Take My Life, Please/References - Revision history

SolarBot: /* Trivia */ replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (3), Simpsons family → Simpson family, replaced: → (6)

2024-11-05T15:36:37Z

‎Trivia: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (3), Simpsons family → Simpson family, replaced: → (6)

Solar Dragon at 13:08, April 25, 2024

2024-04-25T13:08:08Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w| → {{W| (23), {{w2| → {{W2| (3)

2021-10-16T06:16:15Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{w| → {{W| (23), {{w2| → {{W2| (3)

SolarBot: /* Trivia /replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (3), == → == (3), == → == (3), → *

2021-08-02T21:21:31Z

‎Trivia: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (3), == → == (3), == → == (3), * → *

Solar Dragon at 13:40, August 1, 2021

2021-08-01T13:40:23Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w|Fonzie}} → Fonzie, {{w|To Kill a Mockingbird}} → {{ap|To Kill a Mockingbird|book}}, {{W|Batman}} → Batman, {{w|Tom Collins}} → Tom Collins

2021-08-01T13:33:39Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{w|Fonzie}} → Fonzie, {{w|To Kill a Mockingbird}} → {{ap|To Kill a Mockingbird|book}}, {{W|Batman}} → Batman, {{w|Tom Collins}} → Tom Collins

SolarBot: /* Goofs */replaced: Bye Bye Nerdie → Bye, Bye, Nerdie

2021-07-30T22:01:17Z

‎Goofs: replaced: Bye Bye Nerdie → Bye, Bye, Nerdie

Simpsons88 at 00:32, April 19, 2021

2021-04-19T00:32:05Z

Simpsons88 at 19:06, April 18, 2021

2021-04-18T19:06:23Z

Sideshow Bob: /* Cultural references */

2021-01-08T00:36:11Z

‎Cultural references

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 **[[Maggie]] is worth $243.26, exactly as much as the other items put together.
 *In the alternate Universe, Mr Burns assigns Homer to Sector 6F, as opposed to 7G. 7GXX was the production code for the show's first season. 6FXX was never the production code for any season, as after Season 9 (5FXX), the show started an entirely different sort of code from Season 10 onwards (AABFXX for Season 10, BABFXX for Season 11, CABFXX for Season 12, etc.)
-*During the new HD title sequence, The Simpsons family has a HDTV. But during the episode, they still have the old TV set.
+*During the new HD title sequence, The Simpson family has a HDTV. But during the episode, they still have the old TV set.
 == Goofs ==

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode title is a pun on the classic {{W|Henny Youngman}} one-liner, "Take my wife, please" which was also punned in the title of the [[Season 11]] episode, "[[Take My Wife, Sleaze]]".
-*In the episode's [[Take My Life, Please/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons chase the couch in [[San Francisco]], [[Venice]], the {{W|outer space}} and [[India]].
+*In the episode's [[Take My Life, Please/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons chase the couch in [[San Francisco]], [[Venice]], {{W|outer space}} and [[India]].
 *[[Paul Yield]], the inventor of the {{W|Yield sign}}, has its head in the inverted triangular shape of the sign.
 *[[Homer]] remembers the time when people's only concern was {{W|nuclear annihilation}}.
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 *"{{W|Jive Talkin'}}" by the {{W|Bee Gees}} is heard when Principal Dondelinger explains why he spoiled Homer's presidential election.
 *Homer's class president poster included [[Darth Vader]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the {{W|great white shark}} from ''{{ap|Jaws|film}}''.
-*[[Luigi]] considers Lisa to be {{W|Benito Mussolini}} when she was giving him a lot of orders.
+*[[Luigi]] considers Lisa to be [[Benito Mussolini]] when she was giving him a lot of orders.
 *Homer wants to see his altered past more than he wants to know how to perform {{W|Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR}}.
 *The class song, class motto and class mascot president Homer selects are "{{W2|Colour My World|Chicago song}}" (by {{W2|Chicago|band}}), "{{W|Disco sucks}}" and "[[Butthead]] the Goat".
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 == Goofs ==
 *When everybody is clapping when [[Vance Connor]] is introduced to the Hall of Fame, you can see [[Maude Flanders]] in the crowd, despite the fact that she died in the [[Season 11]] episode "[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]".
 *The position of Paul Yield's plaque changes between shots.
 *It is shown that Smithers was already working for Mr. Burns when Homer went to high school, meaning that he is older than Homer. However, in "[[The Blunder Years]]", it is shown that he was a baby when Homer was 12 years old. On the other hand, in a flashback of "[[Bye, Bye, Nerdie]]", it was shown that both were studying together at the same time.

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 == Cultural references ==
 *The episode title is a pun on the classic {{W|Henny Youngman}} one-liner, "Take my wife, please" which was also punned in the title of the [[Season 11]] episode, "[[Take My Wife, Sleaze]]".
-*In the episode's [[Take My Life, Please/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons chase the couch in [[San Francisco]], [[Venice]], the {{w|outer space}} and [[India]].
+*In the episode's [[Take My Life, Please/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the Simpsons chase the couch in [[San Francisco]], [[Venice]], the {{W|outer space}} and [[India]].
-*[[Paul Yield]], the inventor of the {{w|Yield sign}}, has its head in the inverted triangular shape of the sign.
+*[[Paul Yield]], the inventor of the {{W|Yield sign}}, has its head in the inverted triangular shape of the sign.
-*[[Homer]] remembers the time when people's only concern was {{w|nuclear annihilation}}.
+*[[Homer]] remembers the time when people's only concern was {{W|nuclear annihilation}}.
-*"{{w2|Rock the Boat|The Hues Corporation song}}" by {{w|The Hues Corporation}} is heard during the "Student Council Election Today" event.
+*"{{W2|Rock the Boat|The Hues Corporation song}}" by {{W|The Hues Corporation}} is heard during the "Student Council Election Today" event.
-*Homer makes an allusion to the ''{{w|Webster's Dictionary}}'' and [[Ted Nugent]] when he tries to read his notes in panic.
+*Homer makes an allusion to the ''{{W|Webster's Dictionary}}'' and [[Ted Nugent]] when he tries to read his notes in panic.
-*Principal [[Harlan Dondelinger]] sends [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] to {{w|Carnegie Mellon University}}.
+*Principal [[Harlan Dondelinger]] sends [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] to {{W|Carnegie Mellon University}}.
-[[File:Al Gore talks to his Nobel Prize medal.png|300px|thumb|Former vice president [[Al Gore]] talks to his [[Nobel Peace Prize]] medal and thinks that the {{w|2000 US presidential election}} was stolen from him]]
+[[File:Al Gore talks to his Nobel Prize medal.png|300px|thumb|Former vice president [[Al Gore]] talks to his [[Nobel Peace Prize]] medal and thinks that the {{W|2000 US presidential election}} was stolen from him]]
-*Former American vice president [[Al Gore]] appears at [[Moe's]] and makes a reference to the {{w|2000 United States presidential election}}, one of the closest elections in US history, where he lost against [[George W. Bush]].
+*Former American vice president [[Al Gore]] appears at [[Moe's]] and makes a reference to the {{W|2000 United States presidential election}}, one of the closest elections in US history, where he lost against [[George W. Bush]].
-**He also talks to the image of {{w|Alfred Nobel}} in his [[Nobel Prize]] medal. Gore earned the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] back in 2007.
+**He also talks to the image of {{W|Alfred Nobel}} in his [[Nobel Prize]] medal. Gore earned the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] back in 2007.
 *When [[Lisa]] counts the ballots for Homer's class president election, one of the votes is cast for [[Fonzie]] from the American sitcom ''[[Happy Days]]''.
-*Homer swears to get back at Principal Dondelinger saying "I know what he did that summer", a reference to the film ''{{w|I Know What You Did Last Summer}}''.
+*Homer swears to get back at Principal Dondelinger saying "I know what he did that summer", a reference to the film ''{{W|I Know What You Did Last Summer}}''.
 *Homer wants [[Bart]] to drive back to the clubhouse and buy him a {{W|Tom Collins}} cocktail.
-*"{{w|Jive Talkin'}}" by the {{w|Bee Gees}} is heard when Principal Dondelinger explains why he spoiled Homer's presidential election.
+*"{{W|Jive Talkin'}}" by the {{W|Bee Gees}} is heard when Principal Dondelinger explains why he spoiled Homer's presidential election.
-*Homer's class president poster included [[Darth Vader]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the {{w|great white shark}} from ''{{ap|Jaws|film}}''.
+*Homer's class president poster included [[Darth Vader]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the {{W|great white shark}} from ''{{ap|Jaws|film}}''.
-*[[Luigi]] considers Lisa to be {{w|Benito Mussolini}} when she was giving him a lot of orders.
+*[[Luigi]] considers Lisa to be {{W|Benito Mussolini}} when she was giving him a lot of orders.
-*Homer wants to see his altered past more than he wants to know how to perform {{w|Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR}}.
+*Homer wants to see his altered past more than he wants to know how to perform {{W|Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR}}.
-*The class song, class motto and class mascot president Homer selects are "{{w2|Colour My World|Chicago song}}" (by {{w2|Chicago|band}}), "{{w|Disco sucks}}" and "[[Butthead]] the Goat".
+*The class song, class motto and class mascot president Homer selects are "{{W2|Colour My World|Chicago song}}" (by {{W2|Chicago|band}}), "{{W|Disco sucks}}" and "[[Butthead]] the Goat".
 **The song is later heard during the "Springfield High Prom" event.
-*At the school dance, the band [[The Larry Davis Experience]] is playing in front of a ''{{w|Goodbye Yellow Brick Road}}'' sign on the wall.
+*At the school dance, the band [[The Larry Davis Experience]] is playing in front of a ''{{W|Goodbye Yellow Brick Road}}'' sign on the wall.
-*In order to be able to approach [[Marge]], Homer wants his date [[Debbie Pinson]] to read ''{{ap|To Kill a Mockingbird|book}}'' by {{w|Harper Lee}} and write down how character {{w|Boo Radley}} fits into the {{w|Southern Gothic}} subgenre.
+*In order to be able to approach [[Marge]], Homer wants his date [[Debbie Pinson]] to read ''{{ap|To Kill a Mockingbird|book}}'' by {{W|Harper Lee}} and write down how character {{W|Boo Radley}} fits into the {{W|Southern Gothic}} subgenre.
-*A young [[Mr. Burns]] saw things of barbarian leader {{w|Vercingetorix}} in Homer.
+*A young [[Mr. Burns]] saw things of barbarian leader {{W|Vercingetorix}} in Homer.
 *Lisa brings up [[Batman]], and Homer doesn't believe that Bruce Wayne is really his secret identity.
-*When the family takes Homer to the [[Springfield Wall of Fame]], Homer thinks that is like taking [[Richard Nixon]] to the {{w|Watergate scandal|Watergate}} or [[Kevin Costner]] to ''{{w|Waterworld}}''.
+*When the family takes Homer to the [[Springfield Wall of Fame]], Homer thinks that is like taking [[Richard Nixon]] to the {{W|Watergate scandal|Watergate}} or [[Kevin Costner]] to ''{{W|Waterworld}}''.
 == Trivia ==

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 **The total is now $486.52 ($847.63 in the old intro).
 **[[Maggie]] is worth $243.26, exactly as much as the other items put together.
-* In the alternate Universe, Mr Burns assigns Homer to Sector 6F, as opposed to 7G. 7GXX was the production code for the show's first season. 6FXX was never the production code for any season, as after Season 9 (5FXX), the show started an entirely different sort of code from Season 10 onwards (AABFXX for Season 10, BABFXX for Season 11, CABFXX for Season 12, etc.)
+*In the alternate Universe, Mr Burns assigns Homer to Sector 6F, as opposed to 7G. 7GXX was the production code for the show's first season. 6FXX was never the production code for any season, as after Season 9 (5FXX), the show started an entirely different sort of code from Season 10 onwards (AABFXX for Season 10, BABFXX for Season 11, CABFXX for Season 12, etc.)
 *During the new HD title sequence, The Simpsons family has a HDTV. But during the episode, they still have the old TV set.

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 *When [[Lisa]] counts the ballots for Homer's class president election, one of the votes is cast for [[Fonzie]] from the American sitcom ''[[Happy Days]]''.
 *Homer swears to get back at Principal Dondelinger saying "I know what he did that summer", a reference to the film ''{{w|I Know What You Did Last Summer}}''.
-*Homer wants [[Bart]] to drive back to the clubhouse and buy him a [[Tom Collins]] cocktail.
+*Homer wants [[Bart]] to drive back to the clubhouse and buy him a {{W|Tom Collins}} cocktail.
 *"{{w|Jive Talkin'}}" by the {{w|Bee Gees}} is heard when Principal Dondelinger explains why he spoiled Homer's presidential election.
 *Homer's class president poster included [[Darth Vader]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the {{w|great white shark}} from ''{{ap|Jaws|film}}''.