The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace/References - Revision history

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */ replaced: {{W|President of the United States}} → President of the USA

2024-08-21T22:26:41Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|President of the United States}} → President of the USA

Snowball II at 22:57, June 29, 2024

2024-06-29T22:57:13Z

Simpsons88 at 17:53, June 29, 2024

2024-06-29T17:53:49Z

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|Thomas Edison}} → Thomas Edison

2022-03-16T20:43:24Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|Thomas Edison}} → Thomas Edison

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{W|Lost in Space}} → Lost in Space

2022-02-05T16:39:49Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{W|Lost in Space}} → Lost in Space

SolarBot: /* Cultural references */replaced: {{w| → {{W| (8)

2021-10-16T08:22:32Z

‎Cultural references: replaced: {{w| → {{W| (8)

HomerGriffin: /* Trivia */

2020-02-06T21:38:28Z

‎Trivia

Nick97: Removing Cornball 2 reference because I can't find any information that it even exists.

2014-08-21T16:18:58Z

Removing Cornball 2 reference because I can't find any information that it even exists.

Randomno: /* Cultural references */ I don't think it's a reference to the Wizard of Oz.

2014-08-21T08:08:58Z

‎Cultural references: I don't think it's a reference to the Wizard of Oz.

Barthony70099 at 04:51, May 22, 2014

2014-05-22T04:51:02Z

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 **The {{W2|Robot|Lost in Space|Environmental Control Robot}} from ''[[Lost in Space]]''.
 **{{W|Heckle and Jeckle}}, the animated cartoon characters.
-**[[Lenny]], who is then the {{W|President of the United States}}.
+**[[Lenny]], who is then the [[President of the USA]].
 [[File:Mir space station.png|250px|thumb|[[Homer]], {{Ch|Buzz Aldrin}} and [[Race Banyon]] were sabotaging the Russian ''{{W|Mir}}'' space station]]
 *According to Homer, when in outer space all they did was grow space tomatoes and sabotage ''{{W|Mir}}'', the space station operated by the [[Soviet Union]] and later by [[Russia]].

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode's title is an allusion to [[Thomas Edison]]'s nickname, "{{W|The Wizard of Menlo Park}}".
+*The episode's title comes from "{{W|Thomas Edison#Menlo Park laboratory (1876–1886)|The Wizard of Menlo Park}}", a nickname for Thomas Alva Edison started by newspapers in late 1870s. Menlo Park is now part of {{W|Edison, New Jersey}} (renamed in 1954 by voters to honor the inventor) was where Edison had his research laboratory for 10 years before moving to West Orange into what is now [[the Edison Museum]].
 *Those who attended [[Homer]]'s funeral at [[The Graveyard of the Future]] include:
 **[[Barney]], who is holding four {{W|Academy Awards}}.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode's title is an allusion to [[Thomas Edison]]'s nickname, "the Wizard of Menlo Park".
+*The episode's title is an allusion to [[Thomas Edison]]'s nickname, "{{W|The Wizard of Menlo Park}}".
 *When running on a globe, Bart exclaims "Top of the world, Ma!", a reference to the second to last line of ''{{W|White Heat}}'', "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!".
-*Homer reads ''A Child's Garden of Edison'', a parody of ''{{W|A Child's Garden of Verses}}''.
+*Homer reads ''[[A Child's Garden of Edison]]'', a parody of ''{{W|A Child's Garden of Verses}}''.
-*''{{W|Gremlins}}'': Homer invents an electric hammer.
+**He also enjoys the fictional {{W|Hardy Boys}}' book ''[[The Smugglers of Pirate Cove]]''.
-*KITT from ''{{W|Knight Rider}}'' makes a cameo.
+*Homer mentions that Edison was a practitioner of {{W|Fletcherism}}. He believed in the benefits of thoroughly chewing food and adopted the practice as part of his health regimen.
-*Homer has dillusions of an alter-ego, à la ''{{W|The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde}}''.
+*[[Carl]] mentions that [[James Watt]] invented the {{W|Watt steam engine|steam engine}}.
-*Among the attendees for Homer's imaginary funeral are the ''[[Lost in Space]]'' robot and {{W|Heckle and Jeckle}}.
+*The term "microcalifragilistics" [[Professor Frink]] uses is a pun on "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", a famous word from ''{{W2|Mary Poppins|film}}''.
 == Trivia ==
-*When Homer daydreams about his funeral in The Graveyard of the Future, a tombstone with the name Tamzarian on it can be seen. Tamzarian being Principal Skinner's "real" last name from episode 9-2, "[[The Principal and the Pauper]]".
+*When Homer daydreams about his funeral in The Graveyard of the Future, a tombstone with the name Tamzarian on it can be seen. Tamzarian being [[Principal Skinner]]'s "real" last name from episode 9-2, "[[The Principal and the Pauper]]".
 *On his blackboard, Homer has the equation 3987^12 + 4365^12 = 4472^12. This appears to violate Fermat's last theorem, as most calculators with less than 10 decimal places will show them as equal. However, it turns out there is a 0.000000002% difference between the equations. This is known as a near miss. Another near miss appears in "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]".<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/22/the-simpsons-secret-formula-maths-simon-singh The Guardian]</ref>

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The episode's title is an allusion to {{W|Thomas Edison}}'s nickname, "the Wizard of Menlo Park".
+*The episode's title is an allusion to [[Thomas Edison]]'s nickname, "the Wizard of Menlo Park".
 *When running on a globe, Bart exclaims "Top of the world, Ma!", a reference to the second to last line of ''{{W|White Heat}}'', "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!".
 *Homer reads ''A Child's Garden of Edison'', a parody of ''{{W|A Child's Garden of Verses}}''.

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 *KITT from ''{{W|Knight Rider}}'' makes a cameo.
 *Homer has dillusions of an alter-ego, à la ''{{W|The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde}}''.
-*Among the attendees for Homer's imaginary funeral are the ''{{W|Lost in Space}}'' robot and {{W|Heckle and Jeckle}}.
+*Among the attendees for Homer's imaginary funeral are the ''[[Lost in Space]]'' robot and {{W|Heckle and Jeckle}}.
 == Trivia ==

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 == Trivia ==
-*When Homer daydreams about his funeral in The Graveyard of the Future, a tombstone with the name Tamzarian on it can be seen. Tamzarian being Principal Skinner's "real" last name from episode 9-2, "[[The Principal and the Pauper]]."
+*When Homer daydreams about his funeral in The Graveyard of the Future, a tombstone with the name Tamzarian on it can be seen. Tamzarian being Principal Skinner's "real" last name from episode 9-2, "[[The Principal and the Pauper]]".
-*On his blackboard, Homer has the equation 3987^12 + 4365^12 = 4472^12. This appears to violate Fermat's last theorem, as most calculators with less than 10 decimal places will show them as equal. However, it turns out there is a 0.000000002% difference between the equations. This is known as a near miss. Another near miss appears in [[Treehouse of Horror VI]]. <ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/22/the-simpsons-secret-formula-maths-simon-singh The Guardian]</ref>
+*On his blackboard, Homer has the equation 3987^12 + 4365^12 = 4472^12. This appears to violate Fermat's last theorem, as most calculators with less than 10 decimal places will show them as equal. However, it turns out there is a 0.000000002% difference between the equations. This is known as a near miss. Another near miss appears in "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]".<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/22/the-simpsons-secret-formula-maths-simon-singh The Guardian]</ref>
 == Continuity ==

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 == Cultural references ==
-* The episode's title is an allusion to [[wikipedia:Thomas Edison|Thomas Edison]]'s nickname, "the Wizard of Menlo Park".
+*The episode's title is an allusion to {{w|Thomas Edison}}'s nickname, "the Wizard of Menlo Park".
-*[[wikipedia:White Heat|White Heat]]: When running on a globe, Bart exclaims "Top of the world, Ma!", a reference to the second to last line of ''White Heat'', "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!".
+*When running on a globe, Bart exclaims "Top of the world, Ma!", a reference to the second to last line of ''{{w|White Heat}}'', "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!".
-*[[wikipedia:A Child's Garden of Verses|A Child's Garden of Verses]]: Homer reads ''A Child's Garden of Edison''.
+*Homer reads ''A Child's Garden of Edison'', a parody of ''{{w|A Child's Garden of Verses}}''.
-*[[wikipedia:Gremlins|Gremlins]]: Homer invents an electric hammer
+*''{{w|Gremlins}}'': Homer invents an electric hammer.
-*[[wikipedia:Knight Rider|Knight Rider]]: KITT makes a cameo
+*KITT from ''{{w|Knight Rider}}'' makes a cameo.
-*[[wikipedia:Cornball 2|Cornball 2]]: Homer runs over Edison in a dream
+*Homer has dillusions of an alter-ego, à la ''{{w|The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde}}''.
-*[[wikipedia:The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]: Homer has dillusions of an alter-ego.
+*Among the attendees for Homer's imaginary funeral are the ''{{w|Lost in Space}}'' robot and {{w|Heckle and Jeckle}}.
 == Trivia ==
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 == Continuity ==
-*When Homer fight ("[[The Homer They Fall]]") and on space ("[[Deep Space Homer]]").
+*The film about Homer's life includes shots of his fight against [[Drederick Tatum]] ("[[The Homer They Fall]]") and his time on the space shuttle ("[[Deep Space Homer]]").
 == References ==

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 == Continuity ==
 *When Homer fight ("[[The Homer They Fall]]") and on space ("[[Deep Space Homer]]").
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