Missionary: Impossible/References - Revision history

Simpsons88 at 14:40, April 5, 2025

2025-04-05T14:40:00Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|René Magritte}} → René Magritte, {{W|The X-Files}} → The X-Files

2023-09-25T23:10:47Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|René Magritte}} → René Magritte, {{W|The X-Files}} → The X-Files

Solar Dragon at 16:59, August 20, 2023

2023-08-20T16:59:58Z

Solar Dragon at 15:13, August 20, 2023

2023-08-20T15:13:55Z

Solar Dragon at 13:31, August 20, 2023

2023-08-20T13:31:58Z

Solar Dragon at 12:42, August 20, 2023

2023-08-20T12:42:23Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones}} → {{W2|The Young Ones|TV series}}

2022-06-09T11:31:01Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones}} → {{W2|The Young Ones|TV series}}

79.16.97.125 at 12:54, June 8, 2022

2022-06-08T12:54:32Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: Homer → Homer, Marge → Marge

2022-03-11T20:31:57Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: Homer → Homer, Marge → Marge

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2021-10-16T02:33:37Z

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a pun on ''{{W|Mission: Impossible}}''.
+*The episode's title is a pun on ''{{W2|Mission: Impossible|film}}'', the 1996 American action spy film.
-*[[Homer]] watches [[PBS]], a real television network.
+*[[Homer]] watches [[PBS]], a real television network. The Thames "London Skyline" ident from {{W|Thames Television}} can also be briefly seen on the TV.
 *The English sitcom ''[[Do Shut Up]]'' could be a parody of ''{{W2|The Young Ones|TV series}}'', a similarly chaotic Britcom that ran on English T.V. in the early 1980s. It was known for its lowbrow characters who shared a similarly dismal house, and spent much of the show bashing each other over the head with household items.
-**The song playing in the background on ''Do Shut Up'' while Homer watches the show is "No Feelings" by the [[Sex Pistols]].
+**The song playing in the background on ''Do Shut Up'' while Homer watches the show is "{{W|No Feelings}}" by the [[Sex Pistols]].
 *The host of PBS says that your music room can sound like the {{W|Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum}} in [[New York City|New York]] with ''[[Museum Noises]]''.
 **The cover of ''Museum Noises'' is a reference to ''{{W|The Son of Man}}'' by surrealist painter [[René Magritte]].
 *Among the people and characters seen chasing Homer are:
 **[[Fred Rogers]] from ''{{W|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood}}''.
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 **The {{Chs|Teletubbies}} from ''[[Teletubbies]]''.
 **[[Big Bird]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], and [[Elmo]] from ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
 *The scene where Homer is licking bullfrogs on an island refers to the first verse of the [[Pink Floyd]] song "{{W|Comfortably Numb}}" from the album ''{{W|The Wall}}''. [[Marge]] calling "Hello, is there anybody in there?" over the radio even intones the melody.
 *[[Bart]] says that [[Marge]] won't let him read [[Hägar the Horrible]].
 *Homer says that [[God]] is powerful, but also insecure, like [[Barbra Streisand]] before {{W|James Brolin}}.
 *Homer says that if ''[[The Flintstones]]'' have taught anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement.
-*[[Mr. Burns]] says that Homer took the Hamburglar's birthday off last Monday and Wednesday. The Hamburglar is one of the ''{{W|McDonaldland}}'' characters.
+*[[Mr. Burns]] says that Homer took the {{W|Hamburglar}}'s birthday off last Monday and Wednesday. The Hamburglar is one of the ''{{W|McDonaldland}}'' characters.
-*After opening up [[The Lucky Savage]] casino, Homer says that he knows how {{W|Bob Stupak}} felt.
+*Homer created beer by mixing {{W|Dristan}}, an American brand of medications, and holy water.
 *When Homer asks "Is everybody happy?" on entering the casino, he is referencing bandleader {{W2|Ted Lewis|musician}}' famous catchphrase with similar inflection.
 *The telethon scene at the end features various FOX characters as phone operators, including:

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 **The song playing in the background on ''Do Shut Up'' while Homer watches the show is "No Feelings" by the [[Sex Pistols]].
 *The host of PBS says that your music room can sound like the {{W|Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum}} in [[New York City|New York]] with ''[[Museum Noises]]''.
-**The cover of ''Museum Noises'' is a reference to ''{{W|The Son of Man}}'' by surrealist painter {{W|René Magritte}}.
+**The cover of ''Museum Noises'' is a reference to ''{{W|The Son of Man}}'' by surrealist painter [[René Magritte]].
 *Among the people and characters seen chasing Homer are:
 **[[Fred Rogers]] from ''{{W|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood}}''.
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 *When Homer asks "Is everybody happy?" on entering the casino, he is referencing bandleader {{W2|Ted Lewis|musician}}' famous catchphrase with similar inflection.
 *The telethon scene at the end features various FOX characters as phone operators, including:
-**[[Fox Mulder]] and [[Dana Scully]] from ''{{W|The X-Files}}''.
+**[[Fox Mulder]] and [[Dana Scully]] from ''[[The X-Files]]''.
 **[[Hank Hill]] from ''{{ap|King of the Hill|real world show}}''.
 **[[Thurgood Orenthal Stubbs]] from ''{{W|The PJs}}''.

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 *The television in the telethon scene has the ''[[Family Guy]]'' logo on it.
 *Rupert Murdoch is drinking {{W|Foster's Lager}}.
 {{Season 11|R}}
 [[Category:Cultural references]]

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 **The song playing in the background on ''Do Shut Up'' while Homer watches the show is "No Feelings" by the [[Sex Pistols]].
 *The host of PBS says that your music room can sound like the {{W|Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum}} in [[New York City|New York]] with ''[[Museum Noises]]''.
 *Among the people and characters seen chasing Homer are:
 **[[Fred Rogers]] from ''{{W|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood}}''.

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 **[[Thurgood Orenthal Stubbs]] from ''{{W|The PJs}}''.
 **[[Bender Rodríguez|Bender]] from ''[[Futurama]]''.
-**{{Ch|Rupert Murdoch}} and {{Ch|Luke Perry}}.
+**{{Ch|Luke Perry}}, who played {{W|Dylan McKay}} in ''{{W|Beverly Hills, 90210}}''.
 *The television in the telethon scene has the ''[[Family Guy]]'' logo on it.
 *Rupert Murdoch is drinking {{W|Foster's Lager}}.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode title is a pun on ''{{W|Mission: Impossible}}''.
-*The English sitcom ''[[Do Shut Up]]'' could be a parody of ''{{W|The Young Ones}}'', a similarly chaotic Britcom that ran on English T.V. in the early 1980s. It was known for its lowbrow characters who shared a similarly dismal house, and spent much of the show bashing each other over the head with household items.
+*The English sitcom ''[[Do Shut Up]]'' could be a parody of ''{{W|The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones}}'', a similarly chaotic Britcom that ran on English T.V. in the early 1980s. It was known for its lowbrow characters who shared a similarly dismal house, and spent much of the show bashing each other over the head with household items.
 **The song playing in the background on ''Do Shut Up'' while [[Homer]] watches the show is "No Feelings" by the [[Sex Pistols]].
 *The scene where Homer is licking bullfrogs on an island refers to the first verse of the [[Pink Floyd]] song "{{W|Comfortably Numb}}" from the album ''{{W|The Wall}}''. [[Marge]] calling "Hello, is there anybody in there?" over the radio even intones the melody.

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 *The episode title is a pun on ''{{W|Mission: Impossible}}''.
 *The English sitcom ''[[Do Shut Up]]'' could be a parody of ''{{W|The Young Ones}}'', a similarly chaotic Britcom that ran on English T.V. in the early 1980s. It was known for its lowbrow characters who shared a similarly dismal house, and spent much of the show bashing each other over the head with household items.
-**The song playing in the background on ''Do Shut Up'' while [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] watches the show is "No Feelings" by the [[Sex Pistols]].
+**The song playing in the background on ''Do Shut Up'' while [[Homer]] watches the show is "No Feelings" by the [[Sex Pistols]].
-*The scene where Homer is licking bullfrogs on an island refers to the first verse of the [[Pink Floyd]] song "{{W|Comfortably Numb}}" from the album ''{{W|The Wall}}''. [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] calling "Hello, is there anybody in there?" over the radio even intones the melody.
+*The scene where Homer is licking bullfrogs on an island refers to the first verse of the [[Pink Floyd]] song "{{W|Comfortably Numb}}" from the album ''{{W|The Wall}}''. [[Marge]] calling "Hello, is there anybody in there?" over the radio even intones the melody.
 **Also, a similar storyline was used in ''[[Family Guy]]'', where several characters lick frogs and go into a strange hypnotic trance, similar to what happens to Homer in this episode.
 *The telethon scene at the end features various FOX characters as phone operators, including [[Bender Rodríguez|Bender]] from ''[[Futurama]]'' and [[Hank Hill]] from ''{{ap|King of the Hill|real world show}}''.