Lost Verizon/References - Revision history

SolarBot: replaced: {{W|AC/DC}} → AC/DC, {{W|Pop-Tarts}} → Pop-Tarts

2026-03-01T22:40:26Z

replaced: {{W|AC/DC}} → AC/DC, {{W|Pop-Tarts}} → Pop-Tarts

Simpsons88 at 15:05, February 11, 2026

2026-02-11T15:05:41Z

MediocreUsername at 11:49, February 9, 2025

2025-02-09T11:49:06Z

Solar Dragon at 15:37, August 20, 2022

2022-08-20T15:37:43Z

Solar Dragon: Undo revision 1174221 by 2600:1004:B0CC:EC2B:2C4F:7739:F2C8:F141 (talk) Dedications usually only appear in the original airing

2022-08-20T15:37:16Z

Undo revision 1174221 by 2600:1004:B0CC:EC2B:2C4F:7739:F2C8:F141 (talk) Dedications usually only appear in the original airing

2600:1004:B0CC:EC2B:2C4F:7739:F2C8:F141: /* Trivia */

2022-08-20T14:49:49Z

‎Trivia

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|Ingmar Bergman}} → Ingmar Bergman

2022-06-06T22:51:50Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|Ingmar Bergman}} → Ingmar Bergman

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|Boston Red Sox}} → Boston Red Sox

2022-03-14T00:26:08Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|Boston Red Sox}} → Boston Red Sox

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2021-10-16T01:53:41Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{w| → {{W| (10), {{ch| → {{Ch|

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w|Twizzlers}} → Twizzlers

2021-10-15T23:15:21Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{w|Twizzlers}} → Twizzlers

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 ***The logo of the famous Australian lager {{W|Foster's Lager|Foster's}}.
 ***A picture of {{W|Uluru}}.
-***A picture of Australian rock band {{W|AC/DC}}.
+***A picture of Australian rock band [[AC/DC]].
 **[[Inga-Bar Beerman's]] is a reference to Swedish director [[Ingmar Bergman]].
 *After Bart finishes prank calling, he remarks that "The sun never sets on the Bartish Empire" a reference to the phrase "{{W|The sun never sets on the British Empire}}".
 *Dolls of [[Don Mattingly]] can be seen among the Yankees stuff ordered by Bart.
 *When Bart speaks with Leary on the phone, the show Bart says was "cancelled" refers to the 2001 sitcom ''{{W2|The Job|2001 TV series}}'', which lasted 19 episodes. Soon after, the show Bart says was "going to get cancelled" refers to ''{{W2|Rescue Me|American TV series}}'', another Denis Leary series in which several of the principal actors from ''The Job'' later went on to star in.
-*Denis Leary eats {{W|Pop-Tarts}}.
+*Denis Leary eats [[Pop-Tarts]].
 *The song "{{W2|Watch Your Step|Elvis Costello song}}" by [[Elvis Costello]] is heard when Bart is being tracked by [[Marge]].
 *The film ''[[Sever]]'' is a parody of the ''{{W2|Saw|franchise}}'' horror films.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a pun on ''{{W|Lost Horizon}}'' and a reference to {{W|Verizon Communications}}.
+*The episode title is a pun on the 1937 American adventure drama fantasy film ''{{W2|Lost Horizon|1937 film}}'' and the telecommunications company {{W|Verizon}}, reflecting the central role that telecommunications play in the episode.
-*The bar [[Inga-Bar Beerman's]] is a reference to Swedish director [[Ingmar Bergman]].
+*During the [[Lost Verizon/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons are depicted carved into rock in a parody of [[Mount Rushmore]].
-*[[Crocodile Drunkee's]] is a pun on ''{{W|Crocodile Dundee}}''.
+*[[Agnes Skinner]] sarcastically compares [[Seymour]] to [[John D. Rockefeller]], the American businessman.
-*[[Principal Skinner]] crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the video game {{W|Frogger}}.
+*Principal Skinner crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the video game ''{{W|Frogger}}''.
-*The Allied Peas mascot is a parody of the {{W|Jolly Green Giant}}.
+*The [[Allied Peas]] mascot is a parody of the {{W|Jolly Green Giant}}.
-*[[Bart]], [[Nelson]] and [[Milhouse]] eat grilled [[Twizzlers]].
+*[[Lisa]] wants to visit [[Machu Picchu]], [[Peru]].
-*{{Ch|Denis Leary}} is seen wearing a [[Boston Red Sox]] baseball cap. In real life, Leary is a big Red Sox fan.
+*The song playing when [[Bart]] is collecting golf balls is "{{W|Workin' Man Blues}}" by {{W|Merle Haggard}}.
-*Bart uses Leary's cell phone to order a [[New York Yankees]] hat and [[Derek Jeter]] jersey, much to Leary's annoyance (see above).
+*When [[Denis Leary]] takes a long time to make his shot, [[Krusty]] makes a pun combining a golf {{W|tee}} and the {{W|Boston Tea Party}}. Leary also began working as a comedian in [[Boston]], and is seen wearing a [[Boston Red Sox]] cap.
-*Thanks to one of Bart's pranks, Leary appears in the movie adaptation of the children's book ''{{W|Everybody Poops}}'' as a constipated gorilla.
+*Denis Leary mentions the fact that he voiced the saber-toothed tiger {{W2|Diego|Ice Age}} in the 2002 animated film ''{{W2|Ice Age|2002 film}}''.
-*The song playing when Bart is collecting golf balls is "{{W|Workin' Man Blues}}" by {{W|Merle Haggard}}.
+*Thanks to one of Bart's pranks, Leary appears in the film adaptation of the children's book ''{{W|Everybody Poops}}'' as a constipated gorilla. The film is shot in [[Tunisia]], a renowned international film location, famous for its Saharan landscapes and unique Berber architecture.
-*After Bart finishes prank calling, he remarks that "the sun never sets on the Bartish empire" a reference to the phrase "{{W|The sun never sets on the British Empire}}".
+**The [[unnamed director]] is wearing a [[Chicago Cubs]] cap.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Continuity ==
 *When [[Marge]] asks [[Bart]] how he got a cell phone, he tells her that he got it the same way she got him "by accident, on a golf course." This is a reference to the [[Season 9]] episode "[[Natural Born Kissers]]".
+*The website [[Peterson's-guide-to-north-american-birds.com]] appears as an online version of [[Peterson Field Guides: Birds]]. ("[[Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]")
 == Goofs ==
 *In one scene, the satellite is on the right of the roof of the Simpsons' house, then several scenes later, it is on the left side. Also, the first time the satellite is seen, it is bigger.

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 == Trivia ==
 *[[Dr. Nick]] reappears in this episode, even though he appeared to have died in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.
 == Continuity ==
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 *In the scene in Bart's bedroom when Lisa holds the Krusty phone, the back of Krusty's neck keeps changing color from yellow to white.
 *In this episode, Bart doesn't have a phone. This contradicts a threat by Marge in the episode "[[Milhouse of Sand and Fog]]".
 {{Season 20|R}}
 [[Category:Cultural references]]
 [[Category:Trivia]]
 [[Category:Goofs]]
 [[Category:Continuity]]

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 *One of the patrons in the [[Sweden|Swedish]] bar looks nearly identical to [[Wayne Slater]], from the [[Season 23]] episode "[[The Falcon and the D'ohman]]".
 *In Latin America, this episode was released as the fourth episode of the season for unknown reasons.
 == Continuity ==

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 *[[Principal Skinner]] crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the video game {{w|Frogger}}.
 *The Allied Peas mascot is a parody of the {{w|Jolly Green Giant}}.
-*[[Bart]], [[Nelson]] and [[Milhouse]] eat grilled {{w|Twizzlers}}.
+*[[Bart]], [[Nelson]] and [[Milhouse]] eat grilled [[Twizzlers]].
 *{{ch|Denis Leary}} is seen wearing a {{w|Boston Red Sox}} baseball cap. In real life, Leary is a big Red Sox fan.
 *Bart uses Leary's cell phone to order a [[New York Yankees]] hat and [[Derek Jeter]] jersey, much to Leary's annoyance (see above).