Difference between revisions of "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace/References"
Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
m (replaced: ==Trivia== → == Trivia ==) |
(→Trivia: Forgot how to get maths here) |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
== Trivia == | == 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> | ||
== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
Revision as of 16:27, September 30, 2013
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
This article or section needs to be cleaned up to fit in with the Manual of Style. Reason given is: Wikipedia links |
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."
- 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. [1]
Cultural references
- 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!".
- A Child's Garden of Verses: Homer reads A Child's Garden of Edison
- Gremlins: Homer invents an electric hammer
- Knight Rider: KITT makes a cameo
- Cornball 2: Homer runs over Edison in a dream
- The Strange Tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Homer has dillusions of an alter-ego
- The episode's title is an allusion to Thomas Edison's nickname, "the Wizard of Menlo Park".
- It is also a parody of the Wizard of Oz.
