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 *After [[Homer]] stole [[Number 6]]'s boat, Number 6 says that this is the third time this has happened. He said earlier that it took 33 years to build the boat, which means that Number 6 has been on [[The Island]] for at least 99 years, if it took him just as long to build the previous two boats.
 **The 33 years is a reference to the fact that it had been 33 years, as of the broadcast of this episode, since ''{{W|The Prisoner}}'' first aired.
 *List of websites Homer visits:
 **[[Springfield Police Home Page]]

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 **[[Kwik-E-Mart|Kwik-E-Mart website]] (only in a deleted scene)
 *Bart gave someone a sample of his urine even though he wasn't asked for it (and for that he took the punishment on the board).
-* [[TheSimpsons.com]] listed this episode as "The Computer Wore Menace Sneakers", as seen in this screenshot (https://www.threads.com/@webdesignmuseum/post/DbGeh6MCAe4/the-simpsons-website-in) and reported by [[The Simpsons Archive]].
+* [[TheSimpsons.com]] listed this episode as "The Computer Wore Menace Sneakers".<ref>[https://www.threads.com/@webdesignmuseum/post/DbGeh6MCAe4/the-simpsons-website-in Threads - TheSimpsons.com screenshot]</ref>
 == Goofs ==
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 *In ''[[Marge Simpson Living]]'', [[Marge]] reminds [[Homer]] that he has tried snowplowing ("[[Mr. Plow]]"), webhosting ("The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"), trucking ("[[Maximum Homerdrive]]"), fortune cookie writing ("[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]"), cartoon voiceovers ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]"), food critic ("[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"), screen writer ("[[Beyond Blunderdome]]"), mixologoist ("[[Flaming Moe's]]"), bootlegger ("[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]") and astronaut ("[[Deep Space Homer]]") when he was searching for a new job.
 *[[Mayor Quimby]]'s secret swimming pool adjacent to his office paid for by city fund was also in [[List of deleted scenes#Season 7|a deleted scene]] for "[[Much Apu About Nothing]]" where it was known as the secretarial pool.
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 **[[Kwik-E-Mart|Kwik-E-Mart website]] (only in a deleted scene)
 *Bart gave someone a sample of his urine even though he wasn't asked for it (and for that he took the punishment on the board).
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 **[[Kwik-E-Mart|Kwik-E-Mart website]] (only in a deleted scene)
 *Bart gave someone a sample of his urine even though he wasn't asked for it (and for that he took the punishment on the board).
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 **[[Kwik-E-Mart|Kwik-E-Mart website]] (only in a deleted scene)
 *Bart gave someone a sample of his urine even though he wasn't asked for it (and for that he took the punishment on the board).
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 *The computer salesman says one of his computers is the kind astronauts use to do their taxes and Homer says, "I was an astronaut!" The salesman doesn't believe him, but Homer was actually an astronaut during the episode "[[Deep Space Homer]]".
 *In ''[[Marge Simpson Living]]'', [[Marge]] reminds [[Homer]] that he has tried snowplowing ("[[Mr. Plow]]"), webhosting ("The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"), trucking ("[[Maximum Homerdrive]]"), fortune cookie writing ("[[A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love]]"), cartoon voiceovers ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]"), food critic ("[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"), screen writer ("[[Beyond Blunderdome]]"), mixologoist ("[[Flaming Moe's]]"), bootlegger ("[[Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment]]") and astronaut ("[[Deep Space Homer]]") when he was searching for a new job.
+*Mayor Quimby's secret swimming pool adjacent to his office paid for by city fund was also in [[List of deleted scenes#Season 7|a deleted scene]] for "[[Much Apu About Nothing]]" where it was known as the secretarial pool.
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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a pun on the 1969 {{W|Disney}} movie ''{{W|The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes}}'', which was remade into a {{W2|The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes|1995 film|TV movie}} in [[1995]], starring {{W|Kirk Cameron}}.  [[Dan Castellaneta]] was also in the remake as Alan Winsdale.
+*The episode title is a pun on the 1969 {{W|Disney}} movie ''{{W|The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes}}'', which was remade into a {{W2|The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes|1995 film|TV movie}} in [[1995]], starring {{W|Kirk Cameron}}. [[Dan Castellaneta]] was also in the remake as Alan Winsdale.
 *The episode is both a parody of, and an homage to, the 1960s TV series ''{{W|The Prisoner}}''. [[Patrick McGoohan]] voices [[Number 6]] in the episode, reprising his character from ''The Prisoner''. (In the episode, "The Village" has been replaced by "[[The Island]]".)
 *During the [[couch gag]], [[Santa's Little Helper]] does a happy dance like [[Snoopy]]'s in ''[[Peanuts]]''.

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 *The episode title is a pun on the 1969 {{W|Disney}} movie ''{{W|The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes}}'', which was remade into a {{W2|The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes|1995 film|TV movie}} in [[1995]], starring {{W|Kirk Cameron}}.  [[Dan Castellaneta]] was also in the remake as Alan Winsdale.
 *The episode is both a parody of, and an homage to, the 1960s TV series ''{{W|The Prisoner}}''. [[Patrick McGoohan]] voices [[Number 6]] in the episode, reprising his character from ''The Prisoner''. (In the episode, "The Village" has been replaced by "[[The Island]]".)
-*During the [[Couch gag|couch gag]], [[Santa's Little Helper]] does a happy dance like [[Snoopy]]'s in ''[[Peanuts]]''.
+*During the [[couch gag]], [[Santa's Little Helper]] does a happy dance like [[Snoopy]]'s in ''[[Peanuts]]''.
 == Trivia ==
 *The woman presenting the Pulitzer never mentioned the category in which Homer won the prize.
-* After [[Homer]] stole [[Number 6]]'s boat, Number 6 says that this is the third time this has happened. He said earlier that it took 33 years to build the boat, which means that Number 6 has been on [[The Island]] for at least 99 years, if it took him just as long to build the previous two boats.
+*After [[Homer]] stole [[Number 6]]'s boat, Number 6 says that this is the third time this has happened. He said earlier that it took 33 years to build the boat, which means that Number 6 has been on [[The Island]] for at least 99 years, if it took him just as long to build the previous two boats.
-** The 33 years is a reference to the fact that it had been 33 years, as of the broadcast of this episode, since ''{{W|The Prisoner}}'' first aired.
+**The 33 years is a reference to the fact that it had been 33 years, as of the broadcast of this episode, since ''{{W|The Prisoner}}'' first aired.
-* Mr. X's website is an actual website, which you can visit at www.mrxswebpage.com [http://www.mrxswebpage.com/].
+*Mr. X's website is an actual website, which you can visit at www.mrxswebpage.com [http://www.mrxswebpage.com/].
 *List of websites Homer visits:
 **[[Springfield Police Home Page]]