The Falcon and the D'ohman/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The title is a pun on the film The Falcon and the Snowman.
• The website MyTube (which the Ukranian gangsters enjoy watching) is a parody of the popular Internet video sharing site YouTube.
• During one of Wayne Slater's flashbacks, the ballet piece Montagues and Capulets is played, which is the opening theme of the British version of The Apprentice.
• Homer compares Wayne's voice to Lauren Bacall's.
• Wayne killing Victor's wife and later killing Victor himself is a reference to 24, where Sutherland's character Jack Bauer accidentally killed Victor Drazen's wife and daughter, and later killed Drazen himself.
• In one of Wayne's flashbacks, which shows some of the training he went through as a CIA agent, he fights a number of different characters including:
  • Two ninjas.
  • A sumo wrestler.
  • A knight.
  • A woman with a flail, from the Kill Bill movies.
  • A tank.
  • A mustached man in red and white striped clothing.
  • Chucky from the Child's Play movies.
  • Pinhead from the Hellraiser movie series.
  • Kobe Bryant from the basketball team the Los Angeles Lakers.
  • Batman villain The Penguin, along with two henchmen.
  • Three Gothic looking baseball players.
  • A polar bear.
• The silver safety hat that Mr. Burns awards Wayne is inside a box shaped like the Ark of the Covenant.
• When Mr. Burns fires Wayne, he exclaims "off with his job," a play on the phrase "off with his head!"
• In the power plant's locker room, there is a poster of a Mushroom Cloud. Above the cloud are the words "don't do this."
• The reason Wayne chose to come to Springfield is because "it appears on no maps or charts." This is a reference to the fact that Springfield's State has never been mentioned by name.

Trivia

• Comic Book Guy has a big red book on his book shelf. This could be Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20.
• Moe has a "brine" beer tap so he can put brine in pickled egg jars.
• Edna and Ned are seen together in bed.
• On MyTube website the gangster is watching "AUTO-TUNE Disaster Victim". This is a reference to "Bed Intruder". It has 15,000 views. He also mentions rating it 0 stars. Youtube had star ratings around 2 years ago.

Continuity

Comic Book Guy's room

• At the beginning of the episode in Comic Book Guy's room, there are:
  • Blinky in a lamp. ("Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" et al)
  • A Poochie doll. ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show")
  • An Itchy doll.
  • A Scratchy doll.
  • A Multi-eyed squirrel doll (The Simpsons Movie)
  • A Plopper doll (The Simpsons Movie)
  • An Everyman poster ("Homer the Whopper")
  • A photo from the Opening sequence of "MoneyBART".