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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
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*The episode title is a reference to {{W|Frankenstein's monster}}.
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*The episode title is a reference to [[Frankenstein's Monster]].
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*When [[Homer]] asks the [[Viking masseuse]] what Vikings can't do, the masseuse says "Win the [[Super Bowl]]", a reference to the [[Minnesota Vikings]] NFL team never winning one.
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*''Bend It Like Buffett'' is a reference to ''{{W|Bend It Like Beckham}}'' and [[Warren Buffett]].
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*''The Art of Work'' is a parody of ''[[The Art of War]]''.
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*''[[How to Succeed in Business by Trying!]]'' is a parody of the book ''{{W2|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying|book}}''.
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*[[Professor Frink]] says that he's never even won in ''{{W|Words with Friends}}'', because he has no friends.
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*The work interview is done on {{W2|Zoom|software}}. Homer later imagines being on a Zoom call on a monitor mounted on skis.
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*[[Professor Frink]] mentions the [[Emmy Awards]], [[Grammy Awards]], the [[Nobel Prize]], the [[Academy Awards ceremony|Oscars]], and [[Time|''Time'' magazine]].
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**Frink, [[Sam]], [[Larry]], [[Barney]], [[Lenny]], and [[Carl]] all show their Emmy Awards, with Frink saying it is the easiest of the things he mentioned to obtain. This is a reference to the number of [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] won by ''The Simpsons''.
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*When Frink calls Homer a "fat yellow banana slug", Homer is shown munching on a leaf. The {{W|banana slug}}, the state mollusk of California, is fat and yellow, much like Homer.
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*[[Lori Spivak]] has pictures of [[Marie Curie]] and [[Rosalind Franklin]] in her house. She also has degrees from {{W|Stanford University}} and {{W|University of Chicago}}.
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*When [[Onni Korhonen]] asks Homer about the NRC ({{W|Nuclear Regulatory Commission}}), Homer thinks that's the one with the {{W|Gun culture in the United States|"gun nuts"}}, mistaking them for the NRA ([[National Rifle Association]]).
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*Homer says to Frink that he doesn't want him to do his {{W|NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|March Madness}} bracket for him.
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*When [[Homer]] asks the Viking masseuse what Vikings can't do, the masseuse says "Win the [[Super Bowl]]", a reference to the [[Minnesota Vikings]] NFL team never winning one.
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*''[[Life in Hell-sinki]]'' is a reference to [[Matt Groening]]'s ''[[Life in Hell]]'' comics and to [[Helsinki]], the capital city of [[Finland]]. {{ap|Bongo|Life in Hell}} appears on the cover.
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*Homer uses a {{W|Chatbot}} to create dirty limericks.
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*"[[Lisa's Lament]]" is a parody of "{{W2|Long Ago and Far Away|James Taylor song}}" by [[James Taylor]].
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**In it, in a scene said to come in Season 49, Homer is the stone idol Zardoz, from the movie {{W|Zardoz|of the same name}}.
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*Dr. Spivak says that Homer isn't a backup dancer for [[Rihanna]].
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*One of the [[Kevät Kenttä Nuclear Power Plant]] employees has a {{W2|Tinder|app}} profile picture from nine years ago.
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*Marge's vacuum cleaner, the Electrosux, is a tribute to the {{W|Electrolux}} "sled" model, including a power attachment with a working headlight.
  
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==Continuity==
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== Continuity ==
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*[[Carl]] mentions Homer being responsible for the [[Dome|dome]] placed over Springfield. ("[[The Simpsons Movie]]")
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*List of Homer's jobs in his resume and in "Lisa's Lament" include:
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*List of Homer's scenes in Lisa's lament:
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**Being an astronaut. ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
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**Being a World Cup referee. ("[[You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee]]")
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**Working as {{ap|Mr. Plow|business}}. ("[[Mr. Plow]]")
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**Toothpaste cap screwer.
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**Owner of the [[Denver Broncos]]. ("[[You Only Move Twice]]")
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**Captain of [[SpringShield]]. ("[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
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**Working as head crossing guard. ("[[Homer's Crossing]]")
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**Working as Sanitation commissioner. ("[[Trash of the Titans]]")
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**Working as a newspaper food critic. ("[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]")
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**Working as a volunteer fireman. ("[[Crook and Ladder]]")
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**Took cannon balls in stomach. ("[[Homerpalooza]]")
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**Hosted a cable access show. ("[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]")
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**Homer as a member of [[The Be Sharps]]. ("[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]")
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**Working as a voice actor. ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]", "[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]")
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**Working as a carny. ("[[Bart Carny]]")
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**Working as a manure salesman. ("[[Springfield Up]]")
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**Being a town crier. ("[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]")
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**Working as a [[Springfield Mall|Mall]] [[Santa Claus|Santa]]. ("[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]")
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**Working as a used car salesman. ("[[Diatribe of a Mad Housewife]]")
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**Being a [[Krusty]] impersonator. ("[[Homie the Clown]]")
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**Working as a stand-up comedian. ("[[Simprovised]]")
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**Working as a [[Springfield Women's Prison]] guard. ("[[Orange Is the New Yellow]]")
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**Being a roadie. ("[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]")
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**Working as a grease collector. ("[[Lard of the Dance]]")
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**Being a prank monkey. ("[[Homer vs. Dignity]]")
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**Being a fish gutter. ("[[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]")
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**Being a one-man band. ("[[Bart Gets Famous]]")
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*Pictures of Homer on Lisa's desk include:
 
**Working as a bodyguard for [[Quimby]]. ("[[Mayored to the Mob]]")
 
**Working as a bodyguard for [[Quimby]]. ("[[Mayored to the Mob]]")
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**Homer as a [[The Be Sharps|Be Sharp]]. ("[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]")
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**Homer as a member of [[The Be Sharps]]. ("[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]")
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**[[Mr. Plow (business)|Mr. Plow]]. ("[[Mr. Plow]]")
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**Working as the [[Safety Salamander]]. ("[[See Homer Run]]")
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**Working as a safety salamander. ("[[See Homer Run]]")
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**Working as a dancing mascot for the [[Springfield Isotopes]]. ("[[Dancin' Homer]]")
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**Being an astronaut. ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
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**As a sailor aboard the [[The Relation Ship]]. ("[[The Wreck of the Relationship]]")
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*Scenes in "Lisa's Lament" include:
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**Being an accountant at the Power Plant. ("[[The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants]]")
 
**Being an astronaut. ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
 
**Being an astronaut. ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
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**Working as a dancing mascotte for the [[Springfield Isotopes]]. ("[[Dancin' Homer]]")
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**Working as a bodyguard for [[Quimby]]. ("[[Mayored to the Mob]]")
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**Working as a football coach. ("[[Bart Star]]")
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**Working as a boxer. ("[[The Homer They Fall]]")
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**Working as [[Duffman]]. ("[[Waiting for Duffman]]")
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**Working as a football coach for the [[Springfield Wildcats]]. ("[[Bart Star]]")
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**Working as Mall [[Santa Claus|Santa]]. ("[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]")
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**Working as {{ap|Duffman|title}}. ("[[Waiting for Duffman]]")
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**Boxer. ("[[The Homer They Fall]]")
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**Being a con artist. ("[[The Great Money Caper]]")
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**Homer in "[[Brick Like Me]]".
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**Faking being a carpenter. ("[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]")
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**Captain of [[SpringShield]]. ("[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
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**Being a hipster. ("[[The Day the Earth Stood Cool]]")
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**Turning into a LEGO figure in "[[Brick Like Me]]".
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**Working as a [[Springfield Mall|Mall]] [[Santa Claus|Santa]]. ("[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]")
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**Being undercover as [[Nicky Bluepants Altosaxophony]]. ("[[Donnie Fatso]]")
 
**Working as a [[Monorail]] conductor. ("[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]")
 
**Working as a [[Monorail]] conductor. ("[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]")
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**Working at the [[Kevät Kenttä Nuclear Power Plant]].
 
**Making a movie with [[Krusty]]. ("[[The Clown Stays in the Picture]]")
 
**Making a movie with [[Krusty]]. ("[[The Clown Stays in the Picture]]")
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**[[Pie Man]] Homer. ("[[Simple Simpson]])
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**Being [[Pie Man]]. ("[[Simple Simpson]]")
 
**Selling quack medicine with [[Grampa]]. ("[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]")
 
**Selling quack medicine with [[Grampa]]. ("[[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]]")
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**Being a Rockstar. ("[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]")
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**Being a rock star. ("[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]")
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**Selling tomacco plants. ("[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]").
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**Carl, Lenny, Barney, Homer, [[Gil]], [[Kirk]], and [[Cletus]] keeping the Ogdenvillians out of Springfield. ("[[Coming to Homerica]]")
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**Selling [[Tomacco]] plants. ("[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]")
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**Getting into shape to be [[Everyman]]. ("[[Homer the Whopper]]")
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**Being the stone idol Zardoz. (Season 49)
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*Lenny and Carl mention Homer being responsible for the [[dome]] placed over Springfield. (''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'')
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*When Homer falls off the cliff, he exclaims "not again" as he hits his head and body multiple times on the mountain. ("[[Bart the Daredevil]]")
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*Characters seen in the scenes from previous episodes include:
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**[[Dotty]]. ("[[The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants]]")
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**[[Race Banyon]] and {{Ch|Buzz Aldrin}}. ("[[Deep Space Homer]]")
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**{{Ch|Mark Hamill}}. ("[[Mayored to the Mob]]")
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**The {{ap|FBI agent|Donnie Fatso}}. ("[[Donnie Fatso]]")
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**[[Lyle McCarthy]]. ("[[Homer the Whopper]]")
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References/Trivia


Season 35 Episode References
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Cultural references[edit]

Continuity[edit]

Season 35 References
Homer's Crossing • A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream • McMansion & Wife • Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story • Treehouse of Horror XXXIV • Iron Marge • It's a Blunderful Life • Ae Bonny Romance • Murder, She Boat • Do the Wrong Thing • Frinkenstein's Monster • Lisa Gets an F1 • Clan of the Cave Mom • Night of the Living Wage • Cremains of the Day • The Tell-Tale Pants • The Tipping Point • Bart's Brain
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