The Fat Blue Line/References - Revision history

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a reference to the UK TV series ''{{W2|The Thin Blue Line|TV series}}''.
+*The episode title is a reference to the "{{W|thin blue line}}", a term used to refer to the police force.
 *The couch gag is a recreation of a segment from the 1985 {{W|Live Aid}} [[Queen]] concert: [[Homer]] is [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Lisa]] is {{W|John Deacon}}, [[Marge]] is [[Brian May]], [[Bart]] is {{W2|Roger Taylor|Queen drummer}} and [[Maggie]] is the producer.
 *The [[San Castellaneta Festival]] and [[Ignatius Castellaneta]] were named after [[Dan Castellaneta]], voice actor for [[Homer Simpson]] and other characters, and reference to the {{W|Feast of San Gennaro#Little Italy, New_York|Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, New York}}.

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 == Continuity ==
 *[[Luann]] holds up a sign that says "Do the Bartman", a reference to the song "[[Do the Bartman]]".
 *Although wearing a blonde wig, the character design of Fat Tony's wife is the same as {{ap|Angela|The Real Housewives of Fat Tony|his wife}} in "[[The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]".
 *The wig on Fat Tony's goomar has the same hairstyle as [[Selma]] had in "[[The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]".

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 *The episode title is a reference to the UK TV series ''{{W2|The Thin Blue Line|TV series}}''.
 *The couch gag is a recreation of a segment from the 1985 {{W|Live Aid}} [[Queen]] concert: [[Homer]] is [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Lisa]] is {{W|John Deacon}}, [[Marge]] is [[Brian May]], [[Bart]] is {{W2|Roger Taylor|Queen drummer}} and [[Maggie]] is the producer.
-*The [[San Castellaneta Festival]] and [[Ignatius Castellaneta]] were named after [[Dan Castellaneta]], voice actor for [[Homer Simpson]] and other characters, and reference to the {{W|Feast_of_San_Gennaro#Little_Italy,_New_York|Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, New York}}.
+*The [[San Castellaneta Festival]] and [[Ignatius Castellaneta]] were named after [[Dan Castellaneta]], voice actor for [[Homer Simpson]] and other characters, and reference to the {{W|Feast of San Gennaro#Little Italy, New_York|Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, New York}}.
 *[[Uncle Zio]] said that he came to the country for {{W|Burning Man}}.
-*[[Mayor Quimby]] said that the San Castellaneta Festival does not celebrate [[Christopher Columbus]], implying that Springfield is one of the cities that has re-named the celebration that was previously called "{{W|Columbus Day}}".
+*[[Mayor Quimby]] said that the San Castellaneta Festival does not celebrate [[Christopher Columbus]] as {{W|Columbus Day}} is also associated with Italian American heritage.
 *[[Patty]] and [[Selma]] mention [[Aquaman]] to {{Ch|Jason Momoa}}, the actor playing Aquaman in the 2018 {{W2|Aquaman|film|film}}, and Jason gets in character announcing the following event for it. At the end of his segment in the festival, Jason leaves by sea.
 *Jason Momoa said that boob signing will take place in the {{W|Marriott Hotels & Resorts|Marriott hotel}}.

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 == Continuity ==
 *[[Luann]] holds up a sign that says "Do the Bartman", a reference to the song "[[Do the Bartman]]".
-*Although the coloring varies, the character design of Fat Tony's wife is the same as {{ap|Angela|The Real Housewives of Fat Tony|his wife}} in "[[The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]".
+*Although wearing a blonde wig, the character design of Fat Tony's wife is the same as {{ap|Angela|The Real Housewives of Fat Tony|his wife}} in "[[The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]".
 *The wig on Fat Tony's goomar has the same hairstyle as [[Selma]] had in "[[The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]".

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 *[[Luann]] holds up a sign that says "Do the Bartman", a reference to the song "[[Do the Bartman]]".
 *Although the coloring varies, the character design of Fat Tony's wife is the same as {{ap|Angela|The Real Housewives of Fat Tony|his wife}} in "[[The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]".
-*Fat Tony's goomar has the same hairstyle as [[Selma]] had in "[[The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]".
+*The wig on Fat Tony's goomar has the same hairstyle as [[Selma]] had in "[[The Real Housewives of Fat Tony]]".
 == Goofs ==

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 *Chief Wiggum watches ''{{W|Wheel of Fortune}}''.
 *Chief Wiggum said that he needed the remote to change to ''{{W|Access Hollywood}}''.
-*[[Lenora Carter]] calls [[Lou]] and [[Eddie]] "{{W|Martin Riggs|Riggs}} and {{W|Roger Murtaugh|Murtaugh}}," main {{W|buddy cop}} characters from ''{{W2|Lethal Weapon|franchise}}''.
+*[[Lenora Carter]] calls [[Lou]] and [[Eddie]] "{{W|Martin Riggs|Riggs}} and {{W|Roger Murtaugh|Murtaugh}}," the main {{W|buddy cop}} characters from ''{{W2|Lethal Weapon|franchise}}''.
 *During Homer's butt sequence, the song "{{W|Bootylicious}}" by {{W|Destiny's Child}} plays.
 *During the scene of Chief Wiggum and [[Ralph]] acting like elephants, "{{W|Baby Elephant Walk}}" by {{W|Henry Mancini}} plays.