W|SimCity}}''.
-*[[Maude]] mentions having seen ''{{W2|Ben-Hur|1959 film}}'', the 1959 American religious epic film.
+*[[Maude]] mentions having seen ''[[Ben-Hur]]'', the 1959 American religious epic film.
 *Marge refers to leprosy as {{W|Hansen's disease}}, which is another way to refer to the disease, named after its discoverer, {{W|Gerhard Armauer Hansen}}.
 *The {{W|Knights of Columbus}}, a real Catholic fraternal organization, are mentioned in the [[Molokai Leper Colony]] sign.

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 *The episode's title is a pun on the 1970 American revisionist Western film ''{{W2|Little Big Man|film}}''.
 *On the ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[The Tears of a Clone]]":
-**One of the pictures in [[Itchy]]'s album, [[Scratchy]] is tied to a table and pointed at with a laser parodying [[James Bond]]'s famous scene in ''[[Goldfinger]]''.
+**One of the pictures in [[Itchy]]'s album, [[Scratchy]] is tied to a table and pointed at with a laser, is a parody of [[James Bond]]'s famous scene in ''[[Goldfinger]]''.
-**When Itchy can't keep up with the flow of Scratchy clones emerging from the cloning machine, it is a reference to the candy wrapping scene from the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode "Job Switching".
+**When Itchy can't keep up with the flow of Scratchy clones emerging from the cloning machine, it is a reference to the candy-wrapping scene from the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode "Job Switching".
 *Things among the items [[Marge]] wanted to get rid of:
 **A {{W|flashcube}}, a small, cube-shaped device used in old {{W|Kodak Instamatic}} cameras to provide flash lighting. It contains four flashbulbs, one on each side, that fire individually with each photo, rotating automatically after each shot.
-**[[Homer]] bought a pair of skies after watching the {{W|1998 Winter Olympics}} held in {{W2|Nagano|city}}, [[Japan]].
+**[[Homer]] bought a pair of skis after watching the {{W|1998 Winter Olympics}} held in {{W2|Nagano|city}}, [[Japan]].
 *[[Bart]] plays a joke on Homer by telling him that the drummer from the American soft rock {{W2|Bread|band}} was close to him.
 *While approaching Marge, [[Disco Stu]] sings "{{W|Disco Lady}}", the 1976 single by American singer {{W|Johnnie Taylor}}.
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 *[[Maude]] mentions having seen ''{{W2|Ben-Hur|1959 film}}'', the 1959 American religious epic film.
 *Marge refers to leprosy as {{W|Hansen's disease}}, which is another way to refer to the disease, named after its discoverer, {{W|Gerhard Armauer Hansen}}.
 *The {{W|Knights of Columbus}}, a real Catholic fraternal organization, are mentioned in the [[Molokai Leper Colony]] sign.
 *In [[Hawaii]], Bart and Homer plan to scare tourists staying at {{W|Club Med}}, the famous chain of all-inclusive hotels.
 *At the very end of the episode, Homer sings "{{W|Aloha 'Oe}}" between screams while he receives a needle treatment.
 == Trivia ==
 *During ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' cartoon, the pictures Itchy looks at in his photo album are from previous ''I&S'' cartoons (see "[[Tears of a Clone]]").
 *[[Lisa]] says "Excellent!" in the same way as [[Mr. Burns]].
-*This is the second Simpsons episode to be banned in Japan, the first being "[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]". The reason dealt with the Leprosy subplot and the segregation element, as segregation laws were still deemed a sensitive matter in Japan. The episode is also not included in the Japanese version of the season 11 DVD and is unavailable on [[Disney+]] Japan.
+*This is the second ''The Simpsons'' episode to be banned in Japan, the first being "[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]". The reason dealt with the leprosy subplot and the segregation element, as segregation laws were still deemed a sensitive matter in Japan. The episode is also not included in the Japanese version of the Season 11 DVD and is unavailable on [[Disney+]] Japan.
 == Goofs ==
-*When Marge rushes through the door at the start of the episode, she opens to the inside, but when she is outside, she nails a wedge to the underside of the door. This wouldn't work, since the door opens the other way, but the Simpson family tries to open it outwards.
+*When Marge rushes through the door at the start of the episode, she opens it to the inside, but when she is outside, she nails a wedge to the underside of the door. This wouldn't work, since the door opens the other way, but the Simpson family tries to open it outwards.
-*The clock falls on Marge's LEFT leg, yet it breaks her right leg.
+*The clock falls on Marge's left leg, yet it breaks her right leg.
 *When Ned answers the door to Homer and Bart, the doorknob is on the left-hand side of the door. After he slams the door and Homer and Bart stick their arms through the mail slot, the doorknob has changed to the right-hand side of the door.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a pun on the film ''{{W2|Little Big Man|film}}''.
+*The episode's title is a pun on the 1970 American revisionist Western film ''{{W2|Little Big Man|film}}''.
-*The ''Virtual Doctor'' website says that it's from the creators of ''{{W|Dragon Quest}}'' and ''SimSandwich''. ''Dragon Quest'' is a series of RPGs released by {{W|Square-Enix}} (originally released as ''Dragon Warrior'' in the US). ''SimSandwich'' is a reference to the ''Sim'' series of games, the most famous of which is ''{{W|SimCity}}''.
+*On the ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[The Tears of a Clone]]":
 *In the hospital, [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] squirt {{W|interferon}} at each other.
-*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' references:
+[[File:Sweet Emotions.png|250px|thumb|The cereal [[Sweet Emotions]] features a picture of [[Steven Tyler]] from [[Aerosmith]]. The name of the cereal is also a reference to "{{W|Sweet Emotion}}", a popular song by the band]]
-**Homer and Bart watch an episode of the show.
+*The cereal [[Sweet Emotions]] features a picture of [[Steven Tyler]] from the Boston-based rock band [[Aerosmith]]. "{{W|Sweet Emotion}}" is a popular song by the band, released in 1975.
-**[[Lisa]] meets the ghost of [[Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo Carmichael]], who gives her an idea for how to get even with Homer and Bart for their laziness. Ghost Lucy's surnames refer to characters that [[Lucille Ball]] portrayed on ''I Love Lucy'' and ''{{W|The Lucy Show}}''.
+*Homer and Bart watch an episode of ''I Love Lucy'', the famous American sitcom. The main characters, {{W|Lucy and Ricky Ricardo}} and {{W|Fred Mertz}}, are heard talking.
 **After telling Lisa her name, Ghost Lucy says, "And I think there's some more", an offhand reference to Lucy Carter, Ball's character on ''{{W|Here's Lucy}}''; and to Lucy Barker, her character on ''{{W|Life with Lucy}}''.
-**During the ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy & Scratchy]]'' cartoon ("[[The Tears of a Clone]]"), the [[Scratchy]] clones emerge from the cloning machine faster than [[Itchy]] can kill them, a reference to the candy wrapping scene from the ''I Love Lucy'' episode "Job Switching".
+*Good Old Oats are a parody of {{W|Quaker Oats}}.
 *At the very end of the episode, Homer sings "{{W|Aloha 'Oe}}" between screams while he receives a needle treatment.

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 *During ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' cartoon, the pictures Itchy looks at in his photo album are from previous ''I&S'' cartoons (see "[[Tears of a Clone]]").
 *[[Lisa]] says "Excellent!" in the same way as [[Mr. Burns]].
-*This is the second Simpsons episode to be banned in Japan, the first being [[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]. The reason dealt with the Leprosy subplot and the segregation element, as segregation laws were still deemed a sensitive matter in Japan. The episode is also not included in the Japanese version of the season 11 DVD and is unavailable on [[Disney+]] Japan.
+*This is the second Simpsons episode to be banned in Japan, the first being "[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]". The reason dealt with the Leprosy subplot and the segregation element, as segregation laws were still deemed a sensitive matter in Japan. The episode is also not included in the Japanese version of the season 11 DVD and is unavailable on [[Disney+]] Japan.
 == Goofs ==

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 == Trivia ==
-*This is the first episode to air during the 2000s as well as the first episode to air in the new millennium; 2000.
+*This is the first episode to air during the 2000s.
 *During ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' cartoon, the pictures Itchy looks at in his photo album are from previous ''I&S'' cartoons (see "[[Tears of a Clone]]").
 *[[Lisa]] says "Excellent!" in the same way as [[Mr. Burns]].