Moe'N'a Lisa/References - Revision history

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Solar Dragon at 00:39, December 28, 2025

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Simpsons88 at 18:33, December 27, 2025

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SimpsonsFan2019: /* Trivia */

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‎Trivia

SimpsonsFan2019 at 22:23, August 15, 2020

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HomerGriffin: /* Cultural references */

2020-02-21T20:42:52Z

‎Cultural references

108.64.229.221: /* Cultural references */ "Alumnus" is male singular; "alumni" is male plural. ("Alumna" is female singular; "alumnae" is female plural, though "alumni" can be used for plural mixed gender.).

2016-07-15T17:53:00Z

‎Cultural references: "Alumnus" is male singular; "alumni" is male plural. ("Alumna" is female singular; "alumnae" is female plural, though "alumni" can be used for plural mixed gender.).

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 *[[Lenny]] collects {{W|Absolut Vodka}} ads.
 *During the high-dive event, [[Old Jewish man]]'s underarm flab turns into wings, and he flies around the arena to the theme music from ''{{W|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show}}''.
-*"{{W|The Star-Spangled Banner}}" is heard when Abe wins one of the events.
+*"[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" is heard when Abe wins one of the events.
-*[[Moe]] sings "[[Happy Birthday to Me]]", a modified version of the popular song "{{W|Happy Birthday to You}}".
+*[[Moe]] sings "[[Happy Birthday to Me]]", a modified version of the popular song "[[Happy Birthday to You]]".
 *The music heard when [[Homer]] acts like a crab is similar to that in the 1961 film ''{{W2|Mysterious Island|1961 film}}''.
 *Moe considers American musician [[Bob Seger]] and American professional wrestler {{W|Haystacks Calhoun}} as "great man". This indirectly refers to Calhoun's heavy weight, which, together with his declining health, eventually forced him into retirement.

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-{{EpisodePrevNextRef|number=384|season=18|G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)|Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)}}
+{{EpisodePrevNextRef|G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)|Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)}}
 == Cultural references ==
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 **It is also an allusion to the title of the season one episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]", and also the season nineteen episode "[[Mona Leaves-a]]".
 *According to [[Abe]], he participated in the {{W|1936 Summer Olympics}} held in [[Berlin]].
-**At the {{W2|Olympiastadion|Berlin}}, Abe accidentally killed an assasin that tried to kill [[Adolf Hitler]], a reference to the {{W|Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler|many attemps to assasinate Hitler}}.
+**At the {{W2|Olympiastadion|Berlin}}, Abe accidentally killed an assassin that tried to kill [[Adolf Hitler]], a reference to the {{W|Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler|many attempts to assassinate Hitler}}.
-**An instrumental song very similar to "{{W|Deutchland Deutchland Uber Alles}}", [[Germany]]'s anthem, is heard.
+**An instrumental song very similar to "{{W|Deutschlandlied}}", [[Germany]]'s anthem, is heard.
 [[File:Lenny collecting Absolut Vodka ads.png|250px|thumb|[[Lenny]] collects {{W|Absolut Vodka}} ads.]]
 *[[Lenny]] collects {{W|Absolut Vodka}} ads.
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 *The fast-talking publisher who approves of Moe's poetry is [[J. Jonah Jameson]], the famous publisher from the ''{{W|Daily Bugle}}'' in ''[[Spider-Man]]''.
 **He is voiced by [[J. K. Simmons]], who plays Jameson in the ''{{W2|Spider-Man|2002 film series}}'' 2002 film series, the second of which was co-written by [[Michael Chabon]], who also provides his voice in this episode.
-**Jameson ask for an {{W|Advil}}, a pain-relieving medication.
+**Jameson asks for an {{W|Advil}}, a pain-relieving medication.
 **When he finds Moe's poem outstanding, he calls American poet [[Maya Angelou]].
-*[[Barney]] mentions two pieces of work by [[Tom Wolfe]], namely his book ''{{W2|The Right Stuff|book}}'' and novel ''{{W|The Bonfire of the Vanities}}''. Barney also makes allusion to Wolfe's 1970 book ''{{W|Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers}}''.
+*[[Barney]] mentions two pieces of work by [[Tom Wolfe]], namely his book ''{{W2|The Right Stuff|book}}'' and novel ''{{W|The Bonfire of the Vanities}}''. Barney also makes an allusion to Wolfe's 1970 book ''{{W|Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers}}''.
 *The [[Wordloaf Literary Conference]] is a reference to the {{W|Bread Loaf Writers' Conference}}, held every year at the Bread Loaf Inn, east of {{W|Middlebury, Vermont}}. Several of ''The Simpsons'' writers have attended Middlebury, and other references to the show exist, including one in which criminal [[Snake Jailbird]] is identified as a Middlebury alumnus ("[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]").
 *At the entrance of the Wordloaf Literary Conference, the sign "Warning: Philip Roth may be moody" references American novelist {{W|Philip Roth}}.
-*Bart tell the writers that "''{{W|The Da Vinci Code}}'' just sold over one million copies". This novel was consistently criticized by scholars for {{W|Criticism of The Da Vinci Code|its historical and scientific inaccuracies}}. Despite that, it became a massive worldwide bestseller selling millions copies.
+*Bart tells the writers that "''{{W|The Da Vinci Code}}'' just sold over one million copies". This novel was consistently criticized by scholars for {{W|Criticism of The Da Vinci Code|its historical and scientific inaccuracies}}. Despite that, it became a massive worldwide bestseller selling millions of copies.
 *{{Ch|Tom Wolfe}} wears his trademark white suit.
 *According to the American writer [[Gore Vidal]], he came up with the title of his novel ''{{W2|1876|novel}}'' after once paying $18.76 for gasoline. Likewise, he said the title of ''[[Burr]]'' came to him when he saw the word printed on the wrapper of an {{W|Eskimo Pie}}.
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 **J. Jonah Jameson demands photos, later poems, about ''Spider-Man''.
 **The rhyme scheme he mentions is the {{W|Petrarchan sonnet}}, an Italian sonnet style dating back to the 13th century.
-**The episode ends with Jameson saying, “What are you waiting for, {{W|Chinese New Year}}?”. The line was first heard in this episode of ''The Simpsons'' and heard again a few months afterward in the 2007 film ''{{W|Spider-Man 3}}''.
+**The episode ends with Jameson saying, "What are you waiting for, {{W|Chinese New Year}}?". The line was first heard in this episode of ''The Simpsons'' and heard again a few months afterward in the 2007 film ''{{W|Spider-Man 3}}''.
 == Trivia ==
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 == Goofs ==
 *In this episode, Moe lives in a hotel, but his actual home is a house similar to [[Nelson]]'s. However, he could have moved.
-*Moe's tie has horizontal triangles but in one shot, then disappear, then reappear in the next.
+*Moe's tie has horizontal triangles in one shot, but they disappear, then reappear in the next.
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 == Cultural references ==
-*The title of the episode is a pun on the ''{{W|Mona Lisa}}'' as well as an allusion to the title of the season one episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]" and also the season nineteen episode "[[Mona Leaves-a]]".
+*The episode title is a pun on the ''{{W|Mona Lisa}}'' by [[Leonardo da Vinci]].
-*In [[Grampa Simpson]]'s reminiscence about the Olympics in Nazi Germany, music to the song with the opening lyric "{{W|Deutchland Deutchland Uber Alles}}" is heard.
+**It is also an allusion to the title of the season one episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]", and also the season nineteen episode "[[Mona Leaves-a]]".
-*The fast-talking publisher who approves of [[Moe]]'s poetry is a caricature of the ''{{W|Daily Bugle}}'' publisher [[J. Jonah Jameson]] from ''Spider-Man''. He is voiced by [[J. K. Simmons]], who plays Jameson in the ''{{W2|Spider-Man|film}}'' films - the second of which was co-written by [[Michael Chabon]]. At the end of the episode, he demands photos (then poems) about Spider-Man. The rhyme scheme he mentions is ''Petrarchan'', an Italian sonnet style dating back to the 13th century. He then uses a quote from ''{{W|Spider-Man 3}}'', "What are you waiting for, Chinese New Year?"
+*According to [[Abe]], he participated in the {{W|1936 Summer Olympics}} held in [[Berlin]].
-*During the Chabon-Franzen fight, Chabon says, "I think your nose needs some corrections!", which is a reference to Franzen's best-known work ''{{W|The Corrections}}''. Later, Franzen hits Chabon over the head with a Snoopy portrait, to which an angry Chabon responds by saying, "Oh, you fight like {{W|Anne Rice}}!" before tackling him.
+**At the {{W2|Olympiastadion|Berlin}}, Abe accidentally killed an assasin that tried to kill [[Adolf Hitler]], a reference to the {{W|Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler|many attemps to assasinate Hitler}}.
-*During the high-dive event, a senior's underarm flab turns into wings, and he flies around the arena to the theme music from ''{{W|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show}}''.
+**An instrumental song very similar to "{{W|Deutchland Deutchland Uber Alles}}", [[Germany]]'s anthem, is heard.
-*The [[Wordloaf Literary Conference]] is a reference to the {{W|Bread Loaf Writers' Conference}}, held every year at the Breadloaf campus of Middlebury College. Several Simpsons writers have attended Middlebury, and other references to the show exist, including one in which criminal [[Snake Jailbird]] is identified as a Middlebury alumnus.
+[[File:Lenny collecting Absolut Vodka ads.png|250px|thumb|[[Lenny]] collects {{W|Absolut Vodka}} ads.]]
 *{{Ch|Tom Wolfe}} wears his trademark white suit.
 *During the hayride, "{{W|Let's Get It Started}}" by the {{W|Black Eyed Peas}} plays.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The title of the episode is a pun on the ''{{w|Mona Lisa}}'' as well as an allusion to the title of the season one episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]" and also the season nineteen episode "[[Mona Leaves-a]]".
+*The title of the episode is a pun on the ''{{W|Mona Lisa}}'' as well as an allusion to the title of the season one episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]" and also the season nineteen episode "[[Mona Leaves-a]]".
-*In [[Grampa Simpson]]'s reminiscence about the Olympics in Nazi Germany, music to the song with the opening lyric "{{w|Deutchland Deutchland Uber Alles}}" is heard.
+*In [[Grampa Simpson]]'s reminiscence about the Olympics in Nazi Germany, music to the song with the opening lyric "{{W|Deutchland Deutchland Uber Alles}}" is heard.
-*The fast-talking publisher who approves of [[Moe]]'s poetry is a caricature of the ''{{w|Daily Bugle}}'' publisher [[J. Jonah Jameson]] from ''Spider-Man''. He is voiced by [[J. K. Simmons]], who plays Jameson in the ''{{W2|Spider-Man|film}}'' films - the second of which was co-written by [[Michael Chabon]]. At the end of the episode, he demands photos (then poems) about Spider-Man. The rhyme scheme he mentions is ''Petrarchan'', an Italian sonnet style dating back to the 13th century. He then uses a quote from ''{{w|Spider-Man 3}}'', "What are you waiting for, Chinese New Year?"
+*The fast-talking publisher who approves of [[Moe]]'s poetry is a caricature of the ''{{W|Daily Bugle}}'' publisher [[J. Jonah Jameson]] from ''Spider-Man''. He is voiced by [[J. K. Simmons]], who plays Jameson in the ''{{W2|Spider-Man|film}}'' films - the second of which was co-written by [[Michael Chabon]]. At the end of the episode, he demands photos (then poems) about Spider-Man. The rhyme scheme he mentions is ''Petrarchan'', an Italian sonnet style dating back to the 13th century. He then uses a quote from ''{{W|Spider-Man 3}}'', "What are you waiting for, Chinese New Year?"
-*During the Chabon-Franzen fight, Chabon says, "I think your nose needs some corrections!", which is a reference to Franzen's best-known work ''{{w|The Corrections}}''. Later, Franzen hits Chabon over the head with a Snoopy portrait, to which an angry Chabon responds by saying, "Oh, you fight like {{w|Anne Rice}}!" before tackling him.
+*During the Chabon-Franzen fight, Chabon says, "I think your nose needs some corrections!", which is a reference to Franzen's best-known work ''{{W|The Corrections}}''. Later, Franzen hits Chabon over the head with a Snoopy portrait, to which an angry Chabon responds by saying, "Oh, you fight like {{W|Anne Rice}}!" before tackling him.
 *During the high-dive event, a senior's underarm flab turns into wings, and he flies around the arena to the theme music from ''{{W|The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show}}''.
 *The [[Wordloaf Literary Conference]] is a reference to the {{W|Bread Loaf Writers' Conference}}, held every year at the Breadloaf campus of Middlebury College. Several Simpsons writers have attended Middlebury, and other references to the show exist, including one in which criminal [[Snake Jailbird]] is identified as a Middlebury alumnus.
-*{{ch|Tom Wolfe}} wears his trademark white suit.
+*{{Ch|Tom Wolfe}} wears his trademark white suit.
-*During the hayride, "{{w|Let's Get It Started}}" by the {{w|Black Eyed Peas}} plays.
+*During the hayride, "{{W|Let's Get It Started}}" by the {{W|Black Eyed Peas}} plays.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The title of the episode is a pun on the ''{{w|Mona Lisa}}'' as well as an allusion to the title of the season one episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]" and also the season nineteen episode "[[Mona Leaves-a]]".
-*In [[Grampa Simpson]]'s reminiscence about the Olympics in Nazi Germany, music to the song with the opening lyric  "{{w|Deutchland Deutchland Uber Alles}}" is heard.
+*In [[Grampa Simpson]]'s reminiscence about the Olympics in Nazi Germany, music to the song with the opening lyric "{{w|Deutchland Deutchland Uber Alles}}" is heard.
 *The fast-talking publisher who approves of [[Moe]]'s poetry is a caricature of the ''{{w|Daily Bugle}}'' publisher [[J. Jonah Jameson]] from ''Spider-Man''. He is voiced by [[J. K. Simmons]], who plays Jameson in the ''{{W2|Spider-Man|film}}'' films - the second of which was co-written by [[Michael Chabon]]. At the end of the episode, he demands photos (then poems) about Spider-Man. The rhyme scheme he mentions is ''Petrarchan'', an Italian sonnet style dating back to the 13th century. He then uses a quote from ''{{w|Spider-Man 3}}'', "What are you waiting for, Chinese New Year?"
 *During the Chabon-Franzen fight, Chabon says, "I think your nose needs some corrections!", which is a reference to Franzen's best-known work ''{{w|The Corrections}}''. Later, Franzen hits Chabon over the head with a Snoopy portrait, to which an angry Chabon responds by saying, "Oh, you fight like {{w|Anne Rice}}!" before tackling him.

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 == Trivia ==
-*The scene where [[Homer]] is tasting maple syrup was cut from the episode but was later used as a postscript scene during end credits.
+*The scene where [[Homer]] is tasting maple syrup was cut from the episode, but was later used as a postscript scene during the end credits.
 == Goofs ==