Ring Around the Simpsons/References

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Cultural references

• The whole comic is set in The Lord of the Rings story and world.
• Bart calls Gandalf the Grey Yoda and asks him if a lightsaber can destroy the ring, both references to Star Wars.
• Bart asks what smells like a Phish concert when Gandalf and Frodo are smoking weed.
• Bart says that he bets Superman could destroy the ring.
• When Frodo says that this is the worst thing that has ever happened to the Fellowship, Bart asks about the Ralph Bakshi movie. This is a reference to the 1978 animated The Lord of the Rings film.
• When Marge is hallucinating, Homer says that he TiVoed Oprah whilst she was watching Martha Stewart.