The Wettest Stories Ever Told/References - Revision history

SolarBot: replaced: {{W|Gilligan's Island}} → Gilligan's Island, {{W|Charlie's Angels}} → Charlie's Angels

2022-06-07T23:08:50Z

replaced: {{W|Gilligan's Island}} → Gilligan's Island, {{W|Charlie's Angels}} → Charlie's Angels

Solar Dragon: /* The Neptune Upending */

2021-12-13T14:40:49Z

‎The Neptune Upending

Solar Dragon: /* The Neptune Upending */

2021-12-13T14:38:59Z

‎The Neptune Upending

Solar Dragon: /* Stupidity on the Bounty */

2021-12-13T14:36:35Z

‎Stupidity on the Bounty

Solar Dragon: /* Mayflower Madman */

2021-12-13T14:36:22Z

‎Mayflower Madman

Solar Dragon at 14:31, December 13, 2021

2021-12-13T14:31:44Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w| → {{W| (2)

2021-10-16T08:20:43Z

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SolarBot: /* Trivia */replaced: == Trivia == → == Trivia == (3), == → == (3), == → == (3), →

2021-08-03T17:41:38Z

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CJG00: /* Goofs */

2021-02-07T21:56:30Z

‎Goofs

SolarBot: replaced: Poseidon → {{W2|Poseidon|film}} (2), {{w|The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure}} → {{W2|The Poseidon Adventure|1972 film}} (8), [[wikipedia:Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black...

2020-12-13T15:18:29Z

replaced: Poseidon → {{W2|Poseidon|film}} (2), {{w|The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure}} → {{W2|The Poseidon Adventure|1972 film}} (8), [[wikipedia:Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black...

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 *The title of this episode is a reference to the film ''{{W|The Greatest Story Ever Told}}''.
 *During the wraparounds, the first part of "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" from the series ''{{ap|Popeye|comic strip}}'' is heard.
-*[[Homer]] refers to the anchor on the wallpaper as the [[Popeye]] tattoo, and the sailor's hat as {{W|Gilligan}}'s hat from ''{{W|Gilligan's Island}}''.
+*[[Homer]] refers to the anchor on the wallpaper as the [[Popeye]] tattoo, and the sailor's hat as {{W|Gilligan}}'s hat from ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''.
 *When [[Captain McCallister]] suggests sending a busboy out to get something from a better restaurant, [[Marge]] suggests {{W|Red Lobster}}.
 *When [[Bart]] mentions the ''[[Bounty]]'', Marge says "like the paper towels", a reference to {{W2|Bounty|brand}}.
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 *"{{W|For He's a Jolly Good Fellow}}" plays when [[Captain Burns]] comes onto stage.
 *"[[Carl]] says "I'm [[Chevy Chase]] and you're not" and [[Barney]] shouts out "{{W|Willie Stargell}}" when Captain Burns comes onto stage.
-*[[Comic Book Guy]] has dolls of the ''{{W|Charlie's Angels}}''.
+*[[Comic Book Guy]] has dolls of the ''[[Charlie's Angels]]''.
 *The song that the Simpsons play, "[[Heading for Disaster]]", is a parody of "{{W2|The Morning After|Maureen McGovern song}}" by {{W|Maureen McGovern}}. The song was written for the film ''The Poseidon Adventure''.
 *Burns makes references to ''{{W2|Earthquake|film}}'', ''{{W2|The Towering Inferno|film}}'', ''[[The China Syndrome]]'', and ''{{W2|The Apple Dumpling Gang|film}}'', which were popular disaster films of the 1970s,except for ''The Apple Dumpling Gang''.

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 *The song that the Simpsons play, "[[Heading for Disaster]]", is a parody of "{{W2|The Morning After|Maureen McGovern song}}" by {{W|Maureen McGovern}}. The song was written for the film ''The Poseidon Adventure''.
 *Burns makes references to ''{{W2|Earthquake|film}}'', ''{{W2|The Towering Inferno|film}}'', ''[[The China Syndrome]]'', and ''{{W2|The Apple Dumpling Gang|film}}'', which were popular disaster films of the 1970s,except for ''The Apple Dumpling Gang''.
 *[[Comic Book Guy]]'s "inspirational music" is "{{W|Alone Again (Naturally)}}" by [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]].
 *At the end of Homer's story, the crew of the ''Bounty'' reappears as living skeletons, parodying ''{{W|Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl}}''.

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 *"[[Carl]] says "I'm [[Chevy Chase]] and you're not" and [[Barney]] shouts out "{{W|Willie Stargell}}" when Captain Burns comes onto stage.
 *[[Comic Book Guy]] has dolls of the ''{{W|Charlie's Angels}}''.
-*The song that the Simpsons play, "[[I Think We're Headed for Disaster]]", is a parody of "{{W2|The Morning After|Maureen McGovern song}}" by {{W|Maureen McGovern}}. The song was written for the film ''The Poseidon Adventure''.
+*The song that the Simpsons play, "[[Heading for Disaster]]", is a parody of "{{W2|The Morning After|Maureen McGovern song}}" by {{W|Maureen McGovern}}. The song was written for the film ''The Poseidon Adventure''.
 *Burns makes references to ''{{W2|Earthquake|film}}'', ''{{W2|The Towering Inferno|film}}'', ''[[The China Syndrome]]'', and ''{{W2|The Apple Dumpling Gang|film}}'', which were popular disaster films of the 1970s,except for ''The Apple Dumpling Gang''.
 *[[Comic Book Guy]]'s "inspirational music" is "{{W|Alone Again (Naturally)}}" by [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]].

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 *Scenes of [[Fletcher Christian]] standing on the mast of the ''Bounty'', and the use of music by {{W|Luigi Boccherini}}, are references to the film ''{{W|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World}}''.
 *[[Queen Marge]] asks if {{W|Robert Fulton}} has invented the steamboat yet.
-*"''{{W2|Island in the Sun|song}}''" by [[Weezer]] plays during the montage of the ''Bounty'' crew in [[Tahiti]].
+*"{{W2|Island in the Sun|song}}" by [[Weezer]] plays during the montage of the ''Bounty'' crew in [[Tahiti]].
 *The crew of the ''Bounty'' sing "[[Row, Row, Row Your Boat]]", written by {{W|Eliphalet Oram Lyte}}. [[Willie]] then sings it on the rowboat.

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 *[[Lisa]] tells the story of the journey of the ''{{W|Mayflower}}''.
 *[[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are {{W|Yeomen Warders|Beefeaters}}.
-During the storm, Marge notices an albatross which Homer eats. This is a reference to the poem "{{W|The Rime of the Ancient Mariner}}" by {{W|Samuel Taylor Coleridge}}. Unlike the poem, this action does not lead to unfortunate incidents.
+*During the storm, Marge notices an albatross which Homer eats. This is a reference to the poem "{{W|The Rime of the Ancient Mariner}}" by {{W|Samuel Taylor Coleridge}}. Unlike the poem, this action does not lead to unfortunate incidents.
 === Stupidity on the Bounty ===

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-== Trivia ==
+== Cultural references ==
-*In the USA airing, a trailer for the film ''{{W2|Poseidon|film}}'' aired during the episode's commercial breaks before [[Homer]]'s story (a remake of the original film ''{{W2|The Poseidon Adventure|1972 film}}''). Curiously, the third story is a parody of this film.
+*The title of this episode is a reference to the film ''{{W|The Greatest Story Ever Told}}''.
-*Among the people on the ''Neptune'' are [[Moe]], [[Disco Stu]], [[Krusty]], [[Kirk Van Houten]], [[Luigi]], [[Agnes Skinner]], [[Apu]], [[Elizabeth Hoover|Miss Hoover]], [[Barney]], and [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]].
+*During the wraparounds, the first part of "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" from the series ''{{ap|Popeye|comic strip}}'' is heard.
-*This episode is the third in the seventeenth season to have the word "stories" or "story" in it, the other two being "[[Simpsons Christmas Stories]]" and "[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]".
+*[[Homer]] refers to the anchor on the wallpaper as the [[Popeye]] tattoo, and the sailor's hat as {{W|Gilligan}}'s hat from ''{{W|Gilligan's Island}}''.
-*After only six weeks, this is another episode in the seventeenth season to be a multi-story episode, or to be split into three sections. This is like the "[[Treehouse of Horror]]" series or other similar three-part episodes like "[[Trilogy of Error]]", from [[season 12]].
+*When [[Captain McCallister]] suggests sending a busboy out to get something from a better restaurant, [[Marge]] suggests {{W|Red Lobster}}.
-*The fourth wall is broken when Moe tells the audience that Old Englishmen spoke with "th" at the end of sentences, along with the inclusion of thee, ye and thou. Moe has similarly addressed the audience in one of flashback scenes in, "[[The Way We Weren't]]".
+*When [[Bart]] mentions the ''[[Bounty]]'', Marge says "like the paper towels", a reference to {{W2|Bounty|brand}}.
-*Homer and Moe's aggressive competition over [[Marge Simpson|Marge]]'s love (as shown in [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s story) has been an ongoing gag in the show that especially references to season 16 ("[[Mommie Beerest]]").
-*At the end of "The Neptune Adventure", we see the crew of the HMS ''Bounty'' coming out of the mist, only for them to look like skeletons, a possible reference to ''{{W|Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl}}''.
+=== Mayflower Madman ===
-*Bart appears twice in "The Neptune Adventure"; as himself throughout the story, and as Bart Christian/"Capt. Bart-bossa" at the end. The name Bart-bossa appears to be another reference to ''Pirates of the Caribbean''.
+*[[Lisa]] tells the story of the journey of the ''{{W|Mayflower}}''.
-*The original USA airdate was intended to be April 16; however, it was replaced by "[[The Last of the Red Hat Mamas]]".
+*[[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] are {{W|Yeomen Warders|Beefeaters}}.
-*Homer, Marge and Bart are the only characters to appear in all three stories.
+During the storm, Marge notices an albatross which Homer eats. This is a reference to the poem "{{W|The Rime of the Ancient Mariner}}" by {{W|Samuel Taylor Coleridge}}. Unlike the poem, this action does not lead to unfortunate incidents.
-== Cultural references ==
+=== The Neptune Upending ===
-*The title of this episode is a reference to the film "The Greatest Story Ever Told".
+*Homer's story is a parody of ''{{W2|The Poseidon Adventure|1972 film}}'', an action film. There are several similarities between Homer's story and ''The Poseidon Adventure''. Several characters die in ways similar to the movie: [[Lenny]] falls off a ladder into surging water and [[Comic Book Guy]] dies while trying to tie a rope underwater, both quite similar to the deaths of major characters in the movie.
-*This episode also references Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". In the first story, after the storm breaks off, Homer notices an albatross which he eats. Unlike the poem, this action does not lead to unfortunate incidents. The final act with the appearance of the ''Bounty'' could possibly be a reference to the appearance of the ghost ship.
+*The ship in Homer's story is called the ''Neptune''. "{{W2|Neptune|god}}" was the Roman god of the sea; the Greek name for the same deity was "[[Poseidon]]".
-*Homer's story is a parody of ''{{W2|The Poseidon Adventure|1972 film}}'', an action film. There are several similarities between Homer's story and ''The Poseidon Adventure''. Several characters die in ways similar to the movie: Lenny falls off a ladder into surging water and Comic Book Guy dies while trying to tie a rope underwater, both quite similar to the deaths of major characters in the movie. This episode also aired just weeks before the remake of the movie, titled ''{{W2|Poseidon|film}}'', premiered.
+*The song played at the beginning of Homer's story is "{{W2|Rock the Boat|The Hues Corporation song}}" by {{W|The Hues Corporation}}.
-*The song played at the beginning of Homer's story is "Rock The Boat" by the Hues Corporation.
+*"{{W|For He's a Jolly Good Fellow}}" plays when [[Captain Burns]] comes onto stage.
-*[[Comic Book Guy]]'s "inspirational music" is "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan.
+*"[[Carl]] says "I'm [[Chevy Chase]] and you're not" and [[Barney]] shouts out "{{W|Willie Stargell}}" when Captain Burns comes onto stage.
-*"''{{W2|Island in the Sun|song}}''" by Weezer plays during the montage of the ''Bounty'' crew in Tahiti.
+*[[Comic Book Guy]] has dolls of the ''{{W|Charlie's Angels}}''.
-*When the ''Bounty'' crew is in Tahiti, the theme instrumental music that is played is similar to that written in the musical movie ''{{W2|South Pacific|musical}}''.
+*The song that the Simpsons play, "[[I Think We're Headed for Disaster]]", is a parody of "{{W2|The Morning After|Maureen McGovern song}}" by {{W|Maureen McGovern}}. The song was written for the film ''The Poseidon Adventure''.
 *At the end of Homer's story, the crew of the ''Bounty'' reappears as living skeletons, parodying ''{{W|Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl}}''.
-*Lisa sings a parody of "The Morning After" from "The Poseidon Adventure", which foreshadows the upcoming destruction of the ''S.S. Neptune''.
-*Burns makes references to ''{{W2|Earthquake|film}}'', ''{{W2|The Towering Inferno|film}}'', ''[[The China Syndrome]]'', and ''{{W2|The Apple Dumpling Gang|film}}'', which were popular disaster films of the 1970s (except for "The Apple Dumpling Gang").
+== Trivia ==
-*The ship in Homer's story is called the ''Neptune''. "{{W2|Neptune|god}}" was the Roman god of the sea; the Greek name for the same deity was "Poseidon".
+*[[Moezekiel]] [[breaking the fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] when he tells the audience that was how they talked back then.
 == Goofs ==
 *In the second story, [[Richard]] is missing an arm; however, in the third story when the ghost bounty arrives, Richard has both arms intact.
-*In the 2nd story, the maritime flag of Great Britain is shown incorrectly. The correct flag in 1789 would have a blue background, red cross in the centre, and white crosses running diagonally.
+*In the second story, the maritime flag of Great Britain is shown incorrectly. The correct flag in 1789 would have a blue background, red cross in the center, and white crosses running diagonally.
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