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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a parody of a television series called Love, American Style that ran from 1969 to 1974.
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*The title of the episode is a parody of a television series called ''{{W|Love, American Style}}'' that ran from 1969 to 1974.
*The first segment is a retelling of Bonnie and Clyde, and the characters in the cartoon of this segment are parodies of Universal's Woody Woodpecker ([[Robby Robin]]) and Warner Bros.' Speedy Gonzales.
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*When Homer tells Marge he'll tell her the greatest love stories of all time, Marge mentions ''{{W|Romeo and Juliet}}'', {{W|King Arthur}} and {{W|Guinevere}} and Brangelina ([[Brad Pitt]] and [[Angelina Jolie]]).
*The second segment of the episode is a parody of ''Lady and the Tramp''. The dog taken into the gas chamber in "Shady and the Vamp" is a parody of Disney's character Goofy.
 
*The third segment is a reference to the romance of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen and the film ''Sid and Nancy''. Bart is also featured in the story as Johnny Rotten. The plot has chocolate substituting drugs which is similar to the Season 15 episode, "[[The Regina Monologues]]". {{w|CBGB}} was a music bar (though here we discover that it stands for Comic Book Guy's Bar).
 
*Although a Sex Pistols song was featured in "Missionary Impossible" ("No Feelings" during the "Do Shut Up" sequence), the Pistols in the ''Sid and Nancy ''sequence do not actually sing any Pistols songs.
 
*The scene where the Japanese ambassador agrees to remind {{w|Franklin D. Roosevelt}} to move the {{w|Pearl Harbor}} air defenses back is a reference to the {{w|Attack on Pearl Harbor}}.
 
  
== Songs ==
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=== Bonnie and Clyde ===
*[[Any Minute Now]]
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*The first segment is a retelling of {{W|Bonnie and Clyde}}, with Marge portraying [[Bonnie Parker]] and Homer portraying [[Clyde Barrow]].
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*Bonnie mentions that [[Texas]] is the future home of {{W|Akeem Olajuwon}}.
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*{{Ch|Franklin D. Roosevelt}} mentions that he's removing all air defenses from {{W|Pearl Harbor}}.
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*[[Robby Robin]] is a parody of [[Woody Woodpecker]].
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=== Shady and the Vamp ===
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*The second segment of the episode is a parody of ''{{W|Lady and the Tramp}}''.
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*The half human dog taken into the gas chamber is a parody of [[Disney']]s character [[Goofy]].
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=== Sid and Nancy ===
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*The third segment is a reference to the romance of [[Sid Vicious]] and [[Nancy Spungen]] and the film ''{{W|Sid and Nancy}}''.
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*When introducing the story, Bart mentions ''{{W|The Brady Bunch}}'' and ''{{W|Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)|Donny & Marie}}''.
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*[[Otto]] offers [[Nancy Spungen]] {{W|Milk Duds}}, Chunks, {{W|Twix}} and {{W|Cadbury}} chocolate. Nancy then takes a {{W|Kit Kat}}.
  
 
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Revision as of 10:20, April 20, 2019

References/Trivia


Season 19 Episode References
411 "That '90s Show"
412
"Love, Springfieldian Style"
"The Debarted" 413


Cultural references

Bonnie and Clyde

Shady and the Vamp

  • The second segment of the episode is a parody of Lady and the Tramp.
  • The half human dog taken into the gas chamber is a parody of Disney's character Goofy.

Sid and Nancy

Season 19 References
He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs The Homer of Seville Midnight Towboy I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Treehouse of Horror XVIII Little Orphan Millie Husbands and Knives Funeral for a Fiend Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind E Pluribus Wiggum That '90s Show Love, Springfieldian Style The Debarted Dial "N" for Nerder Smoke on the Daughter Papa Don't Leech Apocalypse Cow Any Given Sundance Mona Leaves-a All About Lisa