The Joy of Sect/References - Revision history

SolarBot: /* Cults */ replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (5), typos fixed: extra-terrestrial → extraterrestrial, replaced: → (10)

2025-09-11T18:18:08Z

‎Cults: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (5), typos fixed: extra-terrestrial → extraterrestrial, replaced: → (10)

MediocreUsername: /* Cults */

2025-06-19T09:09:11Z

‎Cults

SolarBot: /* Cults */ replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (5), typos fixed: extra-terrestrial → extraterrestrial, replaced: → (10)

2025-06-03T23:26:14Z

‎Cults: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (5), typos fixed: extra-terrestrial → extraterrestrial, replaced: → (10)

MediocreUsername: /* Cultural references */

2025-03-22T09:06:01Z

‎Cultural references

MediocreUsername at 21:22, February 5, 2025

2025-02-05T21:22:28Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */ replaced: {{W2|Live and Let Die|film}} → Live and Let Die

2024-08-21T18:10:05Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W2|Live and Let Die|film}} → Live and Let Die

SolarBot: /* Cults */typos fixed: extra-terrestrial → extraterrestrial

2024-07-29T21:30:50Z

‎Cults: typos fixed: extra-terrestrial → extraterrestrial

MediocreUsername: /* Cults */ add more scientology similarities

2024-07-14T18:09:24Z

‎Cults: add more scientology similarities

Solar Dragon at 12:14, June 5, 2023

2023-06-05T12:14:23Z

Solar Dragon at 23:10, June 4, 2023

2023-06-04T23:10:30Z

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 *Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack in Kobe, Japan. Inductees were subject to intense sessions in order to breakdown beliefs in their former lives and signed a statement saying "I hereby entrust power of attorney and all my assets to Aum", similar to Movementarians signing over all title to the Leader. Aum was led by Shoko Ashara who prophesized the world was doomed and he was the only way to a higher world.
 *Scientology:
-**Belief in extra-terrestrial planets or powers (the [[Blisstonia]] planet with Movementarianism and {{W|Xenu}} among high-level Scientologists)
+**Belief in extraterrestrial planets or powers (the [[Blisstonia]] planet with Movementarianism and {{W|Xenu}} among high-level Scientologists)
 **Heavy litigation against critics and defectors.
 **The ten-trillion years of labour resembles the {{W|Sea Org}}'s billion-year contract.

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 *Moonies: Where inductees were led to a compound with balloons and banners reading "Welcome Home, Brothers & Sisters"; heavy involvement in group activities with little, if any, privacy, and mass marriages where couples were married en masse by Sun Myung Moon.
 *{{W2|Osho|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh}} (also called "Osho"): Like [[The Leader]], the Bhagwan was famous for driving in a {{W2|Rolls-Royce|car}} while his followers lined the side of the road to watch him go by and greet their leader on his daily drive-bys. At one point Osho held the world record for ownership of Rolls-Royces by an individual, 93 in all.
-*Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack in Kobe, Japan. Inductees were subject to intense sessions in order to breakdown beliefs in their former lives and signed a statement saying "I hereby entrust power of attorney and all my assets to Aum", similar to Movementarians signing over all title to the Leader. Aum was led by Shoko Ashara who propezied the world was doomed and he was the only way to a higher world.
+*Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack in Kobe, Japan. Inductees were subject to intense sessions in order to breakdown beliefs in their former lives and signed a statement saying "I hereby entrust power of attorney and all my assets to Aum", similar to Movementarians signing over all title to the Leader. Aum was led by Shoko Ashara who prophesized the world was doomed and he was the only way to a higher world.
 *Scientology:
-**Belief in extraterrestrial planets or powers (the [[Blisstonia]] planet with Movementarianism and {{W|Xenu}} among high-level Scientologists)
+**Belief in extra-terrestrial planets or powers (the [[Blisstonia]] planet with Movementarianism and {{W|Xenu}} among high-level Scientologists)
 **Heavy litigation against critics and defectors.
-**The ten-trillion year contract is a parody of the {{W|Sea Org}}'s billion-year contract.
+**The ten-trillion years of labour resembles the {{W|Sea Org}}'s billion-year contract.
 **[[The Leader]] resembles [[L. Ron Hubbard]].
 **Other Scientology parodies are present in [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]] in quests about the Movementarians.

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 *Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack in Kobe, Japan. Inductees were subject to intense sessions in order to breakdown beliefs in their former lives and signed a statement saying "I hereby entrust power of attorney and all my assets to Aum", similar to Movementarians signing over all title to the Leader. Aum was led by Shoko Ashara who propezied the world was doomed and he was the only way to a higher world.
 *Scientology:
-**Belief in extra-terrestrial planets or powers (the [[Blisstonia]] planet with Movementarianism and {{W|Xenu}} among high-level Scientologists)
+**Belief in extraterrestrial planets or powers (the [[Blisstonia]] planet with Movementarianism and {{W|Xenu}} among high-level Scientologists)
 **Heavy litigation against critics and defectors.
 **The ten-trillion year contract is a parody of the {{W|Sea Org}}'s billion-year contract.

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 *{{W2|Osho|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh}} (also called "Osho"): Like [[The Leader]], the Bhagwan was famous for driving in a {{W2|Rolls-Royce|car}} while his followers lined the side of the road to watch him go by and greet their leader on his daily drive-bys. At one point Osho held the world record for ownership of Rolls-Royces by an individual, 93 in all.
 *Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack in Kobe, Japan. Inductees were subject to intense sessions in order to breakdown beliefs in their former lives and signed a statement saying "I hereby entrust power of attorney and all my assets to Aum", similar to Movementarians signing over all title to the Leader. Aum was led by Shoko Ashara who propezied the world was doomed and he was the only way to a higher world.
-*Scientology: Belief in an extraterrestrial power, heavy litigation, contracts for billions or more years, and the resemblance of [[The Leader]] to [[L. Ron Hubbard]].
+*Scientology:
 *Heaven's Gate: Belief that a spaceship would come to Earth to take worthy members to a paradise planet. Cult leader was also known for micromanagement of members' lives.

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 *{{W2|Osho|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh|Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh}} (also called "Osho"): Like [[The Leader]], the Bhagwan was famous for driving in a {{W2|Rolls-Royce|car}} while his followers lined the side of the road to watch him go by and greet their leader on his daily drive-bys. At one point Osho held the world record for ownership of Rolls-Royces by an individual, 93 in all.
 *Aum Shinrikyo: The Japanese cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack in Kobe, Japan. Inductees were subject to intense sessions in order to breakdown beliefs in their former lives and signed a statement saying "I hereby entrust power of attorney and all my assets to Aum", similar to Movementarians signing over all title to the Leader. Aum was led by Shoko Ashara who propezied the world was doomed and he was the only way to a higher world.
-*Scientology: Belief in an extraterrestrial power, heavy litigation, and contracts for billions or more years.
+*Scientology: Belief in an extraterrestrial power, heavy litigation, contracts for billions or more years, and the resemblance of [[The Leader]] to [[L. Ron Hubbard]].
 *Heaven's Gate: Belief that a spaceship would come to Earth to take worthy members to a paradise planet. Cult leader was also known for micromanagement of members' lives.

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 *During the cult wedding, "Royal Court" by {{W|Debbie Wiseman}} plays.
 *When [[Marge]] attempts to escape the compound, she:
-**Runs across alligators, a reference to [[Roger Moore]] in the [[James Bond]] film ''{{W2|Live and Let Die|film}}''.
+**Runs across alligators, a reference to [[Roger Moore]] in the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Live and Let Die]]''.
 **Gets chased by the {{W2|Rover|The Prisoner}} guard "balloon" from the British Sci-Fi TV series ''{{W|The Prisoner}}''.
 *Willie scratching his fingernails on the window and offering to kidnap and kill Homer is a reference to the character of Quint in the film ''{{ap|Jaws|film}}''.

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 == Goofs ==
 *Bart was taken out of school to watch the team arrive, yet [[Mrs. Krabappel]] is there as well.
 *At the dinner table, [[Agnes Skinner]] has blue hair.
 *Lenny remains in the Christian church despite seeing the orientation film.

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 *One of the questions asked in Movementariasm school is "Who invented {{W|Morse code}}?"
 *[[Barney the Dinosaur]] from ''[[Barney & Friends]]'' sings "[[We Love Him]]" to the babies, a parody of the ending song of the show, "I Love You". This song is sung to the tune of "{{W|This Old Man}}".
 *When [[Marge]] attempts to escape the compound, she:
 **Runs across alligators, a reference to [[Roger Moore]] in the [[James Bond]] film ''{{W2|Live and Let Die|film}}''.