Simpsons Tall Tales/References - Revision history

MediocreUsername: /* Goofs */

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‎Goofs

MediocreUsername at 19:21, May 12, 2025

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Snowball II at 23:33, October 23, 2024

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Snowball II at 06:08, October 13, 2024

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SolarBot: /* Paul Bunyan */ replaced: {{W|Death Valley}} → Death Valley, {{W|Paul Bunyan}} → Paul Bunyan, {{W|Great Smoky Mountains}} → Great Smoky Mountains

2024-08-21T13:10:26Z

‎Paul Bunyan: replaced: {{W|Death Valley}} → Death Valley, {{W|Paul Bunyan}} → Paul Bunyan, {{W|Great Smoky Mountains}} → Great Smoky Mountains

SolarBot: /* Paul Bunyan */ replaced: Babe the Blue Ox → {{ap|Babe|Simpsons Tall Tales}}

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‎Paul Bunyan: replaced: Babe the Blue Ox → {{ap|Babe|Simpsons Tall Tales}}

Simpsons88 at 16:32, July 13, 2024

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HomerGriffin: /* Paul Bunyan */

2021-05-19T19:51:22Z

‎Paul Bunyan

SolarBot: /* Paul Bunyan */replaced: {{W|Rodan (film)|Rodan}} → {{W2|Rodan|film}} (3)

2020-12-12T20:01:30Z

‎Paul Bunyan: replaced: {{W|Rodan (film)|Rodan}} → {{W2|Rodan|film}} (3)

Solar Dragon at 17:04, January 3, 2020

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 == Goofs ==
-*When [[Tom Sawyer]] rests by a tree while other children whitewash a fence, the equivalent of [[Lewis]] is replaced with a different person when zooming in.
+*When [[Tom Sawyer]] rests by a tree while he gets other children to whitewash a fence for him, the equivalent of [[Lewis]]'s colors change while zooming in.
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 *The Simpson family going to [[Delaware]] is a call back to the ending of the [[season 11]] episode "[[Behind the Laughter]]". At the end of that episode, the Simpsons win a trip to Delaware and want to visit Wilmington and a screen door factory. These places are mentioned at the beginning of "Simpsons Tall Tales" too.
 {{Season 12|R}}
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 [[Category:Trivia]]
 [[Category:Continuity]]

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 === Ending ===
 *Lisa mentions they will visit the place where {{W|JCPenney}} department stores sent their damaged merchandise.
 == Trivia ==

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 *As Paul and Marge run towards each other, "{{W2|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing|song}}" by {{W|The Four Aces}}, from the film ''{{W2|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing|film}}'', plays.
 *One of the stuffed toys in the [[Museum of Stuffed Animals]] is [[Binky]] from ''[[Life in Hell]]''.
-*Paul Bunyan is said to have caused the {{W|Great Chicago Fire}}.
+*Paul Bunyan throwing the meteor is said to have caused the {{W|Great Chicago Fire}} which started on October 8, 1871 and the actual origins have never been determined.
 === Connie Appleseed ===

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 === Paul Bunyan ===
-*The first {{W|tall tale}} tells the story of the giant lumberjack {{W|Paul Bunyan}} ([[Homer]]).
+*The first {{W|tall tale}} tells the story of the giant lumberjack [[Paul Bunyan]] ([[Homer]]).
 *According to [[Carl]], the townspeople got rid of American writer [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]] by getting her drunk and dragging her out of town.
-*Paul and {{ap|Babe|Simpsons Tall Tales}} create the {{W|Great Smoky Mountains}} by releasing cigar smoke on a mountain range. They also trample over a valley, creating [[California]]'s {{W|Death Valley}}.
+*Paul and {{ap|Babe|Simpsons Tall Tales}} create the [[Great Smoky Mountains]] by releasing cigar smoke on a mountain range. They also trample over a valley, creating [[California]]'s [[Death Valley]].
 [[File:Paul Bunyan fighting Rodan.png|250px|thumb|[[Paul Bunyan]] fought the Japanese giant monster [[Rodan]] from the {{W2|Rodan|film|1956 film of the same name}}]]
 *Paul Bunyan fought the Japanese giant monster [[Rodan]] from the {{W2|Rodan|film|1956 film of the same name}}.

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 == Cultural references ==
 === Paul Bunyan ===
-*The first story tells the story of the giant lumberjack {{W|Paul Bunyan}}.
+*The first {{W|tall tale}} tells the story of the giant lumberjack {{W|Paul Bunyan}} ([[Homer]]).
-*Paul Bunyan fought [[Rodan]] from the film ''{{W2|Rodan|film}}''.
+*According to [[Carl]], the townspeople got rid of American writer [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]] by getting her drunk and dragging her out of town.
 *As Paul and Marge run towards each other, "{{W2|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing|song}}" by {{W|The Four Aces}}, from the film ''{{W2|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing|film}}'', plays.
-*One of the stuffed toys in the [[Museum of Stuffed Animals]] is of [[Binky]] from ''[[Life in Hell]]''.
+*One of the stuffed toys in the [[Museum of Stuffed Animals]] is [[Binky]] from ''[[Life in Hell]]''.
 *Paul Bunyan is said to have caused the {{W|Great Chicago Fire}}.
 === Connie Appleseed ===
-*The second story tells the story of {{W|Johnny Appleseed}}, except changed to [[Connie Appleseed]].
+*The second tall tale tells the story of {{W|Johnny Appleseed}}, with his name changed to [[Connie Appleseed]] ([[Lisa]]).
-*[[Homer Bufflekill]] sings "[[Cleaning My Gun with the Safety Off]]" to the tune of "{{W|Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush}}".
+*The song [[Homer Bufflekill]] sings, "[[Cleaning My Gun with the Safety Off]]", is a parody of the English nursery rhyme "{{W|Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush}}".
 === Tom and Huck ===
-*The third story tells the story of ''{{W|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}}'' by [[Mark Twain]].
+*The third "tall tale" tells the story of [[Tom Sawyer]] ([[Bart]]) and [[Huckleberry Finn]] ([[Nelson]]).
-*The name of [[Pone, Pelts and Beyond]] is a reference to {{W|Bed Bath & Beyond}}.
+**Lisa tells the hobo that ''{{W|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}}'' is not a tall tale, but a book by [[Mark Twain]].
 *Captain [[Julius Hibbert]] sings "[[Ol' Man River]]" from the musical ''{{W|Show Boat}}''.
-*[[Krusty the Clown]] mentions president [[Millard Fillmore]].
+*[[Krusty the Clown]] mentions president [[Millard Fillmore]], who served from 1850 to 1853.
 == Trivia ==