The Burns and the Bees/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The title is a reference to "The Birds and the Bees".
• Music from the episode
  • "Amazing Grace" (Groundskeeper Willie plays it on his bagpipes while mourning for the deceased bees).
  • The Basket Bells dance to "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin.
  • "Hip Hop Hooray" by Naughty By Nature (played during the gorilla mascot scene).
  • "Sea of Love" by The Honeydrippers (when the queen bee is being introduced to the Africanized bees).
• In Homer's fantasy about a future without honey, the robot that offers him some honey and then compresses him into a cube resembles WALL-E from the Disney/Pixar film WALL-E.
• The statue of Mr. Burns in front of the Springfield Excitement Arena is modeled after Nike's iconic Jumpman logo of Michael Jordan.
• At the Billionaire Camp, some billionaires play Quidditch, a sport from Harry Potter.
• When Mr. Burns is revealed to be a millionaire instead of a billionaire, he asks Mark Cuban to let him off the hook, for old time's sake. This is a scene borrowed from The Godfather.
• At the Billionaire Camp, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of the Painter's Mother by James Whistler and The Scream by Edvard Munch by are used as archery targets.
• Willie's dead bees are:
  • Buzz Aldrin (named after astronaut Buzz Aldrin)
  • Bee Arthur (named after Bea Arthur)
  • Gordon Sumner (better known as Sting)
  • Bee Bee King (named after B.B. King)
  • Susan Bee Anthony (named after Susan B. Anthony)
  • Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld played Barry B. Benson in Bee Movie)

Trivia

• For the first 8 episodes of this season, the show won the 2009 People's Choice Award for Favorite Animated Comedy.
• The marquee at Springfield Sports Palace first reads "Big Game Tonight" then later, "World's Smallest Jumbotron".