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 *[[Mr. Burns]] asked Marge if he was at ''{{W|The Wall Street Journal}}'' online.
 *This episode aired six months after the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "{{W|Make Love, Not Warcraft}}" which had similar themes, including a reference to ''{{W|Hello Kitty Online}}''.
-*''{{W|American Dad!}}'' aired a similar episode, in which {{Ch|Steve Smith}} develops an unstoppable character, who is killed by his sister [[Hayley Smith|Hayley]], and who goes to great lengths to resurrect his character.
+*''[[American Dad!]]'' aired a similar episode, in which {{Ch|Steve Smith}} develops an unstoppable character, who is killed by his sister [[Hayley Smith|Hayley]], and who goes to great lengths to resurrect his character.
 *Bart's character in the game looks like [[The Black Knight]] from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' and when all the characters dance around the Shadow Knight he is missing his arms and legs like the scene from the film. He acts like a Ringwraith/Sauron from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy.
 *Lisa watches ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'', a {{W|Bend It Like Beckham|real life film}}.

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 *When Marge [[Google]]s herself, references to previous episodes are mentioned:
 **"Marge Simpson - [[Springfield]] Folk Artist. An article about her Popsicle stick art sculptures." ("[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]")
 **"Marge Simpson - Springfield Realty. License: Expired. Properties Sold: 0. Properties Listed: 1. Fellow employees: [[Cookie Kwan]], [[Nick Callahan|"Boo-Yah!" Guy]]." ("[[Realty Bites]]")
 **One website also mentions her [[Clarence Bouvier|father]]'s job as a flight attendant. ("[[Fear of Flying]]")

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 *Bart's character in the game looks like [[The Black Knight]] from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' and when all the characters dance around the Shadow Knight he is missing his arms and legs like the scene from the film. He acts like a Ringwraith/Sauron from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy.
 *Lisa watches ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'', a {{W|Bend It Like Beckham|real life film}}.
-*The match played between [[Manchester United]] and [[Sussexton Hamptonshire-on-Leith]] in Brighton which broke down into a supporters riot being set in 1985 is a reference to the fact that in real life, football hooliganism was at an all-time high in England in 1985, where an incident caused mostly by Liverpool supporters before the 1985 European Cup Final at Heysel Stadium in Belgium that saw 39 people - most of them supporters of Liverpool's opponents that night, Italian club Juventus - killed, and 600 people injured, resulted in English clubs being banned from European competitions until the early 1990s.
+*The match played between [[Manchester United]] and [[Sussexton Hamptonshire-on-Leith]] in Brighton which broke down into a supporters riot being set in 1985 is a reference to the fact that in real life, football hooliganism was at an all-time high in England in 1985, where {{W|Heysel Stadium disaster|an incident}} caused mostly by Liverpool supporters before the 1985 European Cup Final at Heysel Stadium in Belgium that saw 39 people - most of them supporters of Liverpool's opponents that night, Italian club Juventus - killed, and 600 people injured, resulted in English clubs being banned from European competitions until the early 1990s.
 == Trivia ==

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 *Bart's character in the game looks like [[The Black Knight]] from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' and when all the characters dance around the Shadow Knight he is missing his arms and legs like the scene from the film. He acts like a Ringwraith/Sauron from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy.
 *Lisa watches ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'', a {{W|Bend It Like Beckham|real life film}}.
-*The match played between [[Manchester United]] and [[Sussexton Hamptonshire-on Leith]] in Brighton which broke down into a supporters riot being set in 1985 is a reference to the fact that in real life, football hooliganism was at an all-time high in England in 1985, where an incident caused mostly by Liverpool supporters before the 1985 European Cup Final at Heysel Stadium in Belgium that saw 39 people - most of them supporters of Liverpool's opponents that night, Italian club Juventus - killed, and 600 people injured, resulted in English clubs being banned from European competitions until the early 1990s.
+*The match played between [[Manchester United]] and [[Sussexton Hamptonshire-on-Leith]] in Brighton which broke down into a supporters riot being set in 1985 is a reference to the fact that in real life, football hooliganism was at an all-time high in England in 1985, where an incident caused mostly by Liverpool supporters before the 1985 European Cup Final at Heysel Stadium in Belgium that saw 39 people - most of them supporters of Liverpool's opponents that night, Italian club Juventus - killed, and 600 people injured, resulted in English clubs being banned from European competitions until the early 1990s.
 == Trivia ==

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 *Bart's character in the game looks like [[The Black Knight]] from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' and when all the characters dance around the Shadow Knight he is missing his arms and legs like the scene from the film. He acts like a Ringwraith/Sauron from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy.
 *Lisa watches ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'', a {{W|Bend It Like Beckham|real life film}}.
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 == Cultural references ==
-*[[Homer]] headbutts a linesman just as {{w|Zinedine Zidane}} headbutted {{w|Marco Materazzi}} in the {{w|2006 FIFA World Cup Final}}. Then he rips off his shirt like {{w|Brandi Chastain}} did in the {{w|1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final}}. (Also like Chastain, Homer is revealed to be wearing a black {{w|sports bra}}.)
+*[[Homer]] headbutts a linesman just as {{W|Zinedine Zidane}} headbutted {{W|Marco Materazzi}} in the {{W|2006 FIFA World Cup Final}}. Then he rips off his shirt like {{W|Brandi Chastain}} did in the {{W|1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final}}. (Also like Chastain, Homer is revealed to be wearing a black {{W|sports bra}}.)
-*{{w|Samuel Barber}}'s "{{w|Adagio for Strings}}" plays during the football brawl [[Lisa]] watches on DVD. Other music in the episode includes the [[Beach Boys]]' "{{w|Surfin' Safari}}" (as [[Marge]] uses the Web), {{w|Paul Revere and the Raiders}}' "{{W2|Kicks|song}}" (as Homer officiates the game) and "Phoenix Rises" from the ''{{w|X-Men: The Last Stand}}'' soundtrack (when [[Bart]] revives Marge in the game).
+*{{W|Samuel Barber}}'s "{{W|Adagio for Strings}}" plays during the football brawl [[Lisa]] watches on DVD. Other music in the episode includes the [[Beach Boys]]' "{{W|Surfin' Safari}}" (as [[Marge]] uses the Web), {{W|Paul Revere and the Raiders}}' "{{W2|Kicks|song}}" (as Homer officiates the game) and "Phoenix Rises" from the ''{{W|X-Men: The Last Stand}}'' soundtrack (when [[Bart]] revives Marge in the game).
-*''[[Earthland Realms]]'' is a parody of MMORPGs. Most of the references are to the ''{{w|Everquest}}'' game franchise but a few are also made to the more popular ''{{w|World of Warcraft}}''. ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' also references ''Everquest'' with its "Neverquest" sub-game, with some character models being used in both this episode and game.
+*''[[Earthland Realms]]'' is a parody of MMORPGs. Most of the references are to the ''{{W|Everquest}}'' game franchise but a few are also made to the more popular ''{{W|World of Warcraft}}''. ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' also references ''Everquest'' with its "Neverquest" sub-game, with some character models being used in both this episode and game.
-*[[Mr. Burns]] asked Marge if he was at ''{{w|The Wall Street Journal}}'' online.
+*[[Mr. Burns]] asked Marge if he was at ''{{W|The Wall Street Journal}}'' online.
-*This episode aired six months after the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "{{w|Make Love, Not Warcraft}}" which had similar themes, including a reference to ''{{w|Hello Kitty Online}}''.
+*This episode aired six months after the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "{{W|Make Love, Not Warcraft}}" which had similar themes, including a reference to ''{{W|Hello Kitty Online}}''.
-*''{{w|American Dad!}}'' aired a similar episode, in which {{Ch|Steve Smith}} develops an unstoppable character, who is killed by his sister [[Hayley Smith|Hayley]], and who goes to great lengths to resurrect his character.
+*''{{W|American Dad!}}'' aired a similar episode, in which {{Ch|Steve Smith}} develops an unstoppable character, who is killed by his sister [[Hayley Smith|Hayley]], and who goes to great lengths to resurrect his character.
 *Bart's character in the game looks like [[The Black Knight]] from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' and when all the characters dance around the Shadow Knight he is missing his arms and legs like the scene from the film. He acts like a Ringwraith/Sauron from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' film trilogy.
-*Lisa watches ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'', a {{w|Bend It Like Beckham|real life film}}.
+*Lisa watches ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'', a {{W|Bend It Like Beckham|real life film}}.
 == Trivia ==
 *This episode first aired three days after the 20th anniversary of the first-ever appearance of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' on television, in the ''[[The Tracy Ullman Show|Tracy Ullman]]'' short "[[Good Night]]".
-*{{ch|Ronaldo}} wears a Brazil kit (yellow, green and blue) and the all-white Real Madrid kit in this episode. However, by the time the episode aired, Ronaldo had left Real Madrid to join AC Milan, who wear red and black stripes.
+*{{Ch|Ronaldo}} wears a Brazil kit (yellow, green and blue) and the all-white Real Madrid kit in this episode. However, by the time the episode aired, Ronaldo had left Real Madrid to join AC Milan, who wear red and black stripes.
 *After surfing the net, Marge says she discovered that she shares a birthday with [[Randy Quaid]]. (October 1st)

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 == Goofs ==
-* When Ronaldo is watching Homer, Lisa and Bart playing soccer, he has his Brazil kit on. However, when he walks towards Homer, it changes to the Real Madrid kit.
+*When Ronaldo is watching Homer, Lisa and Bart playing soccer, he has his Brazil kit on. However, when he walks towards Homer, it changes to the Real Madrid kit.
-* ''Not necessarily a goof:'' In one soccer match, the game is in the third period. However, while a match is typically divided into two 45-minute halves, certain competitive matches can go into extra time after ending in a draw (particularly play-off matches), with two more periods lasting 15 minutes each. It can simply be assumed that that match in particular had gone into extra time.
+*''Not necessarily a goof:'' In one soccer match, the game is in the third period. However, while a match is typically divided into two 45-minute halves, certain competitive matches can go into extra time after ending in a draw (particularly play-off matches), with two more periods lasting 15 minutes each. It can simply be assumed that that match in particular had gone into extra time.
 {{Season 18|R}}

Marge Gamer/References - Revision history

SolarBot: replaced: {{W|American Dad!}} → American Dad!

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Solar Dragon at 14:12, May 27, 2025

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