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*The [[Chess professor]]'s son is playing with a [[Rubik's Cube]]. | *The [[Chess professor]]'s son is playing with a [[Rubik's Cube]]. | ||
*In the flashback, a {{W|Kit-Cat Klock}} is seen on the wall. Homer repeats its side-to-side eye movement several times in the episode. | *In the flashback, a {{W|Kit-Cat Klock}} is seen on the wall. Homer repeats its side-to-side eye movement several times in the episode. | ||
| − | [[File:Itchy wearing a Garfield costume.png|300px|thumb|In "[[The Garfield Assassination]]", [[Itchy]] wears a [[Garfield]] costume]] | + | [[File:Itchy wearing a Garfield costume.png|300px|thumb|In "[[The Garfield Assassination]]", [[Itchy]] wears a [[Garfield]] costume.]] |
*In the ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[The Garfield Assassination]]", [[Itchy]] wears a [[Garfield]] costume. | *In the ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[The Garfield Assassination]]", [[Itchy]] wears a [[Garfield]] costume. | ||
**The episode title is a pun on the {{W|Assassination of James A. Garfield|assassination of James A. Garfield}}. | **The episode title is a pun on the {{W|Assassination of James A. Garfield|assassination of James A. Garfield}}. | ||
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*All the license plates in the shop have the name [[Bort]]. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]") | *All the license plates in the shop have the name [[Bort]]. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy Land]]") | ||
*In Lisa's imagination, cans of [[Blue Bronco Energy Drink]] enter recycling bin Bart. ("[[Bart Gets a "Z"]]") | *In Lisa's imagination, cans of [[Blue Bronco Energy Drink]] enter recycling bin Bart. ("[[Bart Gets a "Z"]]") | ||
| − | *One of the forms of | + | *One of the forms of Bart's guilt looks like [[Hugo Simpson]]. ("[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]") |
*[[Pink Sedan|Homer's car]] gets towed by {{ap|Louie|Midnight Towboy}}'s towing truck. ("[[Midnight Towboy]]") | *[[Pink Sedan|Homer's car]] gets towed by {{ap|Louie|Midnight Towboy}}'s towing truck. ("[[Midnight Towboy]]") | ||
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Cultural references[edit]
- The title of the episode is a reference to the children's book The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1957.
- During the title screen gag, US presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington traveling by air balloons collide with each other, a reference to their separate February holidays being combined into one called Presidents' Day.
- During the couch gag:
- Bart says he could have sold the sailboat painting on Craigslist.
- The couch gag is based on Robot Chicken. Homer interacts with parodies of the children from South Park and with the The California Raisins.
- The Nerd from Robot Chicken says he has won a Ziploc full of Jonathan Frakes' beard trimmings. Frakes is known for his work in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Lisa is hanging a picture of Girl with a Pearl Earring in place of the sailboat painting.
- The scene of Bart and Lisa telling the story from the couch is a reference to the film When Harry Met Sally....
- The banner at Springfield Bay says that it was the site of the documentary Killing Nemo, a reference to Finding Nemo.
- Bart is playing the war video game Anzio Beach Invasion. The Battle of Anzio was one of the major battles of the Italian Campaign of World War II.
- On Bart's game, the Wilhelm Scream is heard.
- Snake steals a Movado watch from a beachgoer.
- When Lisa tries on her hat, the song "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by the Beach Boys plays.
- Donald Trump appears and is transformed into a troll by Lisa on a unicorn.
- Jasper Beardley calls Homer "Blobby Fischer", a reference to the American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer.
- Bobby Fischer is later referenced on a flyer.
- Homer calls the Knight "Dr. Horse", a reference to Dr. House.
- Homer applies the Budapest Gambit opening to beat Jasper.
- Bart can't believe how Homer knows the rules of chess when he can't even remember the rules of Chutes and Ladders.
- The Introitus movement from Mozart's "Requiem" can be heard during the flashback of Homer and Abe playing chess. The composition is repeated several times throughout the episode.
- Clancy shows Lisa pictures of a bowler, a 10 gallon hat, a chef hat, a fedora, a top hat, a pork pie hat, the hat of Robin Hood, a pith helmet, a Fez, a Cheesehead hat, and a Valkyrie hat from the Springfield PD mug shot book of hats.
- Each mug shot shows the hat in frontal and profile views.
- Lisa is eating a plate of Not-So-Cheerios, a parody of Cheerios.
- Marge mentions Madeline and the book series. Lisa also mentions Pepito, a supporting character.
- Homer performs chess positions by Mikhail Botvinnik and Paul Morphy.
- Barney says Homer plays chess like "Polugaevsky at Mar del Plata". Lev Polugaevsky won two Mar del Plata chess tournaments.
- The books seen when Homer was taking chess classes:
- Masters of Checks is a reference to Masters of Sex.
- Boogie Knights - Chess in the Disco Era is a reference to the film Boogie Nights.
- Why Can't Black Move First? was written by Malcom X, the African American human rights activist.
- The Chess professor's son is playing with a Rubik's Cube.
- In the flashback, a Kit-Cat Klock is seen on the wall. Homer repeats its side-to-side eye movement several times in the episode.
- In the The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "The Garfield Assassination", Itchy wears a Garfield costume.
- The episode title is a pun on the assassination of James A. Garfield.
- Bart offers Lisa compact discs of The Poems of Emily Dickinson read by Elizabeth Warren.
- Moe says he surfed an alt-suicide Subreddit.
- Marge contacts Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen using Skype.
- Homer and Carlsen mention playing Stratego.
- Rod and Todd start nosebleeding after using telekinesis to lift the car. This is something that happened to Eleven from Stranger Things.
- A man enters Moe's Tavern, asking if someone wants to watch the Super Bowl.
- "Hooray for Hollywood" is briefly heard after Bart's guilt falls into the cooling tower.
Couch gag[edit]
Continuity[edit]
- All the license plates in the shop have the name Bort. ("Itchy & Scratchy Land")
- In Lisa's imagination, cans of Blue Bronco Energy Drink enter recycling bin Bart. ("Bart Gets a "Z"")
- One of the forms of Bart's guilt looks like Hugo Simpson. ("Treehouse of Horror VII")
- Homer's car gets towed by Louie's towing truck. ("Midnight Towboy")
