Deep Space Homer/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the television series Star Trek: Star Trek: Deep Space NineDeep Space Nine.
• The episode features numerous film parodies, mostly referencing The Right Stuff and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• The scene where Homer and Barney are dueling in an arena is a reference to "The Gamesters of Triskelion", an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.

Trivia

• Kent Brockman's line "I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords." has became an meme and idiom, being used in popular culture.

Continuity

• Homer mentions going into space in a deleted scene of "Mother Simpson".
• NASA apparently sent Homer up into space again for the Restaged Family Album. ("Homerazzi")

Goofs

• In "Krusty Gets Kancelled", Luke Perry lands in a Pillow Factory, which is then destroyed. In "Deep Space Homer", Barney bounces off the roof of the same pillow factory, fully intact, one season later.
• When the second photo of the carbon rod is taken on a magazine cover Homer's space suit glove disappears.
• Buzz Aldrin's hair changed from brown to white in one shot.

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