Difference between revisions of "The Many Saints of Springfield/References"

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the movie The Many Saints of Newark.
• Among the things seen inside the couch in the "Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Couch Gag":
  • A Mickey Mantle rookie card.
  • A Rubik's Cube.
  • A TV Guide with ALF on the cover.
  • A Game Boy.
• "Requiem in D Minor" by Mozart plays over the title card.
• "It's Bad You Know" by R. L. Burnside plays during the montage of threats against Ned.
• Fat Tony refers to Legs and Louie as "Mr. Rude and Dr. Jerkov", a reference to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
• Ned asks Fat Tony if he is a "good fella", a reference to the movie Goodfellas, and a "wise guy", a reference to the book Wiseguy.
• Ned and Fat Tony sing "My Way" by Frank Sinatra.
• Color Me Fine: A Bristol-Myers Squibb Activity Book is a reference to the pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb.
• Ned had joined Equinox Health Clubs.
• "Musica Poetica II" by Carl Orff plays in the scene of Reverend Lovejoy's train set on fire.
• When Louie asks why "fatso" has such a hot wife, Johnny Tightlips says that it's a sitcom thing, then mentions King of Queens, Fred Flintstone, and Timmy and Lassie.
• Ned's phone apps are religious versions of real apps:
  • Praze is a parody of Waze.
  • Gracebook is a parody of Facebook.
  • PrayPal is a parody of PayPal.
  • Sinstagram is a parody of Instagram.
  • Amenazon is a parody of Amazon.
  • Heavens to Etsy is a parody of Etsy.
  • Snapchapel is a parody of Snapchat.
• Comic Book Guy says a prayer in the Klingon language from Star Trek.
• Comic Book Guy's closed sign has a picture of him frozen in carbonite from Star Wars.
• Louie mentions the book The Fault in Our Stars by John Green and says that he didn't like it as only one person died, and they didn't get whacked. He then says that he did like Divergent by Veronica Roth as a lot of people got whacked.

Trivia

• Bart has no speaking lines on this episode.
• Ned lists the grades that Bart got and the days he was absent whilst Ned was the teacher as C, A, D, F, 12, a reference to the production code for "Left Behind", which is XABF12.
• Fat Tony says that he was left-handed until the nuns beat it out of him.

Continuity

• Ned mentions the time he was Bart's teacher. ("Left Behind")
• Phoebe Pratt is seen in The Leftorium. ("Looking for Mr. Goodbart")
• Ned stays in the secret attic above the garage in the Simpson house. ("Manger Things")
• A "Flowers By Irene" van is seen at the FBI bust. ("Bart the Murderer")