Simpson Safari/References

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References/Trivia

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	Season 12 Episode References
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Cultural references

• When the enraged hippo rears up, Homer exclaims "A hungry hungry hippo!", a reference to the popular board game Hungry Hungry Hippos. Incidentally, one of the four hippos in the game is called Homer Hippo.
• Dr. Joan Bushwell is a parody of Jane Goodall, an English zoologist who became famous worldwide for her research into the behavior of chimpanzees.
• When the man from Greenpeace says that Dr. Bushwell has hidden diamonds everywhere, Marge replies, "Even on the soles of her shoes", referencing the Paul Simon song "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes".

Goofs

• For a brief moment when Bart is eating worms, his tongue is green.
• The neck rings Lisa is given is a tradition in Myanmar, not Tanzania.
• Bart's lip plate is an Ethiopian tradition for women in the Mursi tribe.
• Victoria Falls is in Zambia and Zimbabwe.