Maximum Homerdrive/References - Revision history

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 *The woman on the "Wish You Were Her" postcard is {{W|Bettie Page}}.
 *In the Latin-American dubbing version, after Bart asks Homer if he can go with him, Bart says "go ahead, Lola!". This reference is to the 80's movie smash-hit (in all of Latin America and the Latino community in the US) of ''Lola la trailera''.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a pun on the 1986 [[Stephen King]] film ''{{w|Maximum Overdrive}}''.
+*The episode title is a pun on the 1986 [[Stephen King]] film ''{{W|Maximum Overdrive}}''.
 *[[Homer]] refers to the [[Spice Girls]] smash-hit song "{{W|Wannabe}}" as the "ultimate truck driver song". This episode is one of three episodes to feature this song, the other being "[[Fraudcast News]]" and "[[How the Test Was Won]]".
 **Closed captioning reveals that "{{W|Dancing Queen}}" by [[ABBA]] was supposed to be played instead.

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 == Goofs ==
 *Red Barclay blinks right before Homer says he's no longer breathing.
 *On the garlic bread bag, [[Luigi]] has gray hair.
 {{Season 10|R}}

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 *When Homer faces off against [[Red Barclay|Red]] the trucker at the steakhouse, Red sinks his hand down his pants like [[Al Bundy]] normally did on ''[[Married... with Children]]''.
 *The decal on the side of Red's truck reads ''Red Rascal'', and has a wolf and a sexy redheaded pin-up girl on the side, a possible reference to the 1942 [[Tex Avery]] cartoon ''{{W|Red Hot Riding Hood}}.
-*{{W|The Carpenters}}' song, "{{W|(They Long To Be) Close to You}}", was played back in the episode, "[[The Way We Was]]", when Homer first met Marge. It was also played in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' when Marge leaves Homer via video message.
+*[[The Carpenters]]' song, "{{W|(They Long To Be) Close to You}}", was played back in the episode, "[[The Way We Was]]", when Homer first met Marge. It was also played in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' when Marge leaves Homer via video message.
 *{{W|The Big Texan Steak Ranch}} in {{W|Amarillo, Texas}} is famously known for its promotion offering a free meal to anyone that can eat its 72 oz (4.5 lb, 2.04 kg) steak dinner in one hour.
 *The truck's built-in device said, "I'm afraid I can't let you do this, Red.", spoofing the line spoken by HAL in the 1968 film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.

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 *The episode title is a pun on the 1986 [[Stephen King]] film ''{{w|Maximum Overdrive}}''.
 *[[Homer]] refers to the [[Spice Girls]] smash-hit song "{{W|Wannabe}}" as the "ultimate truck driver song". This episode is one of three episodes to feature this song, the other being "[[Fraudcast News]]" and "[[How the Test Was Won]]".
-**Closed captioning reveals that "{{W|Dancing Queen}}" by {{W|ABBA}} was supposed to be played instead.
+**Closed captioning reveals that "{{W|Dancing Queen}}" by [[ABBA]] was supposed to be played instead.
 *When all the truckers tried to ram Homer and [[Bart]] off the road, Homer says to Bart that "they're hazing us to join the trucker fraternity, thank you sir may I have another." The "thank you sir may I have another" part is from ''{{W|Animal House}}''.
 *The movie Homer and Bart watch at the drive-in, ''[[The Monster That Ate Everybody]]'', is a play on the 1989 movie ''{{W|The Thing that Ate Everybody}}'', starring [[Dan Castellaneta]].
-*When Homer faces off against [[Red Barclay|Red]] the trucker at the steakhouse, Red sinks his hand down his pants like [[Al Bundy]] normally did on ''{{W|Married... with Children}}''.
+*When Homer faces off against [[Red Barclay|Red]] the trucker at the steakhouse, Red sinks his hand down his pants like [[Al Bundy]] normally did on ''[[Married... with Children]]''.
-*The decal on the side of Red's truck reads ''Red Rascal'', and has a wolf and a sexy redheaded pin-up girl on the side, a possible reference to the 1942 {{W|Tex Avery}} cartoon ''{{W|Red Hot Riding Hood}}.
+*The decal on the side of Red's truck reads ''Red Rascal'', and has a wolf and a sexy redheaded pin-up girl on the side, a possible reference to the 1942 [[Tex Avery]] cartoon ''{{W|Red Hot Riding Hood}}.
 *{{W|The Carpenters}}' song, "{{W|(They Long To Be) Close to You}}", was played back in the episode, "[[The Way We Was]]", when Homer first met Marge. It was also played in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' when Marge leaves Homer via video message.
 *{{W|The Big Texan Steak Ranch}} in {{W|Amarillo, Texas}} is famously known for its promotion offering a free meal to anyone that can eat its 72 oz (4.5 lb, 2.04 kg) steak dinner in one hour.

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 == Continuity ==
-*In ''[[Marge Simpson Living]]'' [[Marge]] reminds [[Homer]] that he has tried snowplowing ("[[Mr. Plow]]"), webhosting ("[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]"), trucking ("Maximum Homerdrive"), fortune cookie writing ("[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]"), cartoon voiceovers ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]"), food critic ("[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"), screen writer ("[[Beyond Blunderdome]]"), mixologoist ("[[Flaming Moe's]]"), bootlegger ("[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]") and astronaut ("[[Deep Space Homer]]") when he was searching for a new job.
+*In ''[[Marge Simpson Living]]'', [[Marge]] reminds [[Homer]] that he has tried snowplowing ("[[Mr. Plow]]"), webhosting ("[[The Computer Wore Menace Shoes]]"), trucking ("Maximum Homerdrive"), fortune cookie writing ("[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]"), cartoon voiceovers ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]"), food critic ("[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"), screen writer ("[[Beyond Blunderdome]]"), mixologoist ("[[Flaming Moe's]]"), bootlegger ("[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]") and astronaut ("[[Deep Space Homer]]") when he was searching for a new job.
 == Goofs ==