Stealing First Base/References - Revision history

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‎Montage Kisses

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a reference to "first base" being a common slang term for kissing and to [[Bart]]'s and [[Nikki]]'s repeated attempts (some successful) to steal kisses from each other.
+*The episode title is a reference to "first base" being a common slang term for kissing and to [[Bart]]'s and [[Nikki McKenna]]'s repeated attempts (some successful) to steal kisses from each other.
 *''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' segment features a [[Koyaanis-Scratchy: Death Out of Balance|parody]] of the 1982 movie ''{{W|Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance}}'' complete with time-lapse photography and musical compositions similar to {{W|Philip Glass}}'s work.
 *The vampire novel Nikki is holding while talking to Bart is called ''[[Red Moon]]'', a parody of the ''{{W2|Twilight|series}}'' series book ''{{W2|New Moon|novel}}''.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode title is a reference to "first base" being a common slang term for kissing and to [[Bart]]'s and [[Nikki]]'s repeated attempts (some successful) to steal kisses from each other.
-*''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' segment features a [[Koyaanis-Scratchy: Death out of Balance|parody]] of the 1982 movie ''{{W|Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance}}'' complete with time-lapse photography and musical compositions similar to {{W|Philip Glass}}'s work.
+*''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' segment features a [[Koyaanis-Scratchy: Death Out of Balance|parody]] of the 1982 movie ''{{W|Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance}}'' complete with time-lapse photography and musical compositions similar to {{W|Philip Glass}}'s work.
 *The vampire novel Nikki is holding while talking to Bart is called ''[[Red Moon]]'', a parody of the ''{{W2|Twilight|series}}'' series book ''{{W2|New Moon|novel}}''.
 *The portion of Bart's dream involving the spoof of ''{{W|Alien 3}}'' is a reference to a film reviewed by [[Jay Sherman]] in ''[[The Critic]]''.

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 *''{{W2|Star Trek|film}}'' (2009)
 *''{{W2|Beauty and the Beast|1987 TV series}}'' (1987 to 1990)
-*''{{W|The Public Enemy}}'' (Specifically the {{W|The Public Enemy#Mae Clarke's Grapefruit scene|Grapefruit scene) (1931)
+*''{{W|The Public Enemy}}'' (Specifically the {{W|The Public Enemy#Mae Clarke's Grapefruit scene|Grapefruit scene}}) (1931)
 *''{{W|WALL-E}}'' (2008)
 *''{{W|Alien 3}}'' (1992)

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 *''{{W2|Star Trek|film}}'' (2009)
 *''{{W2|Beauty and the Beast|1987 TV series}}'' (1987 to 1990)
-*''{{W|The Public Enemy}}'' (Specifically, the iconic scene where [[James Cagney]] "kisses" {{W|Mae Clark}} with a grapefruit) (1931)
+*''{{W|The Public Enemy}}'' (Specifically the {{W|The Public Enemy#Mae Clarke's Grapefruit scene|Grapefruit scene) (1931)
 *''{{W|WALL-E}}'' (2008)
 *''{{W|Alien 3}}'' (1992)

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 *Nikki's parents are modelled on Anna and Marcus from the ''{{W2|V|2009 TV series}}'' TV series.
 *The poster "Loose Lips Sing (Scholar) Ships" is a reference to "{{W|Loose lips sink ships}}," whose most famous use was on propaganda posters during WWII.
-*The surfer student in the other class is named Bodhi. Bodhi is the main surfer bank robbers in the action movie ''{{W|Point Break}}''.
+*The surfer student in the other class is named Bodhi. Bodhi is the secret leader of the surfer bank robbers in the action movie ''{{W|Point Break}}''.
 *''[[The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|The Very Hungry Caterpillar}}'' by {{W|Eric Carle}}.

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 === Montage Kisses ===
 Among the famous onscreen kisses that were reanimated shot-for-shot seen in the montage are from:
-*''{{W|From Here to Eternity}}''
+*''{{W|From Here to Eternity}}'' (1953)
-*''[[Gone with the Wind]]''
+*''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' (1939)
-*''{{W|The Quiet Man}}''
+*''{{W|The Quiet Man}}'' (1952)
-*''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''
+*''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' (1955)
-*''[[Planet of the Apes]]''
+*''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' (1968)
-*''{{W|On Golden Pond}}''
+*''{{W2|On Golden Pond|1981 film}}'' (1981)
-*''{{W2|Ghost|film}}''
+*''{{W2|Ghost|1990 film}}'' (1990)
 *''{{W2|Spider-Man|2002 film}}'' (2002)
 *''{{W2|Star Trek|film}}'' (2009)
 *''{{W2|Beauty and the Beast|1987 TV series}}'' (1987 to 1990)
-*''{{W|The Public Enemy}}'' (Specifically, the iconic scene where [[James Cagney]] "kisses" {{W|Mae Clark}} with a grapefruit)
+*''{{W|The Public Enemy}}'' (Specifically, the iconic scene where [[James Cagney]] "kisses" {{W|Mae Clark}} with a grapefruit) (1931)
-*''{{W|WALL-E}}''
+*''{{W|WALL-E}}'' (2008)
-*''{{W|Alien 3}}''
+*''{{W|Alien 3}}'' (1992)
-*''{{W|The Godfather Part II}}''
+*''{{W|The Godfather Part II}}'' (1974)
-*''[[All in the Family]]'' (episode "Sammy's Visit" when [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]] kisses [[Archie Bunker]])
+*''[[All in the Family]]'' (episode "Sammy's Visit" when [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]] kisses [[Archie Bunker]]) (1971 to 1979)
 == Trivia ==