The Man Who Flew Too Much/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the film The Man Who Knew Too Much.
• Part of the episode is based on the 1993 film Alive. Marge watched the movie in "Fear of Flying".
• The couch gag shows tweets from @Springfield.
• "Bowling to the Moon" is a parody of "Fly Me to the Moon" by Frank Sinatra and it plays during Homer's dream at the start.
• Kent Brockman says that Springfield's Super Bowlers are garnering tremendous pin-terest.
• At the cerimony the band plays "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". A modified version is sung by the people at the church at the end.
• Blackhawk Dead is a reference to the book Black Hawk Down.
• Moe tells Bart he'll go Rimskij-Korsakov on him.
• Moe mentions the Buffalo Bills games.
• Moe asks Barney who made him Optimist Prime, a reference to Optimus Prime.
• Homer mentions the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
• Mona appears to Homer to be in Hell with Machiavelli, Che Guevara, Casanova,
• The scene where Homer frees himself from the snow is based on the opening of the comic The Amazing Spider-Man n. 33.
• Four funerals and a funeral is a reference to the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral.
• Fausto's fate is based on Beck Weathers.

Trivia

• During the Gracie Films gag, a bowling strike is heard.

Continuity

• The couch gag account @Springfield has a born date of January 14, 1990, the date of the very first couch gag. ("Bart the Genius")
• The couch gag tweet refers to the Ferris wheel couch gag. ("Left Behind")
• Pin Pals appear. ("Team Homer")
• Fausto appears. ("The Wife Aquatic")
• Ned reads a book called "Holy Rollers a history of Christian bowling. ("Team Homer")

Goofs

• Carl's body proportion when he clung for his life above the hole are wrong, and the whole episode's animation in general looked weird.

References

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Bart's Birthday • The Yellow Lotus • Desperately Seeking Lisa • Shoddy Heat • Treehouse of Horror XXXV • Women in Shorts • Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes • Convenience Airways • Homer and Her Sisters • The Man Who Flew Too Much • Bottle Episode • The Flandshees of Innersimpson • The Last Man Expanding • P.S. I Hate You • Abe League of Their Moe • Stew Lies • Full Heart, Empty Pool • Estranger Things