Difference between revisions of "The Simpsons Road Rage/References"

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If the player picks up Captain McCallister and takes a long time to reach his intended destination, one of his possible comments is "Call me Ishmael. And late." This is a reference to the opening line of the novel Moby-Dick.

Although he appears very frequently driving Mr. Burns' limosine, Smithers does not speak at any point in the game.
In printed ads for The Simpsons Road Rage, it depicted a drawn panel similar to a comic where the entire town is in calamity, with Marge, acting as a passenger to Homer in a convertible, tells him with fear that he's driving like a maniac, and Homer responding nonchalantly that "Driving's just a suggestion. Like pants."
Mr. Plow is treated as a separate character from Homer.
Due to the fact that the game is so similar to Sega's Crazy Taxi, Sega sued Fox. The two settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money.
The game takes advantage of the date system incorporated into the games console by providing holiday-themed characters on certain dates.
- Marge - Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday of November)
- Bart - Halloween (October 31)
- Apu - Christmas (December 25)
- Krusty - New Years (January 1)
In the save game menu in the PS2 browser, "Dancin' Homer" represents the save file for this game.
Early builds of the game suggest that Principal Skinner, Moleman and Jasper were going to be playable.
The scene at the end involving Kang and Kodos is not present in the PS2 version. This may have been because of the PS2 version's earlier release date.

In the character select screen, if one selects Moe's Sedan, pandas will hop out of the trunk, a reference to "Cape Feare", where Moe was smuggling pandas.