The Boy Who Knew Too Much/References - Revision history

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‎Cultural references: added cultural reference and fixed a typo

Snowball II at 03:12, October 4, 2024

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SolarBot: /* Cultural references */typos fixed: based off of → based on, well-known → well known

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‎Cultural references: typos fixed: based off of → based on, well-known → well known

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 *Skinner picking up the cigar butt in the hotel room with an umbrella references the opening credits of ''{{ap|The Odd Couple|franchise}}''.
 *In the court, [[Homer]] sings the jingle for {{W|Meow Mix}} cat food in his head.
-*Homer watches the "director's cut" of ''{{W|Free Willy}}'' features Willy the whale crushing Jesse to death.
+*Homer watches the "director's cut" of ''{{W|Free Willy}}'', which features Willy the whale crushing Jesse to death.
 *The accident-prone waiter is a parody of {{W|Inspector Clouseau}}, despite his claims to the contrary.
 *Bart hides from Skinner under a green blanket in a corvertible, a reference to ''{{ap|Back to the Future|franchise|Back to the Future Part II}}''.
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 *Skinner picking up the cigar butt in the hotel room with an umbrella references the opening credits of ''{{ap|The Odd Couple|franchise}}''.
 *In the court, [[Homer]] sings the jingle for {{W|Meow Mix}} cat food in his head.
-*Homer watches the "director's cut" of ''{{W|Free Willy}}'', which features Willy the whale crushing Jesse to death.
+*Homer watches the "director's cut" of ''{{W|Free Willy}}'' features Willy the whale crushing Jesse to death.
 *The accident-prone waiter is a parody of {{W|Inspector Clouseau}}, despite his claims to the contrary.
 *Bart hides from Skinner under a green blanket in a corvertible, a reference to ''{{ap|Back to the Future|franchise|Back to the Future Part II}}''.

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 *When Bart looks out the classroom window, the sun and a rainbow are both in the sky. But in order to see a rainbow, the sun has to be ''behind'' the viewer.
 *In the first shot of Bart's classroom, Bart's eyes briefly disappear and [[Lewis]]' legs are yellow.
-*In the first shot of the dining room inside the [[Quimby Compound]], Freddy Quimby is shown seated in-between the escort he brought as his date on his left and another woman on his right. In the next shot Freddy is now seated in-between his cousin [[Maria Quimby]] on his left and a man on his right.
+*In the first shot of the dining room inside the [[Quimby Compound]], Freddy Quimby is shown seated in-between the escort he brought as his date on his left and another woman on his right. In the next shot the woman has the coloring of [[Maria Quimby]] on his left and a man on his right.
 {{Season 5|R}}

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 **Both drive a Humvee.
 **[[Bart]] also telling Wolfcastle that despite being a big fan, his last movie "sucked," Wolfcastle himself lamenting, "I know. There were script problems from Day One," while [[Chief Wiggum]] admonished him, "magic ticket, my ass," are references to Schwarzenegger's then recently released critically panned and box-office flop ''{{W|Last Action Hero}}'' where a "magic ticket" was a major element of the plot.
-*The portrait on the wall behind Mayor Quimby in the dining room is based on {{W|George Plunkitt}} (1842 – 1924)  who became well known for ''Plunkitt of Tammany Hall'', recording of a series of talks he delivered on his success in machine politics.
+*The portrait on the wall behind Mayor Quimby in the dining room is based on {{W|George Plunkitt}} (1842 – 1924) who became well known for ''Plunkitt of Tammany Hall'', recording of a series of talks he delivered on his success in machine politics.
 *The scene featuring [[Principal Skinner]] chasing Bart (both the music and animation) is based on the Gunslinger ([[Yul Brynner]])'s chase of Peter Martin ({{W|Richard Benjamin}}) from the film ''{{W2|Westworld|film}}''.
 *When the Quimby trial becomes a topic of conversion at the breakfast table, Bart tries to change the subject by opening the newspaper to the funnies and reading from ''[[Peanuts]]''.

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 **[[Bart]] also telling Wolfcastle that despite being a big fan, his last movie "sucked," Wolfcastle himself lamenting, "I know. There were script problems from Day One," while [[Chief Wiggum]] admonished him, "magic ticket, my ass," are references to Schwarzenegger's then recently released critically panned and box-office flop ''{{W|Last Action Hero}}'' where a "magic ticket" was a major element of the plot.
 *The portrait on the wall behind Mayor Quimby in the dining room is based on {{W|George Plunkitt}} (1842 – 1924)  who became well known for ''Plunkitt of Tammany Hall'', recording of a series of talks he delivered on his success in machine politics.
-*The scene featuring [[Principal Skinner]] chasing Bart (both the music and animation) is based on the Gunslinger's chase of Peter Martin from the film ''{{W|Westworld}}''.
+*The scene featuring [[Principal Skinner]] chasing Bart (both the music and animation) is based on the Gunslinger ([[Yul Brynner]])'s chase of Peter Martin ({{W|Richard Benjamin}}) from the film ''{{W2|Westworld|film}}''.
 *When the Quimby trial becomes a topic of conversion at the breakfast table, Bart tries to change the subject by opening the newspaper to the funnies and reading from ''[[Peanuts]]''.
 *The plot, especially Bart's fantasy, a based on Mark Twain's ''{{W|Huckleberry Finn}}''. His fantasy also features [[Abraham Lincoln]].

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 **Both have wives named Maria. Arnold Schwarzenegger's then wife {{W|Maria Shriver}} was a member of the {{W|Kennedy family}} which were the real life basis for the [[Quimby family]].
 **Both drive a Humvee.
-**[[Bart]] also tell Wolfcastle his last movie "sucked," he himself lamenting, "I know. There were script problems from Day One," while [[Chief Wiggum]] admonished him, "magic ticket, my ass," are references to Schwarzenegger's then recently released critically panned and box-office flop ''{{W|Last Action Hero}}'' where a "magic ticket" was a major element of the plot.
+**[[Bart]] also telling Wolfcastle that despite being a big fan, his last movie "sucked," Wolfcastle himself lamenting, "I know. There were script problems from Day One," while [[Chief Wiggum]] admonished him, "magic ticket, my ass," are references to Schwarzenegger's then recently released critically panned and box-office flop ''{{W|Last Action Hero}}'' where a "magic ticket" was a major element of the plot.
 *The portrait on the wall behind Mayor Quimby in the dining room is based off of {{W|George Plunkitt}} (1842 – 1924)  who became well-known for ''Plunkitt of Tammany Hall'', recording of a series of talks he delivered on his success in machine politics.
 *The scene featuring [[Principal Skinner]] chasing Bart (both the music and animation) is based on the Gunslinger's chase of Peter Martin from the film ''{{W|Westworld}}''.

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 *The title is a reference to the Alfred Hitchcock film ''{{W2|The Man Who Knew Too Much|1956 film}}''.
 **The film title was also punned in the episodes "[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]", "[[The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]" and "[[The Man Who Grew Too Much]]".
-*Bart telling Mayor Quimby he is his nephew Bart-Bart is a reference to John F. Kennedy, Jr. who was known to the public by the nickname John-John.
+*Bart telling Mayor Quimby he is his nephew Bart-Bart is a reference to [[John F. Kennedy, Jr.]] who was known to the public by the nickname John-John.
 *More similarities between [[Rainier Wolfcastle]] and the man on which he is based, [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], are revealed in this episode, including:
 **Both have wives named Maria. Arnold Schwarzenegger's then wife {{W|Maria Shriver}} was a member of the {{W|Kennedy family}} which were the real life basis for the [[Quimby family]].