The Telltale Head/References - Revision history

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 *When Barney asks how long Bart's story will take, Bart replies, "about 23 minutes and 5 seconds", the approximate length of the episode.
 *Due to being produced after "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]", [[Ms. Botz]] is seen among the angry mob.
 == Goofs ==

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 *When Bart awakens to find the head of Jebediah Springfield in bed next to him, it is reminiscent of the scene from ''[[The Godfather]]'' where Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) "persuades" Woltz to cast Fontane in the movie by leaving the head of the producer's prize racehorse in his bed.
 *The bowling ball catalog Homer reads, ''[[The Bowl Earth Catalog]]'', is a reference to the ''{{W|Whole Earth Catalog}}''.
-*When Bart wakes up and Marge asks if he's okay, Bart replies "Top of the world, Ma," a reference to the movie White Heat (1949).
+*When Bart wakes up and Marge asks if he's okay, Bart replies "Top of the world, Ma," a reference to the movie ''{{W|White Heat}}''.
 == Trivia ==

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 *When Bart awakens to find the head of Jebediah Springfield in bed next to him, it is reminiscent of the scene from ''[[The Godfather]]'' where Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) "persuades" Woltz to cast Fontane in the movie by leaving the head of the producer's prize racehorse in his bed.
 *The bowling ball catalog Homer reads, ''[[The Bowl Earth Catalog]]'', is a reference to the ''{{W|Whole Earth Catalog}}''.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Trivia ==
-*[[Marge Simpson|Marge]] pulls a ''{{ap|Radioactive Man|comic}}'' comic book from inside [[Bart Simpson|Bart]]'s jacket before leaving the house for church.
+*[[Marge]] pulls a ''{{ap|Radioactive Man|comic}}'' comic book from inside [[Bart]]'s jacket before leaving the house for church.
-*[[Homer Simpson|Homer]] has an 8-track tape deck in his car.
+*[[Homer]] has an 8-track tape deck in his car.
 *A member of the angry mob carries a sign with the likeness of [[Jebediah Springfield]]'s head bearing the words, "Have You Seen Me?"
 *The football announcer on Homer's car radio says, "This could be the most remarkable comeback since Lazarus rose from the dead."
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 *Kearney stands on the lawn and leans on a sign that reads "Keep off the Grass."
 *Mambo in the Morning is the radio program that gets interrupted to announce the important news.
-*First appearance of the [[First Church of Springfield]], Bart's and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s Sunday school, the Kwik-E-Mart and the [[Aztec Theater]].
+*First appearance of the [[First Church of Springfield]], Bart's and [[Lisa]]'s Sunday school, the Kwik-E-Mart and the [[Aztec Theater]].
-*The kids in Sunday school consists of Bart, Lisa, [[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]], [[Janey Powell|Janey]], [[Richard]], and [[Lewis]].
+*The kids in Sunday school consists of Bart, Lisa, [[Milhouse]], [[Janey]], [[Richard]], and [[Lewis]].
-*According to the producers, this episode marked the first hint towards [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.|Smithers]]' sexuality (when [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] says that he loves Smithers, Smithers replies that "the feeling is more than mutual, sir.")
+*According to the producers, this episode marked the first hint towards [[Smithers]]' sexuality (when [[Mr. Burns]] says that he loves Smithers, Smithers replies that "the feeling is more than mutual, sir.")
 *When Barney asks how long Bart's story will take, Bart replies, "about 23 minutes and 5 seconds", the approximate length of the episode.
 *Due to being produced after "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]", [[Ms. Botz]] is seen among the angry mob.
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 *The man with the moustache watching Space Mutants 4 is first seen with yellow skin but it turns brown when Bart blows a raspberry.
 *Bart skateboards into a blue street light. However, when he gets up, the street light has turned grey.
-*When [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] asks Dolph, Kearney and Jimbo how they got the stolen merchandise from the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], [[Jimbo Jones|Jimbo]] replies "Five finger discount, man." even though characters in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' only have four fingers.
+*When [[Bart]] asks Dolph, Kearney and Jimbo how they got the stolen merchandise from the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], [[Jimbo]] replies "Five finger discount, man." even though characters in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' only have four fingers.
 *Richard has brown hair in some scenes.
 *In the shot of the mob chasing Bart and Homer through the streets, there are two [[Dr. Marvin Monroe]]s visible.
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 == Continuity ==
-*[[Barney Gumble|Barney]]'s appearance was changed so that he has brown hair and an orange t-shirt. He has yellow hair and a brown coat in "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", even though that episode was produced after this one.
+*[[Barney]]'s appearance was changed so that he has brown hair and an orange t-shirt. He has yellow hair and a brown coat in "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", even though that episode was produced after this one.
 *In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Cartoon Wars Part II", Bart states to Cartman that he once cut off a statue's head, a reference to this episode.

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 == Trivia ==
 *[[Marge Simpson|Marge]] pulls a ''{{ap|Radioactive Man|comic}}'' comic book from inside [[Bart Simpson|Bart]]'s jacket before leaving the house for church.
 *[[Homer Simpson|Homer]] has an 8-track tape deck in his car.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode title is a reference to the short story "{{w|The Tell-Tale Heart}}" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. In addition, [[Bart]] actually hears the head talking when he is overcome with guilt, similar to Poe's character's hearing the still-beating heart of the man he murdered in the story.
+*The episode title is a reference to the short story "{{W|The Tell-Tale Heart}}" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. In addition, [[Bart]] actually hears the head talking when he is overcome with guilt, similar to Poe's character's hearing the still-beating heart of the man he murdered in the story.
-*''{{w|The Bridge over the River Kwai}}'' - referenced when Bart quotes the line "What have I done?" just after he cuts the head off the statue.
+*''{{W|The Bridge over the River Kwai}}'' - referenced when Bart quotes the line "What have I done?" just after he cuts the head off the statue.
 *Among the items [[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]], and [[Kearney]] steal from the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] is a copy of a [[Playdude]] magazine, a parody of ''[[Playboy]]'', a men pornographic magazine.
 *When Bart awakens to find the head of Jebediah Springfield in bed next to him, it is reminiscent of the scene from ''[[The Godfather]]'' where Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) "persuades" Woltz to cast Fontane in the movie by leaving the head of the producer's prize racehorse in his bed.
-*The bowling ball catalog Homer reads, ''[[The Bowl Earth Catalog]]'', is a reference to the ''{{w|Whole Earth Catalog}}''.
+*The bowling ball catalog Homer reads, ''[[The Bowl Earth Catalog]]'', is a reference to the ''{{W|Whole Earth Catalog}}''.
 == Trivia ==

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