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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
 
*The story contains multiple references to the works of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]:
 
*The story contains multiple references to the works of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]:
**The title is a pun on the short story "{{w|The Tell-Tale Heart}}".
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**The title is a pun on the short story "{{W|The Tell-Tale Heart}}".
**[[Homer]] says he nevermore will eat that donut, referencing the "Nevermore!" lines in the poem "{{w|The Raven}}".
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**[[Homer]] says he nevermore will eat that donut, referencing the "Nevermore!" lines in the poem "{{W|The Raven}}".
 
**Homer chases a crow in his house, another reference to "The Raven".
 
**Homer chases a crow in his house, another reference to "The Raven".
**[[Nelson]] says that rats get walled up in the basement with his cat, a reference to the short stories "{{w|The Cask of Amontillado}}" and "{{W2|The Black Cat|short story}}".
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**[[Nelson]] says that rats get walled up in the basement with his cat, a reference to the short stories "{{W|The Cask of Amontillado}}" and "{{W2|The Black Cat|short story}}".
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
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Latest revision as of 01:21, October 16, 2021

References/Trivia


Cultural references[edit]

  • The story contains multiple references to the works of Edgar Allan Poe:
    • The title is a pun on the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart".
    • Homer says he nevermore will eat that donut, referencing the "Nevermore!" lines in the poem "The Raven".
    • Homer chases a crow in his house, another reference to "The Raven".
    • Nelson says that rats get walled up in the basement with his cat, a reference to the short stories "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Black Cat".

Continuity[edit]

  • "The Tell-Tale Heart" is also referenced in the television episode "Lisa's Rival".
  • "The Raven" is read (and parodied) in the third act of "Treehouse of Horror".