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== Cultural references ==
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=== Opening ===
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*The Simpsons won a visit to [[Delaware]] in a contest. [[Lisa]] wants to visit [[Wilmington]], Delaware's largest city.
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*After rejecting traveling via airplane, the Simpsons illegally board an {{W|Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific}} train.
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=== Paul Bunyan ===
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*The first {{W|tall tale}} tells the story of the giant lumberjack [[Paul Bunyan]] ([[Homer]]).
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*According to [[Carl]], the townspeople got rid of American writer [[Laura Ingalls Wilder]] by getting her drunk and dragging her out of town.
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*Paul and [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]] create the [[Great Smoky Mountains]] by releasing cigar smoke on a mountain range. They also trample over a valley, creating [[California]]'s [[Death Valley]].
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[[File:Paul Bunyan fighting Rodan.png|250px|thumb|[[Paul Bunyan]] fought the Japanese giant monster [[Rodan]] from the {{W2|Rodan|film|1956 film of the same name}}]]
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*Paul Bunyan fought the Japanese giant monster [[Rodan]] from the {{W2|Rodan|film|1956 film of the same name}}.
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*As Paul and Marge run towards each other, "{{W2|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing|song}}" by {{W|The Four Aces}}, from the film ''{{W2|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing|film}}'', plays.
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*One of the stuffed toys in the [[Museum of Stuffed Animals]] is [[Binky]] from ''[[Life in Hell]]''.
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*Paul Bunyan throwing the meteor is said to have caused the {{W|Great Chicago Fire}} which started on October 8, 1871 and the actual origins have never been determined.
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=== Connie Appleseed ===
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*The second tall tale tells the story of {{W|Johnny Appleseed}}, with his name changed to [[Connie Appleseed]] ([[Lisa]]).
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*The song [[Homer Bufflekill]] sings, "[[Cleaning My Gun with the Safety Off]]", is a parody of the English nursery rhyme "{{W|Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush}}".
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=== Tom and Huck ===
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*The third "tall tale" tells the story of [[Tom Sawyer]] ([[Bart]]) and [[Huckleberry Finn]] ([[Nelson]]).
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**Lisa tells the hobo that ''{{W|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}}'' is not a tall tale, but a book by [[Mark Twain]].
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**Other characters include [[Becky Thatcher]] ([[Lisa]]) and [[Judge Thatcher]] ([[Homer]]).
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*The hobo sets the scene in the {{W|Mississippi River}}, aka "The Big Muddy".
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*The name of the store [[Pone, Pelts and Beyond]] is a reference to {{W|Bed Bath & Beyond}} retail chain.
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*Captain [[Julius Hibbert]] sings "[[Ol' Man River]]" from the musical ''{{W|Show Boat}}''.
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*[[Krusty the Clown]] mentions president [[Millard Fillmore]], who served from 1850 to 1853.
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*Everybody aboard the steamboat had {{W|derringer}} handguns.
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=== Ending ===
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*Lisa mentions they will visit the place where {{W|JCPenney}} department stores sent their damaged merchandise.
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*In the rail yard in [[Delaware]] is a sign with ''28IF'' on it. This is a reference to the album cover for [[The Beatles]]' ''{{W|Abbey Road}}'' where a license plate as LMW 281F (mistakenly read as 28IF) which became part of the "clues" for the "{{W|Paul is dead}}" myth.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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*Two scenes appear in the credits, but don't appear in the episode.
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*Two scenes appear in the credits, but don't appear in the episode:
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*They are: A deleted scene where Babe kicks Paul in the crotch and "[[Treehouse of Horror XI]]" where Kang and Kodos answer the phone.
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**They are: A deleted scene where Babe kicks Paul in the crotch and "[[Treehouse of Horror XI]]" where Kang and Kodos answer the phone.
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*At the end of "Connie Applesead" when the people are going to eat Homer—when Lisa comes with apples you see Moe take an apple. In the next scene Moe has got a chunk of Homer and is saying "So what we're not eating Homer?"
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*During the Gracie Films logo for this episode, Homer says "Oh boy, buffalo testicles!" and then chomps.
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*Although the dialogue is the same as that of the previous season's finale, the setting is different (Shame, really, because it would've been interesting).
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*In the beginning, when the family are boarding a plane to [[Delaware]], it is a reference to the contest they won in "[[Behind the Laughter]]".
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== Continuity ==
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*The Simpson family going to [[Delaware]] is a call back to the ending of the [[season 11]] episode "[[Behind the Laughter]]". At the end of that episode, the Simpsons win a trip to Delaware and want to visit Wilmington and a screen door factory. These places are mentioned at the beginning of "Simpsons Tall Tales" too.
  
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== Goofs ==
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*When [[Tom Sawyer]] rests by a tree while he gets other children to whitewash a fence for him, the equivalent of [[Lewis]]'s colors change while zooming in.
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*In the picture taken at the rapids of Tom and Huck, both of their pairs of overalls have two straps instead of one.
 
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Latest revision as of 16:42, July 16, 2026

References/Trivia


Season 12 Episode References
← 268 "Children of a Lesser Clod"
269
"Simpsons Tall Tales"
"Treehouse of Horror XII" 270 →


Cultural references[edit]

Opening[edit]

  • The Simpsons won a visit to Delaware in a contest. Lisa wants to visit Wilmington, Delaware's largest city.
  • After rejecting traveling via airplane, the Simpsons illegally board an Union Pacific train.

Paul Bunyan[edit]

Paul Bunyan fought the Japanese giant monster Rodan from the 1956 film of the same name

Connie Appleseed[edit]

Tom and Huck[edit]

Ending[edit]

  • Lisa mentions they will visit the place where JCPenney department stores sent their damaged merchandise.
  • In the rail yard in Delaware is a sign with 28IF on it. This is a reference to the album cover for The Beatles' Abbey Road where a license plate as LMW 281F (mistakenly read as 28IF) which became part of the "clues" for the "Paul is dead" myth.

Trivia[edit]

  • Two scenes appear in the credits, but don't appear in the episode:
    • They are: A deleted scene where Babe kicks Paul in the crotch and "Treehouse of Horror XI" where Kang and Kodos answer the phone.
  • During the Gracie Films logo for this episode, Homer says "Oh boy, buffalo testicles!" and then chomps.

Continuity[edit]

  • The Simpson family going to Delaware is a call back to the ending of the season 11 episode "Behind the Laughter". At the end of that episode, the Simpsons win a trip to Delaware and want to visit Wilmington and a screen door factory. These places are mentioned at the beginning of "Simpsons Tall Tales" too.

Goofs[edit]

  • When Tom Sawyer rests by a tree while he gets other children to whitewash a fence for him, the equivalent of Lewis's colors change while zooming in.
  • In the picture taken at the rapids of Tom and Huck, both of their pairs of overalls have two straps instead of one.
Season 12 References
Treehouse of Horror XI • A Tale of Two Springfields • Insane Clown Poppy • Lisa the Tree Hugger • Homer vs. Dignity • The Computer Wore Menace Shoes • The Great Money Caper • Skinner's Sense of Snow • HOMЯ • Pokey Mom • Worst Episode Ever • Tennis the Menace • Day of the Jackanapes • New Kids on the Blecch • Hungry, Hungry Homer • Bye, Bye, Nerdie • Simpson Safari • Trilogy of Error • I'm Goin' to Praiseland • Children of a Lesser Clod • Simpsons Tall Tales
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