Marge Be Not Proud/References
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Cultural references
- The video game Bonestorm is based on the Mortal Kombat series.
- Video game characters that appear to Bart include Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Lee Carvallo, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Of the five, Lee Carvallo is the only one that tried to talk Bart out of shoplifting.
- The episode features Allan Sherman's song, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, played on the answering service in lieu of Don Brodka's message about catching Bart shoplifting.
- Among the games seen at Try-N-Save, a number of them reference pop-culture:
- Save Hitler's Brain: The game is a reference to the movie They Saved Hitler's Brain.
- A Streetcar Named Death: Is a reference to A Streetcar Named Desire.
- Angus Podgorny's Caper Toss: Is a reference to the character "Angus Podgorny" who was seen in various episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
- Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge appears to be based on Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf, a 1988 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- The episode also mentions rapper and actor Tupac Shakur.
Goofs
- Maggie appears in every Christmas photo even though she is just one year old.
