Gone Boy/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 29 Episode References
← 626 "Mr. Lisa's Opus"	627 "Gone Boy"	"Haw-Haw Land" 628 →

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a parody of a book and a film Gone Girl.
• On the title screen, "Deck the Halls" plays.
• "Once in Royal David's City" plays during the couch gag.
• Milhouse mentions Harry Horse.
• When the 1962 film clip begins to play in the bunker, "The U.S. Air Force" song plays.
  • The general in the clip says that casualties of 200 million are an acceptable loss, a number greater than the entire population of the United States at that time.
  • 1962 was the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, during which imminent thermonuclear was a real fear.
• Grampa recognizes the sound of the ignition sequence of the LGM-25C Titan II missile.
• The vinyl collection in the bunker has:
  • Frank Sinatra's Sinatra Ruins Dylan, a reference to Bob Dylan's Triplicate album, in which he sings covers of Frank Sinatra's songs.
  • Elvis Presley's Doin' It for the Money, a reference to his song "Doin' the Best I Can".
  • Calvin and the Hipmunks, a reference to both Alvin and the Chipmunks and their robotic dopplegangers Calvin and the Hip Munks. The Hipunks then sing "God Bless America" by Irving Berlin.
• The Squeaky-Voiced Teen brings Sideshow Bob The New Yorker. Bob also mentions the New York magazine.
  • Sideshow Bob mentions William Shawn.
• Sideshow Bob sings "I Have a Song to Sing, O!" from The Yeomen of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan.
• Homer mentions that Shaquille O'Neal has a Superman tattoo on his arm.
• The picture on the wall behind the Prison psychiatrist is of the Yosemite Valley.
• When Sideshow Bob tells the psychiatrist "Evil is not a choice," he is alluding to the same statement made regarding homosexuality.
• Renter-Prise Dent-a-Car is a reference to Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Opening sequence

• Milhouse is dressed as Linus Van Pelt from Peanuts.
• Patty and Selma are dressed like Elsa and Anna from Frozen respectively.
• Mr. Burns is dressed as the White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia.
• Tom Petty appears as an angel playing a guitar. He died 2 months before the airing of the episode on October 2, 2017.

Trivia

• The fibers of the mophead in the bunker form the shape of Sideshow Bob's hair.

Continuity

• The prison guard supervising the cleanup crew (a reference to Boss Godfrey aka "The Man with No Eye" from Cool Hand Luke played by Morgan Woodward) comes back. ("Black Widower")
• Bart loses his lucky red hat again. ("Bart Gets Famous")
• Sideshow Bob steps on a rake repeatedly by himself. ("Cape Feare")
• In the shrine to Bart that Marge makes is a picture of a young toddler Bart banging pots together. ("Lisa's First Word")
  • Also, a picture of little Lisa putting an adhesive bandage on little Bart's knee. ("Lisa on Ice")
• A pillow with Mr. Sparkle's image is on Lisa's bed. ("In Marge We Trust")

Opening sequence

• The Grand Pumpkin appears. ("Treehouse of Horror XIX")
• The Gnome in Your Home appears. ("The Nightmare After Krustmas")

Goofs

• It's still snowing six months after Christmas outside Springfield Penitentiary.

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The Serfsons • Springfield Splendor • Whistler's Father • Treehouse of Horror XXVIII • Grampy Can Ya Hear Me • The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be • Singin' in the Lane • Mr. Lisa's Opus • Gone Boy • Haw-Haw Land • Frink Gets Testy • Homer Is Where the Art Isn't • 3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage • Fears of a Clown • No Good Read Goes Unpunished • King Leer • Lisa Gets the Blues • Forgive and Regret • Left Behind • Throw Grampa from the Dane • Flanders' Ladder