Much Apu About Something/References - Revision history

Cherryberg at 19:07, March 18, 2025

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Simpsons88 at 23:12, March 9, 2021

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Simpsons88 at 23:22, March 3, 2021

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Simpsons88 at 23:17, March 3, 2021

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 *''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'': When Bart decides to return to his prankster ways, he puts on spiked eyelashes that resemble Alex's. Homer then laments buying Bart the video for his fifth birthday (he thought it would help Bart learn how to tell time).
 *Lisa's imaginary friend, Rachel, moved to {{W|White Plains, New York}}.
 == Continuity ==

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 *All the volunteers and the truck of the [[Springfield Fire Department]] appears. ("[[Homer the Heretic]]")
 *A [[Gay Pride Parade|gay parade]] was done previously. ("[[Jaws Wired Shut]]")
 *Bart wears ''A Clockwork Orange'' eyelashes again. ("[[Treehouse of Horror III]]")
 *Lisa refers to her imaginary friend [[Rachel Cohen|Rachel]]. ("[[Today I Am a Clown]]")

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 *All the volunteers and the truck of the [[Springfield Fire Department]] appears. ("[[Homer the Heretic]]")
 *A [[Gay Pride Parade|gay parade]] was done previously. ("[[Jaws Wired Shut]]")
-*[[Bart]] wears ''A Clockwork Orange'' eyelashes again. ("[[Treehouse of Horror III]]")
+*Bart wears ''A Clockwork Orange'' eyelashes again. ("[[Treehouse of Horror III]]")
 *Lisa refers to her imaginary friend [[Rachel Cohen|Rachel]]. ("[[Today I Am a Clown]]")
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 *When the refined thief steals Quick & Fresh, the hand that gives him the money is yellow, but only Apu and Jay were at the counter at that time.
-*When [[Manjula]] was presenting the [[Quick & Fresh]] to [[Apu]], the workers push the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] picture to Apu's right, but a few seconds later, he jumps to the left to hug the picture.
+*When [[Manjula]] was presenting the [[Quick & Fresh]] to Apu, the workers push the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] picture to Apu's right, but a few seconds later, he jumps to the left to hug the picture.
 *When the Police Tank is first seen, [[Ralph]] is in the same hatch as [[Lou]], but in later scenes, [[Ralph]] is gone.
 *[[Sideshow Mel]] was shown at the Quick & Fresh when the products start going bad, but a few seconds later, he appears as a firefighter on the firetruck dancing and his skin is yellow.
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 == Trivia ==
-*[[Snake Jailbird]]'s prisoner number is "7F20". [[Snake Jailbird|Snake]] made his first appearance in the episode "[[The War of the Simpsons]]", which has the production code "7F20".
+*[[Snake Jailbird]]'s prisoner number is "7F20". Snake made his first appearance in the episode "[[The War of the Simpsons]]", which has the production code "7F20".
 {{Season 27|R}}

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 *The title of the episode is a reference to the [[season 7]] episode "[[Much Apu About Nothing]]".
 **The episode title is also a pun on the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] comedy ''{{W|Much Ado About Nothing}}''.
-*The [[Springfield]] advertisement shows iconic US places such as the [[Lincoln Memorial]], the [[Liberty Bell]], {{W2|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier|Arlington}} and [[Mount Rushmore]].
+*The [[Springfield]] advertisement shows iconic US places such as the [[Lincoln Memorial]], the [[Liberty Bell]], [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] and [[Mount Rushmore]].
 *When [[Chalmers]] refuses to pay for a $30 sunblock, [[Apu]] offers him a free {{W|Philadelphia 76ers}} cap.
 *[[Julio]] says "We love you, officer Puff 'n' Stuff" to [[Chief Wiggum]]. This is a reference to American TV series ''{{W|H.R. Pufnstuf}}''.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The title of the episode is a reference to the [[season 7]] episode "[[Much Apu About Nothing]]".
-**The episode title is also a pun on the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] comedy ''{{w|Much Ado About Nothing}}''.
+**The episode title is also a pun on the [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] comedy ''{{W|Much Ado About Nothing}}''.
-*The [[Springfield]] advertisement shows iconic US places such as the [[Lincoln Memorial]], the [[Liberty Bell]], {{w2|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier|Arlington}} and [[Mount Rushmore]].
+*The [[Springfield]] advertisement shows iconic US places such as the [[Lincoln Memorial]], the [[Liberty Bell]], {{W2|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier|Arlington}} and [[Mount Rushmore]].
-*When [[Chalmers]] refuses to pay for a $30 sunblock, [[Apu]] offers him a free {{w|Philadelphia 76ers}} cap.
+*When [[Chalmers]] refuses to pay for a $30 sunblock, [[Apu]] offers him a free {{W|Philadelphia 76ers}} cap.
-*[[Julio]] says "We love you, officer Puff 'n' Stuff" to [[Chief Wiggum]]. This is a reference to American TV series ''{{w|H.R. Pufnstuf}}''.
+*[[Julio]] says "We love you, officer Puff 'n' Stuff" to [[Chief Wiggum]]. This is a reference to American TV series ''{{W|H.R. Pufnstuf}}''.
-*A cover of "{{w2|The Best|song}}" by {{w|Tina Turner}} is heard in the firetruck.
+*A cover of "{{W2|The Best|song}}" by {{W|Tina Turner}} is heard in the firetruck.
 **The song is played again when the [[Springfield Fire Department]] is getting away after failing to extinguish the fire from the [[Quick & Fresh]].
 *[[Wiggum]] makes reference to ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''.
-*When Apu reads ''[[Playdude]]'' magazine (parody of ''[[Playboy]]'') for the first time, he is disappointed when he found an interview with {{w|Jim Gaffigan}}.
+*When Apu reads ''[[Playdude]]'' magazine (parody of ''[[Playboy]]'') for the first time, he is disappointed when he found an interview with {{W|Jim Gaffigan}}.
-*[[Homer]] makes Bart promise he will never do pranks again. As Homer wants his son to take it seriously, he forces Bart to promise it as if he was "talking to a dying soldier who was with him all the way from {{w|D-Day}} and got to take his {{w|Saint Christopher medal}} back to his mother".
+*[[Homer]] makes Bart promise he will never do pranks again. As Homer wants his son to take it seriously, he forces Bart to promise it as if he was "talking to a dying soldier who was with him all the way from {{W|D-Day}} and got to take his {{W|Saint Christopher medal}} back to his mother".
-*Homer references {{w|Al Pacino}}.
+*Homer references {{W|Al Pacino}}.
 *At [[Springfield General Hospital]] Apu remembers being on a boat with [[Sanjay]], a tiger, and a wise old fox. This is a reference to ''{{W2|Life of Pi|film}}'', in which the protagonist is an Indian boy stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
-*[[Jamshed]] wears a {{w|Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton}} sweater.
+*[[Jamshed]] wears a {{W|Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton}} sweater.
-[[File:John Steed and Mrs. Peel from The Avengers.png|300px|thumb|[[John Steed]] and [[Emma Peel|Mrs. Peel]] from the British spy series ''{{w2|The Avengers|TV programme}}'' rob the [[Quick & Fresh]]]]
+[[File:John Steed and Mrs. Peel from The Avengers.png|300px|thumb|[[John Steed]] and [[Emma Peel|Mrs. Peel]] from the British spy series ''{{W2|The Avengers|TV programme}}'' rob the [[Quick & Fresh]]]]
-*[[John Steed]] and [[Emma Peel|Mrs. Peel]] from ''{{w2|The Avengers|TV programme}}'' rob the [[Quick & Fresh]].
+*[[John Steed]] and [[Emma Peel|Mrs. Peel]] from ''{{W2|The Avengers|TV programme}}'' rob the [[Quick & Fresh]].
-*Sanjay is watching golf on TV. When American golfer {{w|Bubba Watson}} misses his shot, Sanjay says that Watson is no {{w|Vijay Singh}}, a Fijian golfer with Indian descent.
+*Sanjay is watching golf on TV. When American golfer {{W|Bubba Watson}} misses his shot, Sanjay says that Watson is no {{W|Vijay Singh}}, a Fijian golfer with Indian descent.
-[[File:TBBT Scratcher1.png|300px|thumb|[[Apu]] tries a ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' scratcher. He gets two {{w|Sheldon Cooper|Sheldons}} and one {{w|Howard Wolowitz|Wolowitz}}, both characters from the sitcom]]
+[[File:TBBT Scratcher1.png|300px|thumb|[[Apu]] tries a ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' scratcher. He gets two {{W|Sheldon Cooper|Sheldons}} and one {{W|Howard Wolowitz|Wolowitz}}, both characters from the sitcom]]
-*One of the scratchers is a ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' one, with images of {{w|Sheldon Cooper}} and {{w|Howard Wolowitz}}.
+*One of the scratchers is a ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' one, with images of {{W|Sheldon Cooper}} and {{W|Howard Wolowitz}}.
-*Apu asks the waitress for another glass of {{w|Chianti}}.
+*Apu asks the waitress for another glass of {{W|Chianti}}.
 *Apu references Gunga Din and Archibald Cutter from the movie ''{{W2|Gunga Din|film}}''.
-*According to this episode, Apu worked on the movie ''{{w|Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom}}'' (referred by Jay as Temple of Doom) for three months, and only his hand appears in one shot.
+*According to this episode, Apu worked on the movie ''{{W|Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom}}'' (referred by Jay as Temple of Doom) for three months, and only his hand appears in one shot.
 **Apu also references [[Steven Spielberg]].
-*Apu doesn't like his nephew referring to {{w|Bombay}} as [[Mumbai]]. Bombay was the city's official name until 1995.
+*Apu doesn't like his nephew referring to {{W|Bombay}} as [[Mumbai]]. Bombay was the city's official name until 1995.
-*The {{w|NBC}} is seen on Moe's ''Giving Up'' magazine cover.
+*The {{W|NBC}} is seen on Moe's ''Giving Up'' magazine cover.
 *Homer once participated in a looting in which he was filmed stealing a bag of ice. The clip was played on [[CNN]] for a week.
 *[[Bart]] sings a "[[Doxology]]" after he says that without [[Homer]] strangling him, his throat is finally healing.
 *''[[A Clockwork Orange]]'': When Bart decides to return to his prankster ways, he puts on spiked eyelashes that resemble Alex's. Homer then laments buying Bart the video for his fifth birthday (he thought it would help Bart learn how to tell time).
-*Lisa's imaginary friend, Rachel, moved to {{w|White Plains, New York}}.
+*Lisa's imaginary friend, Rachel, moved to {{W|White Plains, New York}}.
 == Continuity ==

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 *In a scene, [[Sanjay]] wears a [[Kwik-E-Mart]] employee T-Shirt and then his usual clothes.
 [[File:MAAS - Sanjay Goof1.png|250px]][[File:MAAS - Sanjay Goof2.png|250px]]
-* When the refined thief steals Quick & Fresh, the hand that gives him the money is yellow, but only Apu and Jay were at the counter at that time.
+*When the refined thief steals Quick & Fresh, the hand that gives him the money is yellow, but only Apu and Jay were at the counter at that time.
 *When [[Manjula]] was presenting the [[Quick & Fresh]] to [[Apu]], the workers push the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] picture to [[Apu]]'s right, but a few seconds later, he jumps to the left to hug the picture.
 *When the Police Tank is first seen, [[Ralph]] is in the same hatch as [[Lou]], but in later scenes, [[Ralph]] is gone.