MyPods and Boomsticks/References - Revision history

Solar Dragon: Reverted edits by 136.34.126.106 (talk) to last revision by SolarBot

2022-09-22T20:13:23Z

Reverted edits by 136.34.126.106 (talk) to last revision by SolarBot

136.34.126.106: Clarifyin the simpsons lack of sales tax

2022-09-22T19:26:07Z

Clarifyin the simpsons lack of sales tax

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|1984 (advertisement)|1984}} → {{W2|1984|advertisement}} (3)

2020-12-12T13:22:46Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|1984 (advertisement)|1984}} → {{W2|1984|advertisement}} (3)

Solar Dragon: Undo revision 981163 by SDSpivey (talk)

2020-12-11T11:26:04Z

Undo revision 981163 by SDSpivey (talk)

SDSpivey: /* Trivia */

2020-12-11T04:59:35Z

‎Trivia

SDSpivey: /* Goofs */

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‎Goofs

HomerGriffin: /* Trivia */

2020-02-27T21:24:37Z

‎Trivia

Solar Dragon: Undo revision 742367 by 171.33.193.136 (talk)

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Undo revision 742367 by 171.33.193.136 (talk)

171.33.193.136: /* Cultural references */

2016-06-09T15:23:20Z

‎Cultural references

171.33.193.136: Corrected grammar

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 *Lisa owed Mapple $1200 for downloading her music, which cost $0.99 for each song, but the bill would have said $1,199.88 because she downloads 1212 songs.
 **We never see the total on the bill, so Lisa could have just rounded the total as she spoke. Or sales tax or other fees could have been added.
 *When Homer is flying on the magic carpet, he's covered in his blanket, but when the camera zooms out, his blanket is gone.
 *Krusty should have received the [[MyBill]], rather than Lisa, since he was the actual owner of the [[MyPod]] and [[Mapple]] would not have known that Lisa was a customer. ''(Not so. Lisa evidently registered the MyPod to herself, as the Mapple employee referred to her by her [[MyTunes]] username JazzGal62 when she visited Mapple headquarters and [[Steve Mobbs]] immediately said her real name.)''

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 *Lisa owed Mapple $1200 for downloading her music, which cost $0.99 for each song, but the bill would have said $1,199.88 because she downloads 1212 songs.
 **We never see the total on the bill, so Lisa could have just rounded the total as she spoke. Or sales tax or other fees could have been added.
 *When Homer is flying on the magic carpet, he's covered in his blanket, but when the camera zooms out, his blanket is gone.
 *Krusty should have received the [[MyBill]], rather than Lisa, since he was the actual owner of the [[MyPod]] and [[Mapple]] would not have known that Lisa was a customer. ''(Not so. Lisa evidently registered the MyPod to herself, as the Mapple employee referred to her by her [[MyTunes]] username JazzGal62 when she visited Mapple headquarters and [[Steve Mobbs]] immediately said her real name.)''

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 *When the doors of the [[Mapple Store]] and Mapple's headquarters open, they sound like the doors of the ''Enterprise'' in ''[[Star Trek]]''.
 *Mapple owner [[Steve Mobbs]] is a parody of former Apple CEO [[Steve Jobs]].
-*When [[Comic Book Guy]] throws the sledgehammer into Steve Mobbs' image on the wall video screen (after [[Bart]] hacked into the newsfeed to play a joke on the [[Mapple Store]] shoppers), it is a reference to the "{{W|1984 (advertisement)|1984}}" Super Bowl commercial that introduced the {{W|Macintosh}} personal computer.
+*When [[Comic Book Guy]] throws the sledgehammer into Steve Mobbs' image on the wall video screen (after [[Bart]] hacked into the newsfeed to play a joke on the [[Mapple Store]] shoppers), it is a reference to the "{{W2|1984|advertisement}}" Super Bowl commercial that introduced the {{W|Macintosh}} personal computer.
 *Bart tries to use a [[MyCube]] to help in his escape from the store, and all that happens is that the MyCube plays music. The song it plays is "{{W|Lovin' You}}" by {{W|Minnie Riperton}}.
 *Mapple's undersea headquarters are accessed via a submersible that resembles a {{W|USB flash drive}}.
-*Homer's dream references the 1992 Disney film ''{{W|Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin}}'' with its carpet ride, [[Robin Williams]]' Genie, and music in the style of "{{W|A Whole New World}}". [[Dan Castellaneta]], Homer's voice actor, voiced the [[Genie]] in the first sequel (''{{W|The Return of Jafar}}''), {{W|Aladdin (TV series)|the animated series}} and the ''{{W|Kingdom Hearts}}'' video game series.
+*Homer's dream references the 1992 Disney film ''{{W2|Aladdin|1992 Disney film}}'' with its carpet ride, [[Robin Williams]]' Genie, and music in the style of "{{W|A Whole New World}}". [[Dan Castellaneta]], Homer's voice actor, voiced the [[Genie]] in the first sequel (''{{W|The Return of Jafar}}''), {{W2|Aladdin|TV series|the animated series}} and the ''{{W|Kingdom Hearts}}'' video game series.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Trivia ==
 *In the episode "[[Lisa the Drama Queen]]", it is shown that [[Lisa]] still owns her [[MyPod]].
 == Goofs ==

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 == Trivia ==
 *In the episode "[[Lisa the Drama Queen]]", it is shown that [[Lisa]] still owns her [[MyPod]].
 == Goofs ==

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 *When [[Krusty]] gives Lisa the [[MyPod]], and when Lisa shows her music to [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]], her MyPod is like the iPod Classic. But when the three of them watch the exclusive episode of ''Itchy & Scratchy'', her Mypod is like the iPod Touch. The giveaway is that there are no buttons in the center, and the homescreen has apps.
 *Lisa owed Mapple $1200 for downloading her music, which cost $0.99 for each song, but the bill would have said $1,199.88 because she downloads 1212 songs.
 *When Homer is flying on the magic carpet, he's covered in his blanket, but when the camera zooms out, his blanket is gone.
 *Krusty should have received the [[MyBill]], rather than Lisa, since he was the actual owner of the [[MyPod]] and [[Mapple]] would not have known that Lisa was a customer. ''(Not so. Lisa evidently registered the MyPod to herself, as the Mapple employee referred to her by her [[MyTunes]] username JazzGal62 when she visited Mapple headquarters and [[Steve Mobbs]] immediately said her real name.)''
-*Bart, Amid, and Bashir attempt to demolish [[Springfield Mall|a building]] which is clearly shown to be full. Even more strangely, Bart claims that it was empty.
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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode title is a pun on the 1971 {{W|The Walt Disney Company|Disney}} movie ''{{W|Bedknobs and Broomsticks}}''.
-*[[Mapple]] is a parody of {{W|Apple Inc.|Apple}}, and Mapple's "My"-tech product line is a really bad parody of Apple's "i" products.
+*[[Mapple]] is a parody of {{W|Apple Inc.|Apple}}, and Mapple's "My"-tech product line is a parody of Apple's "i" products.
 *When the doors of the [[Mapple Store]] and Mapple's headquarters open, they sound like the doors of the ''Enterprise'' in ''[[Star Trek]]''.
 *Mapple owner [[Steve Mobbs]] is a parody of former Apple CEO [[Steve Jobs]].