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*[[Bend It Like Buffett]] is a reference to [[Warren Buffett]]. | *[[Bend It Like Buffett]] is a reference to [[Warren Buffett]]. | ||
*[[How to Succeed in Business by Trying]] is a parody of the book {{w|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (book)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard's Guide to Fame and Fortune}}. | *[[How to Succeed in Business by Trying]] is a parody of the book {{w|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (book)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard's Guide to Fame and Fortune}}. | ||
| − | *The work interview is done on {{w2|Zoom|software}}. | + | *The work interview is done on {{w2|Zoom|software}}. Homer later imagines being on a zoom call on a monitor mounted skiis. |
*[[Professor Frink]] mentions the [[Emmy Awards]], [[Grammy Awards]], the [[Nobel Prize]], the [[Oscar]] and the [[Time|Time magazine]]. | *[[Professor Frink]] mentions the [[Emmy Awards]], [[Grammy Awards]], the [[Nobel Prize]], the [[Oscar]] and the [[Time|Time magazine]]. | ||
**Frink, [[Sam]], [[Larry]], [[Barney]], [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] all show their Oscars. | **Frink, [[Sam]], [[Larry]], [[Barney]], [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] all show their Oscars. | ||
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*Homer uses a {{w|Chatbot}}. | *Homer uses a {{w|Chatbot}}. | ||
*Dr. Spivak mentions [[Rihanna]]. | *Dr. Spivak mentions [[Rihanna]]. | ||
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==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
*List of Homer's jobs in his résumé and in [[Lisa]]'s lament: | *List of Homer's jobs in his résumé and in [[Lisa]]'s lament: | ||
Revision as of 07:37, February 19, 2024
Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to Frankenstein's monster.
- Bend It Like Buffett is a reference to Warren Buffett.
- How to Succeed in Business by Trying is a parody of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard's Guide to Fame and Fortune.
- The work interview is done on Zoom. Homer later imagines being on a zoom call on a monitor mounted skiis.
- Professor Frink mentions the Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, the Nobel Prize, the Oscar and the Time magazine.
- When Homer asks the Viking masseuse what Vikings can't do, the masseuse says "Win the Super Bowl", a reference to the Minnesota Vikings NFL team never winning one.
- Life in Hell-sinki is a reference to Matt Groening's Life in Hell comic. The character from the comic appears on the cover.
- Homer uses a Chatbot.
- Dr. Spivak mentions Rihanna.
Continuity
- List of Homer's jobs in his résumé and in Lisa's lament:
- Being an astronaut. ("Deep Space Homer")
- Being a World Cup referee. ("You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee")
- Working as Mr. Plow. ("Mr. Plow")
- Toothpaste cap screwer.
- Owner of the Denver Broncos. ("You Only Move Twice")
- Captain of SpringShield. ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")
- Working as head crossing guard. ("Homer's Crossing")
- Working as Sanitation commissioner. ("Trash of the Titans")
- Working as a Newspaper food critic. ("Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?")
- Working as a volunteer fireman. ("Crook and Ladder")
- Took cannon balls in stomach. ("Homerpalooza")
- Hosted cable access show. ("Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson")
- Homer as a member of The Be Sharps. ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
- Working as a voice actor. ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", "Angry Dad: The Movie")
- Working as a carny. ("Bart Carny")
- Working as a manure salesman. ("Springfield Up")
- Being a Town crier. ("Lisa the Iconoclast")
- Working as a Mall Santa. ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")
- Working as a used car salesman. ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
- Being a Krusty impersonator. ("Homie the Clown")
- Working as a stand-up comedian. ("Simprovised")
- Working as a Springfield Women's Prison guard. ("Orange is the New Yellow")
- Being a Roadie. ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")
- Working as a grease collector. ("Lard of the Dance")
- Being a prank monkey. ("Homer vs. Dignity")
- Being a fish gutter. ("Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo")
- Being a one man band. ("Bart Gets Famous")
- Other scenes in Lisa's lament:
- Working as a bodyguard for Quimby. ("Mayored to the Mob")
- Working as a safety salamander. ("See Homer Run")
- Working as a dancing mascotte for the Springfield Isotopes. ("Dancin' Homer")
- Working as a football coach. ("Bart Star")
- Working as Duffman. ("Waiting for Duffman")
- Working as a boxer. ("The Homer They Fall")
- Homer in "Brick Like Me".
- Being undercover as Nicky Bluepants Altosaxophony. ("Donnie Fatso")
- Working as a Monorail conductor. ("Marge vs. the Monorail")
- Making a movie with Krusty. ("The Clown Stays in the Picture")
- Pie Man Homer. ("Simple Simpson")
- Selling quack medicine with Grampa. ("Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy")
- Being a Rockstar. ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")
- Carl, Lenny, Barney, Homer, Gil, Kirk and Cletus with the Star-spangled Goofball shirt. ("Coming to Homerica")
- Selling tomacco plants. ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)").+
- Being a floating angry rock. (Season 49)
- Lenny and Carl mention Homer being responsible for the dome placed over Springfield. ("The Simpsons Movie")
- When Homer falls off the cliff he exclaims not again as he hits his head and body multiple times on the mountain. ("Bart the Daredevil")
