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Appearance
SimpsonsWriters
Alphabetical
- Peter Gaffney (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- Bill Odenkirk (The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer)
- Carolyn Omine (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- Daniel Chun (G.I. (Annoyed Grunt))
- Daniel Chun (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
- Matt Selman (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- Matt Warburton (Moe'N'a Lisa, Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...)
Sectioned
SimpsonsDirectors
Alphabetical
- David "Tubatron" Silverman and Matthew C. Faughnan (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- Chris Clements (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- Mark Kirkland (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- Matthew Nastuk (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- Michael Marcantel (The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer)
- Mike B. Anderson and Ralph Sosa (Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...)
- Nancy Kruse (G.I. (Annoyed Grunt))
- Steven Dean Moore (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
Sectioned
- Kiefer Sutherland as the Army Colonel
- The White Stripes (Jack White, Meg White) as themselves
- J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson
- Tom Wolfe as himself
- Gore Vidal as himself
- Michael Chabon as himself
- Jonathan Franzen as himself
- Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony
- Joe Pantoliano as Dante Calabresi
- Michael Imperioli as Dante Calabresi Jr.
- Metallica as themselves
- Richard Lewis as the Golem
- Fran Drescher as the female Golem
- Dr. Phil McGraw as himself
- Sir Mix-a-Lot as himself
- Maurice LaMarche as Orson Welles
SimpsonsBlackboard
Alphabetical
- "We are not all naked under our clothes." (G.I. (Annoyed Grunt))
Sectioned
- "We are not all naked under our clothes."
SimpsonsCouchGags
Alphabetical
- Family plays a game of Musical Chairs, Homer is the only one standing. (The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer)
- Homer makes a paper cut-out of himself, then pulls it out to reveal the whole family. (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit on the couch. The camera pulls back and we see a window with a King Kong-esque Homer who grabs Marge and climbs the building while fending off airplanes. (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
- On a computer, pictures of the family are dragged onto the couch, and then deleted. (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- The family goes through a car wash while sitting on the couch. (G.I. (Annoyed Grunt))
- The family members all have the bodies of cockroaches, and they scuttle off of the couch (except Maggie, who hides behind it). (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- We see a vending machine with the family and several other characters inside of it instead of candy. Ralph walks up and orders Homer, bites off his head and walks away. (Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...)
Sectioned
- The family goes through a car wash while sitting on the couch.
- The family members all have the bodies of cockroaches, and they scuttle off of the couch (except Maggie, who hides behind it).
- Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit on the couch. The camera pulls back and we see a window with a King Kong-esque Homer who grabs Marge and climbs the building while fending off airplanes.
- On a computer, pictures of the family are dragged onto the couch, and then deleted.
- We see a vending machine with the family and several other characters inside of it instead of candy. Ralph walks up and orders Homer, bites off his head and walks away.
- Homer makes a paper cut-out of himself, then pulls it out to reveal the whole family.
- Family plays a game of Musical Chairs, Homer is the only one standing.
SimpsonsTrivia
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Alphabetical
- (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- Al Jean's nickname in the closing credits is Al July 27th 2007 Jean which is the release date of The Simpsons Movie. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- As the voice of The Brain on Animaniacs, Maurice LaMarche did another War of the Worlds parody in the cartoon Battle for the Planet. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- Bart quitting playing the drums because of a hand injury is similar to former System of a Down drummer Andy Khachaturian, who left the band due to a hand injury. (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
- In the segment The Day the Earth Looked Stupid, Chief Wiggum says to Orson Welles "Why dont I just punch you in the nose, bud". Orson then repeats the words Nosebud, in a reference to his film Citizen Kane. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- In the segment, "Married to the Blob", the last homeless person to enter the "shelter" has a dog who sniffs the door and becomes alarmed. This is an allusion to the classic Twilight Zone episode "The Hunt" in which a man (coincidentally - or not - named Hyder Simpson) is prevented from going to Hell by his dog who smells sulfur. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- In this episode, Krusty admits he purges to stay in his actual weight. (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
- Michael was first mentioned in "The Seven-Beer Snitch" when Fat Tony brought up that Marge occasionally gives him rides home from school. (The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer)
- Mrs Muntz's appearance has changed since she was last seen in "Sleeping with the Enemy". (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- One of the musicians in Krusty the Clown's list of performers near the end of the episode is Richard Sakai. Sakai is one of The Simpsons producers. He is shown playing a vibraphone. (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
- Simpsons writer George Meyer can briefly be seen in this episode in animated form in the scene where Bart walks down the street. (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
- The Tales from the Crypt television intro, spoofed at the opening, features the original theme music written by Danny Elfman. Elfman also wrote The Simpsons theme. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- The Blue Man Group attends Amber's funeral. In the prior episode, "Million Dollar Abie", their bodies can be seen on a Las Vegas garbage barge. (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
- The song ("I like big guts and I cannot lie...") during the segment "Married to the Blob" is a parody of "Baby Got Back" (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- The song Gloomy Sunday interpreted by Billie Holiday is featured at the beginning of the "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" segment. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- The title of the first segment is a pun on Married to the Mob (also parodied in the episode "Mayored to the Mob"), and the story is inspired by The Blob and its remake. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- The title of the second segment is a reference to a line in "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers (You gotta know when to hold 'em). (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- The title of the third segment is reference to the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still which is also parodied by Futurama with the episode "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid." Furthermore, that marked the second Matt Groening show to involve Maurice LaMarche. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- This episode was highly promoted on the Internet and the TV Guide for the week of October 30, 2006 - November 5, 2006. (Treehouse of Horror XVII)
- This episode's code is HABF15, meaning that to date, it is the earliest production code hold over shown. (The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer)
- This is the first time Lunchlady Doris has spoken since "Lisa's Sax". This time she was voiced by Tress MacNeille, having previously been voiced by Doris Grau. (The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer)
- This is the first time since "Treehouse of Horror III" that King Homer has appeared (though only in the couch gag). (Jazzy and the Pussycats)
- Two politically incorrect words are hinted at in this episode. Martin compares the whole class standing up to Nelson to "single twigs" being bundled together into "a mighty faggot" (complete with a dictionary-style definition of the word being flashed on the screen) while Martin holds a bundle of sticks in his hands. While faggot is also a derogatory term for a homosexual male, it was alluded to in the Brokeback Mountain reference at the end. Later on we see Jimbo and Kearney jokingly calling each other "bully", a term which Bart finds offensive when used by non-bullies (allegorical with "nigga" amongst blacks and whites). (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- Greta Wolfcastle can be seen (for the first time since "The Bart Wants What it Wants") with her father Rainier Wolfcastle buying ice cream. (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- Lunchlady Doris laughs when she pats Nelson on the head in this episode. She last appeared in a speaking role in the "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer". (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
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- Greta Wolfcastle can be seen (for the first time since "The Bart Wants What it Wants") with her father Rainier Wolfcastle buying ice cream.
- Simpsons writer George Meyer can briefly be seen in this episode in animated form in the scene where Bart walks down the street.
- One of the musicians in Krusty the Clown's list of performers near the end of the episode is Richard Sakai. Sakai is one of The Simpsons producers. He is shown playing a vibraphone.
- This is the first time since "Treehouse of Horror III" that King Homer has appeared (though only in the couch gag).
- The Blue Man Group attends Amber's funeral. In the prior episode, "Million Dollar Abie", their bodies can be seen on a Las Vegas garbage barge.
- Bart quitting playing the drums because of a hand injury is similar to former System of a Down drummer Andy Khachaturian, who left the band due to a hand injury.
- In this episode, Krusty admits he purges to stay in his actual weight.
- Lunchlady Doris laughs when she pats Nelson on the head in this episode. She last appeared in a speaking role in the "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer".
- Mrs Muntz's appearance has changed since she was last seen in "Sleeping with the Enemy".
- Two politically incorrect words are hinted at in this episode. Martin compares the whole class standing up to Nelson to "single twigs" being bundled together into "a mighty faggot" (complete with a dictionary-style definition of the word being flashed on the screen) while Martin holds a bundle of sticks in his hands. While faggot is also a derogatory term for a homosexual male, it was alluded to in the Brokeback Mountain reference at the end. Later on we see Jimbo and Kearney jokingly calling each other "bully", a term which Bart finds offensive when used by non-bullies (allegorical with "nigga" amongst blacks and whites).
- Michael was first mentioned in "The Seven-Beer Snitch" when Fat Tony brought up that Marge occasionally gives him rides home from school.
- This episode's code is HABF15, meaning that to date, it is the earliest production code hold over shown.
- This is the first time Lunchlady Doris has spoken since "Lisa's Sax". This time she was voiced by Tress MacNeille, having previously been voiced by Doris Grau.
- The Tales from the Crypt television intro, spoofed at the opening, features the original theme music written by Danny Elfman. Elfman also wrote The Simpsons theme.
- The title of the first segment is a pun on Married to the Mob (also parodied in the episode "Mayored to the Mob"), and the story is inspired by The Blob and its remake.
- The song ("I like big guts and I cannot lie...") during the segment "Married to the Blob" is a parody of "Baby Got Back"
- The title of the second segment is a reference to a line in "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers (You gotta know when to hold 'em).
- The title of the third segment is reference to the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still which is also parodied by Futurama with the episode "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid." Furthermore, that marked the second Matt Groening show to involve Maurice LaMarche.
- The song Gloomy Sunday interpreted by Billie Holiday is featured at the beginning of the "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" segment.
- Al Jean's nickname in the closing credits is Al July 27th 2007 Jean which is the release date of The Simpsons Movie.
- This episode was highly promoted on the Internet and the TV Guide for the week of October 30, 2006 - November 5, 2006.
- In the segment The Day the Earth Looked Stupid, Chief Wiggum says to Orson Welles "Why dont I just punch you in the nose, bud". Orson then repeats the words Nosebud, in a reference to his film Citizen Kane.
- As the voice of The Brain on Animaniacs, Maurice LaMarche did another War of the Worlds parody in the cartoon Battle for the Planet.
- In the segment, "Married to the Blob", the last homeless person to enter the "shelter" has a dog who sniffs the door and becomes alarmed. This is an allusion to the classic Twilight Zone episode "The Hunt" in which a man (coincidentally - or not - named Hyder Simpson) is prevented from going to Hell by his dog who smells sulfur.
SimpsonsCultural
Alphabetical
- Actors dressed as Spider-Man and Dr. Octopus make an appearance at Nelson's party. (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- At the Wordloaf building, there is a picture of Snoopy writing a novel on top of his doghouse, which is a common theme in Peanuts. (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- Homer and Bart visit the Vermont Teddy Bear Company where they have made bears that looked like Lisa and Moe. (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- Lisa's fantasy book is mostly a reference to Harry Potter, with Greystache being a parody of Dumbledore; it also contains elements of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Chronicles of Narnia. (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- Marge's twin sister popsicle effigies riding motorcycles refer to the McCrary twins, who were the Guinness World Record "Fattest Twins". (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- Martin compares the whole class standing up to Nelson to "single twigs" being bundled together into "a mighty faggot" while Martin holds a bundle of sticks in his hands, just like in Ran. (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- Milhouse asks if the assembly is a surprise Doodlebops concert. (G.I. (Annoyed Grunt))
- Talk show host Opal is a parody of Oprah. (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- The Army recruitment film shown at Springfield Elementary uses Arise, Ye Russian People from Prokofiev's soundtrack for Alexander Nevsky before switching to Ozzy Osborne's "Bark at the Moon." (G.I. (Annoyed Grunt))
- The fast-talking publisher who approves of Moe's poetry is a caricature of the Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson from Spider-Man. J. K. Simmons, who plays Jameson in the Spider-Man films, voices the character. At the end of the episode, he demands photos (then poems) about Spider-Man. The rhyme scheme he mentions is Petrarchan, an Italian sonnet style dating back to the 13th century. (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- The giant popsicle-stick statue of Homer is in the same pose as Michaelangelo's David. (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- The music playing during the "pimped-out ride" scene is "Get Ur Freak On", by Missy Elliot. (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- The revelation of the customized iced-cream truck is a parody of Pimp My Ride. (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- The scene in which Homer dresses recreates the opening of Da Ali G Show. (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- The scene where Bart and Nelson walk through the school is a parody of the club scene in Goodfellas. The song heard is a cover of The Crystals' "He's a Rebel". (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- The scene where the Crazy Old Man jumps off the high-dive board spoofs the intro to The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- The scene with Nelson's vest and picture in the closet is a reference to the end of Brokeback Mountain with the guitar music of Gustavo Santaolalla. (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- The song played on the tape recorder is "A Horse With No Name" by America. (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- The song playing when Homer first starts his ice cream job is Money for Nothing by Dire Straits (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- The song playing when Marge starts to do the Bart and Lisa sculptures, is Feels so Good by Chuck Mangione (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- The title is a reference to G.I. Joe. In addition, "grunt" is slang for an infantry soldier. (Annoyed Grunt) is the scripted term for Homer's "D'oh!", and has been referenced in several previous episode titles (see "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"). (G.I. (Annoyed Grunt))
- The title of the episode is a pun on the Mona Lisa as well as a take on the title of the season one episode "Moaning Lisa". (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- The title of this episode is a play on Stephen Foster's song "I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair". (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- This episode's title is a pun on The Odd Couple. (The Haw-Hawed Couple)
- When Moe is shooting at the geese, a building closely resembling Middlebury College's McCardell Bicentennial Hall is visible in the background. (Middlebury is the host of the Bread Loaf conference.) (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- When the Star Spangled Banner is being played, Grampa says "Turn off that hippy crap!", as a reference to Jimi Hendrix's famous guitar version of the song. (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- Wordloaf is a parody of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. (Moe'N'a Lisa)
- Comic Book Guy comments on the absence of a good Star Wars movie since the first one, bemoaning as well, the extensive use of CGI in the later re-releases. (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- Thomas Pynchon can be seen at the Wordloaf, wearing a paper bag over his head as he did in his two previous appearances on The Simpsons. John Updike is also present, sitting next to Pynchon. This episode originally aired two days before the release of Against the Day, Pynchon's first work published in nine years. (Moe'N'a Lisa)
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- The title is a reference to G.I. Joe. In addition, "grunt" is slang for an infantry soldier. (Annoyed Grunt) is the scripted term for Homer's "D'oh!", and has been referenced in several previous episode titles (see "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious").
- The Army recruitment film shown at Springfield Elementary uses Arise, Ye Russian People from Prokofiev's soundtrack for Alexander Nevsky before switching to Ozzy Osborne's "Bark at the Moon."
- Milhouse asks if the assembly is a surprise Doodlebops concert.
- The title of this episode is a play on Stephen Foster's song "I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair".
- Talk show host Opal is a parody of Oprah.
- The scene in which Homer dresses recreates the opening of Da Ali G Show.
- The revelation of the customized iced-cream truck is a parody of Pimp My Ride.
- The giant popsicle-stick statue of Homer is in the same pose as Michaelangelo's David.
- Marge's twin sister popsicle effigies riding motorcycles refer to the McCrary twins, who were the Guinness World Record "Fattest Twins".
- Comic Book Guy comments on the absence of a good Star Wars movie since the first one, bemoaning as well, the extensive use of CGI in the later re-releases.
- The song playing when Homer first starts his ice cream job is Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
- The song playing when Marge starts to do the Bart and Lisa sculptures, is Feels so Good by Chuck Mangione
- The music playing during the "pimped-out ride" scene is "Get Ur Freak On", by Missy Elliot.
- The title of the episode is a pun on the Mona Lisa as well as a take on the title of the season one episode "Moaning Lisa".
- The fast-talking publisher who approves of Moe's poetry is a caricature of the Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson from Spider-Man. J. K. Simmons, who plays Jameson in the Spider-Man films, voices the character. At the end of the episode, he demands photos (then poems) about Spider-Man. The rhyme scheme he mentions is Petrarchan, an Italian sonnet style dating back to the 13th century.
- Thomas Pynchon can be seen at the Wordloaf, wearing a paper bag over his head as he did in his two previous appearances on The Simpsons. John Updike is also present, sitting next to Pynchon. This episode originally aired two days before the release of Against the Day, Pynchon's first work published in nine years.
- Wordloaf is a parody of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
- When Moe is shooting at the geese, a building closely resembling Middlebury College's McCardell Bicentennial Hall is visible in the background. (Middlebury is the host of the Bread Loaf conference.)
- Homer and Bart visit the Vermont Teddy Bear Company where they have made bears that looked like Lisa and Moe.
- The scene where the Crazy Old Man jumps off the high-dive board spoofs the intro to The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
- At the Wordloaf building, there is a picture of Snoopy writing a novel on top of his doghouse, which is a common theme in Peanuts.
- When the Star Spangled Banner is being played, Grampa says "Turn off that hippy crap!", as a reference to Jimi Hendrix's famous guitar version of the song.
- This episode's title is a pun on The Odd Couple.
- The song played on the tape recorder is "A Horse With No Name" by America.
- Martin compares the whole class standing up to Nelson to "single twigs" being bundled together into "a mighty faggot" while Martin holds a bundle of sticks in his hands, just like in Ran.
- Actors dressed as Spider-Man and Dr. Octopus make an appearance at Nelson's party.
- The scene where Bart and Nelson walk through the school is a parody of the club scene in Goodfellas. The song heard is a cover of The Crystals' "He's a Rebel".
- Lisa's fantasy book is mostly a reference to Harry Potter, with Greystache being a parody of Dumbledore; it also contains elements of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Chronicles of Narnia.
- The scene with Nelson's vest and picture in the closet is a reference to the end of Brokeback Mountain with the guitar music of Gustavo Santaolalla.
SimpsonsGoofs
Alphabetical
- 16 minutes into the episode, there is a shot of Lisa sitting next to a pond with geese swimming in the foreground. As two geese on the right side swim to the left, the one that is in the "background" overlaps the closer one and crosses in front.[1] (Moe'N'a Lisa)
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- 16 minutes into the episode, there is a shot of Lisa sitting next to a pond with geese swimming in the foreground. As two geese on the right side swim to the left, the one that is in the "background" overlaps the closer one and crosses in front.[2]
SimpsonsQuotes
Alphabetical
- Homer: (Homer was licking Mr Burns because he was hallucinating and thinking that Burns was a big ice-cream cone) You're not ice cream! Faker! (Homer runs out of the office) Ice cream man, wait! (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- Homer: (Screaming out of his car's window) Marge, where are you? Did you change your name? Is it Kelly? KELLY! (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
- Ralph: (Squishing an ice-cream cone to his forehead) I'm a unitard! (Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair))
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- Homer: (Homer was licking Mr Burns because he was hallucinating and thinking that Burns was a big ice-cream cone) You're not ice cream! Faker! (Homer runs out of the office) Ice cream man, wait!
- Ralph: (Squishing an ice-cream cone to his forehead) I'm a unitard!
- Homer: (Screaming out of his car's window) Marge, where are you? Did you change your name? Is it Kelly? KELLY!