The Ten-Per-Cent Solution/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 23 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode title is probably a reference to the Sherlock Holmes novel and film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.
• Krusty states that the references in the Itchy & Scratchy cartoons are over a year old and that they take a year to animate so seem outdated. The references are:
  • The Cat's Speech - The King's Speech
  • The Social Petwork - The Social Network
  • Black & Blue Swan - Black Swan
• Hulu is a real-life video streaming website.
• Seen in the Museum of TV and Television:
  • The Three Stooges skeletons.
  • King of the Hill display (which is then packed up).
  • The Batmobile which is bought by Comic Book Guy.
  • Several other Batman items from the classic TV series.
  • A display of J. R. Ewing from Dallas.
  • The Starship Enterprise from Star Trek.
  • A parody of Superman.
  • The Adventures of Fatso Flanagan, a parody of The Honeymooners.
• Homer mentions that he has a tattoo of Donald Duck smoking a doob.
• Annie Dubinsky asks Homer if he would play a bloated corpse on CSI.
• Krusty's agent has a S-Mobile phone, a parody of T-Mobile.
• Ronald McDonald, mascot of McDonald's, is seen in The Clown Plaza Hotel.
• A scene from The Ricky Gervais Show is seen briefly.
• The song played during "The Cat's Speech" is "Symphony No. 7" by Beethoven
• The song played during "The Social Petwork" is "Creep" by Scala & Kolacny Brothers.
• The song played during "Black & Blue Swan" is "Danse des Petite Cygnes" from Swan Lake.

Continuity

• On Hulu, there is a video called "Moe Gets a Cell Phone", previously mentioned in the song "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons" along with the same image. ("Gump Roast")
• Seen in the Museum of TV and Television:
  • Thicker than Waters ("Homer the Father")
  • UpscAlien in da House ("Homer the Father")
  • McGarnigale ("Bart's Inner Child" et al)
  • Up Late with McBain ("Cape Feare")
  • The Beverly Hillbillies ("Moe Baby Blues")

Goofs

Kashmir with black skin

• Princess Kashmir has black skin and brown hair in one scene.
• In one scene where Bart has his legs crossed and is sitting on the floor at the Simpsons' house, his shoes are missing (as in not been added to the frame).