The Springfield Files/References - Revision history

Goodlucksil: /* Trivia */ not true.

2026-02-12T19:12:16Z

‎Trivia: not true.

Solar Dragon at 14:18, September 26, 2023

2023-09-26T14:18:54Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|The X-Files}} → The X-Files

2023-09-26T14:18:13Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|The X-Files}} → The X-Files

Solar Dragon: /* Goofs */

2022-01-16T13:06:48Z

‎Goofs

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W2|Psycho|film}} → Psycho

2021-10-16T16:19:57Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W2|Psycho|film}} → Psycho

SolarBot: replaced: {{w| → {{W| (12)

2021-10-16T08:10:42Z

replaced: {{w| → {{W| (12)

SolarBot: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (4), == → == (4), == → == (4), * → *, →

2021-08-03T17:35:25Z

replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (4), == → == (4), == → == (4), * → *, →

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ typo, sorry

2021-03-05T16:01:58Z

‎Cultural references: typo, sorry

Pufo: /* Cultural references */ +Family Matters +The Song of the Volga Boatmen

2021-03-05T15:57:50Z

‎Cultural references: +Family Matters +The Song of the Volga Boatmen

HomerGriffin: /* Cultural references */

2021-02-11T15:54:59Z

‎Cultural references

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 *This is the first non-Halloween episode appearance of [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]].
 *Originally aired on the same date as The X Files episode "El Mundo Gira".
 *Homer's infamous scream when he first encounters the alien is re-used in {{W|Lego Dimensions}}.

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 == Cultural references ==
-[[File:Alfline up.png|thumb|200px|right|The Line Up - Perhaps the most illegal scene in Simpsons' history]]
+[[File:Alfline up.png|thumb|200px|right|The Line Up]]
 *References to the television series ''[[The X-Files]]'' are found throughout the episode:
 **The title is a reference to the name of series.

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 == Cultural references ==
 [[File:Alfline up.png|thumb|200px|right|The Line Up - Perhaps the most illegal scene in Simpsons' history]]
-*References to the television series ''{{W|The X-Files}}'' are found throughout the episode:
+*References to the television series ''[[The X-Files]]'' are found throughout the episode:
 **The title is a reference to the name of series.
 **[[Bart]] writes "The truth is not out there" in the opening scene on the chalkboard. This is a reference to a tagline of the series which is "The truth is out there".

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 == Goofs ==
 *[[Grampa]] calls a tortoise a turtle. However, this may be due to his senility, not a goof.
 *After the scenes with the T-shirts, when the alien arrives, Marge's "Homer is a dope" shirt disappears and she has her normal dress on.

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 *After Homer is been examined by Scully and Mulder, a view of Moe's Tavern is shown with a brief description, after which the text "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY" text is repeatedly typed on-screen. This references a famous scene from the 1980 film ''[[The Shining]]'' by [[Stanley Kubrick]].
 *Mulder mentions the unsolved mysteries of ''{{W|Unsolved Mysteries}}'', a show premised on mysterious cases that remained unsolved.
-*''{{W2|Psycho|film}}'': The busload of musicians that Homer encounters while in the woods play the music from the shower scene.
+*''[[Psycho]]'': The busload of musicians that Homer encounters while in the woods play the music from the shower scene.
 *The {{W|Budweiser Frogs}} appear in the lake near the woods before getting eaten by a gator that says "{{W|Coors Brewing Company|Coors}}!" which is the name of another beer company.
 *Leonard Nimoy's narration of the story references the TV show ''{{W2|In Search Of...|TV series}}'', which he hosted.

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 == Cultural references ==
 [[File:Alfline up.png|thumb|200px|right|The Line Up - Perhaps the most illegal scene in Simpsons' history]]
-*References to the television series ''{{w|The X-Files}}'' are found throughout the episode:
+*References to the television series ''{{W|The X-Files}}'' are found throughout the episode:
 **The title is a reference to the name of series.
 **[[Bart]] writes "The truth is not out there" in the opening scene on the chalkboard. This is a reference to a tagline of the series which is "The truth is out there".
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 **The show's theme song plays whenever the "[[Burns' Alien|alien]]" appears.
 **The photo of Mulder in a speedo shown in his FBI badge is a reference to an episode of the series where Mulder is shown wearing one.
-*After [[Homer]] drinks ten bottles of [[Red Tick Beer]], the breathalyser at [[Moe's Tavern]] registers his drunkenness level as "{{w|Boris Yeltsin}}", a reference to Yelstin's longtime struggles with alcoholism. "{{w|The Song of the Volga Boatmen}}" is played by the breathalyser.
+*After [[Homer]] drinks ten bottles of [[Red Tick Beer]], the breathalyser at [[Moe's Tavern]] registers his drunkenness level as "{{W|Boris Yeltsin}}", a reference to Yelstin's longtime struggles with alcoholism. "{{W|The Song of the Volga Boatmen}}" is played by the breathalyser.
 *When Homer mentions "a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty", he is referring to the 1994 action film ''{{W2|Speed|1994 film}}''.
 *When Homer says, "So, I says, blue M&M, red M&M, they all wind up the same color in the end," he is referring to the introduction of blue M&M's to the lineup of M&M's colors, and the commercials announcing this, as part of the 1995 M&M's Color Campaign, a contest in which blue, purple, or pink would be selected as the new color.
-*Homer describes the alien as similar to {{w|Steve Urkel}} on ''{{w|Family Matters}}''.
+*Homer describes the alien as similar to {{W|Steve Urkel}} on ''{{W|Family Matters}}''.
-*When Homer is asked to identify which alien he saw, the line-up includes [[Marvin the Martian]] ({{w|Warner Bros.}}), [[Gort]] (from ''{{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}''), [[Chewbacca]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', either [[Kang]] or [[Kodos]], and [[ALF]].
+*When Homer is asked to identify which alien he saw, the line-up includes [[Marvin the Martian]] ({{W|Warner Bros.}}), [[Gort]] (from ''{{W|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}''), [[Chewbacca]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', either [[Kang]] or [[Kodos]], and [[ALF]].
 *After Homer is been examined by Scully and Mulder, a view of Moe's Tavern is shown with a brief description, after which the text "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY" text is repeatedly typed on-screen. This references a famous scene from the 1980 film ''[[The Shining]]'' by [[Stanley Kubrick]].
-*Mulder mentions the unsolved mysteries of ''{{w|Unsolved Mysteries}}'', a show premised on mysterious cases that remained unsolved.
+*Mulder mentions the unsolved mysteries of ''{{W|Unsolved Mysteries}}'', a show premised on mysterious cases that remained unsolved.
 *''{{W2|Psycho|film}}'': The busload of musicians that Homer encounters while in the woods play the music from the shower scene.
-*The {{w|Budweiser Frogs}} appear in the lake near the woods before getting eaten by a gator that says "{{w|Coors Brewing Company|Coors}}!" which is the name of another beer company.
+*The {{W|Budweiser Frogs}} appear in the lake near the woods before getting eaten by a gator that says "{{W|Coors Brewing Company|Coors}}!" which is the name of another beer company.
 *Leonard Nimoy's narration of the story references the TV show ''{{W2|In Search Of...|TV series}}'', which he hosted.
-*[[Milhouse]] is seen playing an arcade game based on [[Kevin Costner]]'s movie ''[[Kevin Costner's Waterworld|Waterworld]]''. The game is over only a few seconds after it starts, and he calls the game a ripoff. This is a reference to {{w|Waterworld|the movie}} being extensively hyped, but turning out to be mediocre.
+*[[Milhouse]] is seen playing an arcade game based on [[Kevin Costner]]'s movie ''[[Kevin Costner's Waterworld|Waterworld]]''. The game is over only a few seconds after it starts, and he calls the game a ripoff. This is a reference to {{W|Waterworld|the movie}} being extensively hyped, but turning out to be mediocre.
 == Trivia ==
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 *Originally aired on the same date as The X Files episode "El Mundo Gira".
 *The "real" Mulder and Scully live in a universe where "The Simpsons" TV series exists. In one episode of the X-Files, Mulder comments on a sketch of a bald suspect saying he looks like "Homer Simpson's evil twin".
-*Homer's infamous scream when he first encounters the alien is re-used in {{w|Lego Dimensions}}.
+*Homer's infamous scream when he first encounters the alien is re-used in {{W|Lego Dimensions}}.
 == Goofs ==

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 *When Homer is asked to identify which alien he saw, the line-up includes [[Marvin the Martian]] ({{w|Warner Bros.}}), [[Gort]] (from ''{{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}''), [[Chewbacca]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', either [[Kang]] or [[Kodos]], and [[ALF]].
 *After Homer is been examined by Scully and Mulder, a view of Moe's Tavern is shown with a brief description, after which the text "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY" text is repeatedly typed on-screen. This references a famous scene from the 1980 film ''[[The Shining]]'' by [[Stanley Kubrick]].
-* Mulder mentions the unsolved mysteries of ''{{w|Unsolved Mysteries}}'', a show premised on mysterious cases that remained unsolved.
+*Mulder mentions the unsolved mysteries of ''{{w|Unsolved Mysteries}}'', a show premised on mysterious cases that remained unsolved.
 *''{{W2|Psycho|film}}'': The busload of musicians that Homer encounters while in the woods play the music from the shower scene.
 *The {{w|Budweiser Frogs}} appear in the lake near the woods before getting eaten by a gator that says "{{w|Coors Brewing Company|Coors}}!" which is the name of another beer company.
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 *At the kitchen table, when Homer talks about being mocked on his own birthday, they're eating breakfast. But when Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie all go to pet Santa's Little Helper, the breakfast has vanished.
 *When the 'alien' is seen on the news, it is shown on the film Bart made coming out of the trees, but earlier on, when the alien came out of the woods, Bart is seen not holding his video camera.
-*Homer's only been working at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant since 1980. The tape of Homer working appears to be from the mid to late 70s.  Also, Homer's only been a safety technician in sector 7-G since 1990.
+*Homer's only been working at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant since 1980. The tape of Homer working appears to be from the mid to late 70s. Also, Homer's only been a safety technician in sector 7-G since 1990.
 *Homer tells Wiggum that the alien appears every Friday night, even though he saw it only once.
 *The writing on Moe's breathalizer changes between scenes.