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 *[[Otto]] thinks the [[Springfield Desert State Park]] was a planet from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
 *''[[Guns & Blammo]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Guns & Ammo}}'', an American magazine dedicated to firearms and firearm-related activities.
-*When [[Delbert Fornby]] thinks his property was invaded, he compares it to the [[Grand Central Terminal]] in [[New York City]].
+*When [[Delbert Fornby]] thinks his property was invaded, he compares it to the [[Grand Central Station]] in [[New York City]].
 *Delbert won a {{W|National Endowment for the Arts}} (NEA) grant for his metal sculptures. The NEA agency offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence in the US.
 *One of the climbers states that he has climbed rangers on seven continents. This is a reference to the {{W|Seven Summits}}, which are the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents.

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 *[[Otto]] thinks the [[Springfield Desert State Park]] was a planet from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
 *''[[Guns & Blammo]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Guns & Ammo}}'', an American magazine dedicated to firearms and firearm-related activities.
-*When [[Delbert Fornby]] thinks his property was invaded, he compares it to the [[Grand Central Station]] in [[New York City]].
+*When [[Delbert Fornby]] thinks his property was invaded, he compares it to the [[Grand Central Terminal]] in [[New York City]].
 *Delbert won a {{W|National Endowment for the Arts}} (NEA) grant for his metal sculptures. The NEA agency offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence in the US.
 *One of the climbers states that he has climbed rangers on seven continents. This is a reference to the {{W|Seven Summits}}, which are the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents.

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 *One of the climbers states that he has climbed rangers on seven continents. This is a reference to the {{W|Seven Summits}}, which are the highest mountains of each of the seven traditional continents.
 *A xylophone version of ''{{W|Gassenhauer}}'' by {{W|Carl Orff}} is heard when [[Lisa]] is seeing mirages in the desert.
-*When [[Milhouse]] finds the skeleton of a hippie, he starts repeating "Never get off the bus". This is a parody of "Never get outa the boat" scene from the war film ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.
+*When [[Milhouse]] finds the skeleton of a hippie, he starts repeating "Never get off the bus". This is a parody of "Never get out of the boat" scene from the war film ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''.
 *[[Mrs. Batterworth]] syrup is a parody of {{W|Mrs. Butterworth's}}.
 [[File:Revenge of the Nerds reference.png|300px|thumb|A crane in the [[Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals]] mistakenly airlifts the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity from ''{{W|Revenge of the Nerds}}'']]

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 **A couple of times, Walther makes allusion to the chocolate river scene from the 1971 {{W|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory|film adaptation}} where Augustus Gloop tries to drink from the river, falls, and is sucked by a tube in which he gets stuck.
 *[[Seymour Skinner]] uses {{W|Tums}} for his acid reflux.
 *The music heard during the happy outdoor scenes is from the "{{W2|Symphony No. 1|Mahler}}" (first movement) by {{W|Gustav Mahler}}.

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 *[[Mrs. Batterworth]] syrup is a parody of {{W|Mrs. Butterworth's}}.
 [[File:Revenge of the Nerds reference.png|300px|thumb|A crane in the [[Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals]] mistakenly airlifts the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity from ''{{W|Revenge of the Nerds}}'']]
-*Homer and Grampa sing along to the "{{W|Arabian riff}}".
+*Homer and Grampa sing along to the "{{W|Arabian riff}}" when Grampa mentions about getting his belly button pierced.
 *The [[Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals]] company logo "HP" is a parody of the {{W|Hewlett-Packard}} logo.
 *The Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals' "Suitcase Suzies" were graduates of {{W|Arizona State University}}.

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 *The Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals' "Suitcase Suzies" were graduates of {{W|Arizona State University}}.
 *A crane in the Hotenhoffer Pharmaceuticals mistakenly airlifts the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity from the teen sex comedy ''{{W|Revenge of the Nerds}}'' and drops it into the research area.
-*[[Homer]] thinks [[Walter Hotenhoffer]] is Willy Wonka, the factory owner from ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' but [[Bart]] thinks Walter is actually {{W|Augustus Gloop}}, the obese and greedy German boy from that same film.
+*[[Homer]] thinks [[Walther Hotenhoffer]] is Willy Wonka, the factory owner from ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' but [[Bart]] thinks Walther is actually {{W|Augustus Gloop}}, the obese and greedy German boy from that same film.
-**A couple of times, Walter makes allusion to the chocolate river scene from the 1971 {{W|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory|film adaptation}} where Augustus Gloop tries to drink from the river, falls, and is sucked by a tube in which he gets stuck.
+**A couple of times, Walther makes allusion to the chocolate river scene from the 1971 {{W|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory|film adaptation}} where Augustus Gloop tries to drink from the river, falls, and is sucked by a tube in which he gets stuck.
 *[[Seymour Skinner]] uses {{W|Tums}} for his acid reflux.
 *The music heard during the happy outdoor scenes is from the "{{W2|Symphony No. 1|Mahler}}" (first movement) by {{W|Gustav Mahler}}.

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 *The title is a pun to the {{W|open cluster}} in the constellation {{W|Scorpius}}, named "{{W|The Scorpion's Tail}}".
 [[File:Coyote.png|300px|thumb|The Coyote is a parody of [[Wile E. Coyote]] from ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''{{W|Merrie Melodies}}'']]
-*The Coyote chasing the Road Runner is a parody of the [[Wile E. Coyote]] & [[Road Runner]] cartoons.
+*The Coyote chasing the Road Runner is a parody of the [[Wile E. Coyote]] & Road Runner cartoons.
 **MCMXLIX is Roman Numerals for 1949, the year that {{W|Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner}} first appeared in theaters in "{{W|Fast and Furry-ous}}".
 *[[Otto]] thinks the [[Springfield Desert State Park]] was a planet from ''[[Star Trek]]''.

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 *[[Seymour Skinner]] uses {{W|Tums}} for his acid reflux.
 *The music heard during the happy outdoor scenes is from the "{{W2|Symphony No. 1|Mahler}}" (first movement) by {{W|Gustav Mahler}}.
 == Trivia ==
 *The singsong style of the [[Theme Song]] (played over the closing credits) was previously heard in the closing credits of "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]".
-*Many senior citizen characters appear at the end including [[Los Souvenir Jacquitos]], [[Dorothy]], [[Prudence]] and many others.
+*Many senior citizen characters appear at the end including the [[Los Souvenir Jacquitos]], [[Dorothy]], [[Prudence]] and many others.
 *[[Otto]] appears among the crowd of people who had taken the drug.
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