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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
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*The episode title is a pun on "{{W|In God We Trust}}", the official motto of the [[USA]] which appears on all American coins and currency.
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[[File:Silver Thunderbird 2.png|thumb|A silver version of Thunderbird 2 from ''{{W|Thunderbirds}}'' is seen during the {{ap|Mr. Sparkle|product}} commercial.]]
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*The [[Sea Captain]] goes to [[Marge]] to talk about his {{W|Game Boy}} which he had apparently lost at sea.
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*The episode title is a pun on "{{W|In God We Trust}}", the official motto of the [[USA]], which appears on all American coins and currency.
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*The Mr. Sparkle commercial features a cameo appearance by Thunderbird 2, from Gerry Anderson's children's series ''Thunderbirds'', which first aired on ITV1 in 1965. This version of Thunderbird 2, which is seen in the child's room, is silver, as opposed to the 'real' Thunderbird 2, which was green. It refers to the fact that ''Thunderbirds'' has a cult following in Japan, like it does in England and in other parts of the world.
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*The name of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[Deaf Comedy Blam!]]" is a reference to the TV series ''{{W|Def Comedy Jam}}''.
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*The Sunday after [[Reverend Lovejoy]] rescues [[Ned]] from the "Baboon County USA" exhibit at the [[Springfield Zoo]], the sermon topic at the [[First Church of Springfield]] is "Conquest of the County of the Apes", a reference to the film ''{{W|Conquest of the Planet of the Apes}}'' from the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' franchise.
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**The episode is a reference to the {{W|1995–96 French nuclear tests}} in {{W|French Polynesia}}.
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*The [[Itchy and Scratchy]] episode is a reference to the {{W|1995–96 French nuclear tests}} in {{W|French Polynesia}}.
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**During the episode, "{{W|La Marseillaise}}" by {{W|Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle}}, the national anthem of [[France]], plays.
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*[[Principal Skinner]] and [[Agnes Skinner]] rented the movie ''{{W2|The Man Without a Face|1935 film}}''. However, Agnes put cardboard over her half of the television, so Principal Skinner didn't even know the main character had a problem.
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*In [[Reverend Lovejoy]]'s flashback, the song "{{W|Jesus Is Just Alright}}" by {{W|The Doobie Brothers}} plays.
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*In the flashback, [[Ned Flanders]] tells Lovejoy that he was talked into doing the {{W2|Bump|dance}} dance, and his buttocks came into contact with the buttocks of another young man.
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*{{ap|Mr. Sparkle|product}} is from the sacred foresof Thunderbird 2, from the children's series ''{{W|Thunderbirds}}'', which first aired on ITV1 in 1965. This version of Thunderbird 2, which is seen in the child's room, is silver, as opposed to green. It refers to the fact that ''Thunderbirds'' has a cult following in Japan,.
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*The [[Sea Captain]] goes to [[Marge]] to talk about his [[Game Boy]], which he had apparently lost at sea.
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*At the [[Springfield City Zoo]], one of the attractions is the "Habitat for Huge Manatees", a reference to the Christian nonprofit organization {{W|Habitat for Humanity}}.
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*The Sunday after [[Reverend Lovejoy]] rescues [[Ned]] from the "Baboon County USA" exhibit at the Zoo, the sermon topic at the [[First Church of Springfield]] is "Conquest of the County of the Apes", a reference to the film ''{{W|Conquest of the Planet of the Apes}}'' from the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' franchise.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
*In the library, [[Homer]] presses the buttons on the phone 19 times to get through to Japan.
 
*In the library, [[Homer]] presses the buttons on the phone 19 times to get through to Japan.
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*The number Homer dials to get through, when run through a DTMF analyzer, is '''9657153618965713561'''.
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**The number Homer dials to get through, when run through a DTMF analyzer, is 9657153618965713561.
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*One of the saints who appears to [[Reverend Lovejoy]] is named St. Bartholomew.
 
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*In a deleted scene, Jasper Beardley was the last minister before Lovejoy.
 
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== Continuity ==
 
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*Marge tells the Sea Captain that he needs to accept that his Game Boy is gone. In the ''[[The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror|Treehouse of Horror]]'' comic story ''[[Gnaws]]'', in exchange for killing a giant [[Blinky]], one of the items the Sea Captain demands is a replacement Game Boy for "the one the sea claimed".
 
  
 
== Goofs ==
 
== Goofs ==
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*In the church crowd scene towards the beginning of the episode, Lenny has gray-brown hair instead of his usual dark brown hair.
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*Errors in the first church scene:
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*A few shots after the former error, Sarah Wiggum has blue hair.
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**[[Chief Wiggum]] is balding.
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*And a few shots after that, Martin Prince, Sr. has sunglasses instead of clear glasses.
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**[[Lenny]]'s hair is more gray-brown than brown.
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*In the closeup of Rev. Lovejoy putting up the next church topic, the board is much bigger and empty.
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**[[Moe]]'s hair becomes black after Homer hits his head.
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*When Homer undresses out of his church clothes into his regular ones, his pants change their shade of blue.
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**[[Gareth Prince]]'s glasses become sunglasses after [[Reverend Lovejoy]] wakes everyone up.
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*The blue rectangle on the back of the Mr. Sparkle box changes size significantly throughout the scene when Homer first picks it up.
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*[[Julius Hibbert's daughter]] is among the churchgoers seen attempting to ask Marge questions. However, in said scene, she has yellow skin.
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*When Marge is talking to Moe on the phone, the flat circles at each end of Marge's phone briefly disappear.
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*Rev. Lovejoy's rear fender is gray when they pull up to [[Donny's Discount Gas]], but in the next shot it is red like the rest of the car.
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*Dr. Hibbert's daughter is among the churchgoers seen attempting to ask Marge questions. However, in said scene, she has yellow skin.
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*[[Sarah Wiggum]] has blue hair in the church scene at the end of the episode.
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*When Reverend Lovejoy gives his "sermon" about his experience at the zoo, Chief Wiggum can be seen from the back with a gray-blue color of hair usually used only for the elderly.
 
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*Rev. Lovejoy's rear fender is grey when they pull up to Donny's Discount Gas but in the next shot it is red like the rest of the car(which also looks like it could be the third left-handed roadster).
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:30, April 25, 2026

References/Trivia


Season 8 Episode References
← 174 "The Old Man and the Lisa"
175
"In Marge We Trust"
"Homer's Enemy" 176 →


Cultural references[edit]

A silver version of Thunderbird 2 from Thunderbirds is seen during the Mr. Sparkle commercial.

Trivia[edit]

  • In the library, Homer presses the buttons on the phone 19 times to get through to Japan.
    • The number Homer dials to get through, when run through a DTMF analyzer, is 9657153618965713561.

Goofs[edit]

  • Errors in the first church scene:
  • Julius Hibbert's daughter is among the churchgoers seen attempting to ask Marge questions. However, in said scene, she has yellow skin.
  • Rev. Lovejoy's rear fender is gray when they pull up to Donny's Discount Gas, but in the next shot it is red like the rest of the car.
  • Sarah Wiggum has blue hair in the church scene at the end of the episode.
Season 8 References
Treehouse of Horror VII • You Only Move Twice • The Homer They Fall • Burns, Baby Burns • Bart After Dark • A Milhouse Divided • Lisa's Date with Density • Hurricane Neddy • El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer • The Springfield Files • The Twisted World of Marge Simpson • Mountain of Madness • Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious • The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show • Homer's Phobia • Brother from Another Series • My Sister, My Sitter • Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment • Grade School Confidential • The Canine Mutiny • The Old Man and the Lisa • In Marge We Trust • Homer's Enemy • The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase • The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
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