The Yellow Badge of Cowardge/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode title is a reference to the novel The Red Badge of Courage.
- In the episode's couch gag, the Simpson family and Matt Groening are at the San Diego Comic-Con. Comic Book Guy asks them if there was going to be another Simpsons movie.
- This was also done in the Futurama episode Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences, but with Bender asking Matt Groening.
- The opening scene where Lisa is talking about Buddha while the screen showed parts of Verse 1 of 28th chapter of the Book of Proverbs and Chapter 15 of the Book of Genesis is a parody of the 2010 film True Grit, as many other narrating scenes throughout the episode. A song similar to "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", part of the score of the film, is also heard in many occasions.
- In the picture of the "fresh air summer camp" Homer enrolled Bart in, the officer has the look of Boss Godfrey aka "The Man With No Eyes" (portrayed by Morgan Woodward), an abusive officer who controlled a chain gang in the 1967 cult movie Cool Hand Luke.
An article in the Springfield Shopper written by Hans Moleman includes references to Game of Thrones, Adolf Hitler and Skrillex
- On the Springfield Shopper, the article "July 4th Fireworks Cancelled" was written by Hans Moleman and he included unrelated information to the topic addressed, among these:
- Moleman says that he fought Adolf Hitler in the past.
- He also complains about television nowadays, citing that "everything is long hair and disrespect and Lannisters and Freys thinking they can get away with everything". This is a reference to two notable families from Game of Thrones. Moleman also cites that them could not "behave at a wedding", referring to two famous scenes from the series: the Purple Wedding, where Joffrey Baratheon (son of Cersei Lannister) is assassinated in his own wedding; and the Red Wedding, a massacre arranged by Lord Walder Frey as revenge against Robb Stark.
- Hans Moleman also mentions American dubstep DJ Skrillex.
- Another article, "Bastille Day in Jeopardy" is written in French by Victor Hugo, the French writer. The readable part of the article mentions Georges Danton's execution by guillotine, and the Romanée-Conti, Bordeaux and Coteaux Bourguignons red wines.
- Ralph mentions Play-Doh, the modeling compound for young children.
- One of the runners was Frank Sinatra's kid. When Superintendent Chalmers introduces him, he says the kid is "doing it his way", a reference to the lyrics of Sinatra's famous song "My Way".
- According to Superintendent Chalmers, Milhouse sprained his shoulder doing the Pledge of Allegiance.
- In case of winning, Milhouse wanted to change his name to "Winnie", in a reference to Winnie-the-Pooh.
- The scene where Dr. Hibbert tends to several children with ice cream headache is a sight gag on the M*A*S*H TV series' opening sequence. Also, the theme music, "Suicide Is Painless", plays in the background.
- Homer mentions The Expendables and Giuseppe Granfinali mentions Sylvester Stallone.
- Cletus accidentally sells fireworks full of powder instead of methamphetamine to the Colombian drug lords, something that gets him in trouble with the Escobars, referring to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Brandine also mentions Escobar's wife, Maria Victoria Henao.
- Among the people Abe left behind:
- He mentions the lost ship PT-108. This ship, originally nicknamed "Plywood Bastard", was actually not lost in battle, while Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was. PT-109 was famous for being last commanded by Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kennedy, future United States president, during World War II.
- The Andrews Sisters, an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras.
- The patriotic American march "The Stars and Stripes Forever" is heard at the Gas a-Lamp a-District.
- The ballad "Sometimes When We Touch" by Dan Hill plays when Giuseppe and Homer hug each other and during the credits.
A kid dresses up as a ghost similar to Charlie Brown's Halloween costume in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- On the Fourth of July, an unnamed kid dresses up as a ghost, but with too many eyeholes (like Charlie Brown's Halloween costume in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) and Nelson tells him "Wrong holiday, Charlie Brown!"
- Homer calls Giuseppe Granfinali "Super Mario", referencing Mario from the Mario series of videogames.
- Giuseppe mentions John Adams.
- The boat Abraham Simpson escapes in is called the Yellow Belly, referencing the Southern United States term "Yellow Bellied Coward".
- Maggie presents Bart with a white feather, a reference to the 1902 novel The Four Feathers in which a naval officer is given white feathers by his comrades for cowardice.
Continuity[edit]
- Bart once again bangs two pots together to make a lot of noise, whilst shouting over it. He also did this when he was 2 years old. ("Lisa's First Word")
- One of the children competing in the school race is Michael D'Amico, who is referred to as "Fat Tony's nephew" instead of as Fat Tony's son (the original Fat Tony had died in "Donnie Fatso").
- A few athletes from previous episodes appear:
- Plopper's footprints are still on the ceiling. (The Simpsons Movie)
