To Courier with Love/References
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"To Courier with Love"
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Cultural references
- In the "Dawn of Time" segment:
- The title of the episode is a reference to the title of the film To Sir, with Love.
- Homer rides on a luggage carrier with five Michelin Men. He shows them a video of the Springfield Tire Fire, and they react in horror, being made of tires themselves.
- Homer mentions Burger King.
- Homer refers to his good luck saying "Fortune favors the bald," a play on the proverb "Fortune favors the bold."
- Strolling along the Seine with Marge, Homer says "Plastered in Paris, there's no better feeling" a play on plaster of Paris.
- The scene where Homer and Marge stroll past the "Place de la Pointillisme" is drawn in the art style of Pointillism.
- A Morgan Motor vehicle is found by Lisa and Homer in the garage.
- The Paris Fashion Week is shown.
- Runway models, known for being extremely thin, are here shown in side view as being thin as playing cards and they act like playing cards, even riffle shuffling themselves.
- The house from Up is seen flying in Paris.
- In Paris, Lisa is dressed as Madeline, a character from a French book and TV series of the same name.
Continuity
- Ugolin and Cesar appear. ("The Crepes of Wrath")
- The Simpsons family travels on an Air Springfield airplane. ("Fear of Flying")
- Marge mentions bad journeys of the Simpsons family:
- Australia ("Bart vs. Australia"),
- Brazil ("Blame It on Lisa", "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee"),
- Japan ("Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"),
- London ("The Regina Monologues"),
- China ("Goo Goo Gai Pan"),
- World's Fair Bart drove to ("Bart on the Road"),
- That place with the underground jockeys ("Saddlesore Galactica"),
- Itchy & Scratchy Land ("Itchy & Scratchy Land"),
- Outer Space ("Deep Space Homer", "The Man Who Came To Be Dinner").
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