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Bart the General

Bart the Genius

Homer's Odyssey

Krusty Gets Busted

Life on the Fast Lane

Moaning Lisa

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

The Call of the Simpsons

The Crepes of Wrath

The Telltale Head

There's No Disgrace Like Home


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Krusty Gets Busted

Life on the Fast Lane

Moaning Lisa

The Call of the Simpsons



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Bart the Genius

  • "I will not waste chalk"

Krusty Gets Busted

  • "They are laughing at me, not with me"

Moaning Lisa

  • "I will not instigate revolution"

Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons episode)

  • "I will not yell 'Fire' in a crowded classroom." |

The Call of the Simpsons

  • "I will not draw naked ladies in class"

The Crepes of Wrath

  • “Garlic gum is not funny”

There's No Disgrace Like Home

  • "I will not burp in class"



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Bart the Genius

  • Bart is squeezed off the couch, flies out of frame, and lands in front of the TV.

Krusty Gets Busted

  • Maggie pops out of the couch, and lands in Marge's arms

Moaning Lisa

  • The Simpsons pile on to the couch, Maggie pops up in the air and Marge catches her.

The Call of the Simpsons

  • Nothing special.

The Crepes of Wrath

  • The family hurries onto the couch and Homer pops off.

There's No Disgrace Like Home

  • The family hurries on to the couch and Homer is squeezed off it.


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Bart the General

  • Ironically, Nelson doesn't say "Haw Haw" at all in his first episode.
  • Lisa calls her teacher "Mrs. Hoover" instead of "Miss Hoover."
  • During their first fight, Nelson hits Bart twelve times in the face before he knocks Bart out.
  • The first episode we see Bart cry. Homer then proceeds to dry his tears with a hairdryer.
  • The first episode we see Springfield Retirement Castle, the retirement home where Grampa Simpson lives.
  • Grampa's list of words he does not want to hear on television again:
  • 1. Bra
  • 2. Horny
  • 3. Family Jewels
  • The first episode in which Jasper Beardley speaks (he appeared in the Town Hall in "Homer's Odyssey".)
  • Milhouse now has blue hair.
  • There are African shields and spears in Herman's antique shop.
  • Bart asks Herman whether he lost his arm in the war, to which Herman warns Bart, "Next time your teacher tells you to keep your arm inside the bus window, you do it!" Two episodes earlier, in "Homer's Odyssey", Mrs. Krabappel tells the children to keep their arms in the bus and says, "We all know the tragic story of the young man who stuck his arm out the window and had it ripped off by a big truck coming in the other direction."
  • Herman uses a declaration of war from the Franco-Prussian War and changes "Otto von Bismarck" to read "Bart Simpson" and changes "Napoleon III" to read "Nelson Muntz."
  • The children go after the sandbag with a plunger, a feather duster and fly swatters, before Herman finishes it off with a bayonet.
  • The water balloons say "Happy Birthday". Herman would rather they say "Death from above".
  • Bart and his army use a classic Pincer's movement to attack Nelson. "It can't fail against a ten-year-old!"
  • In Herman's model of the town, he misspells the "Kwik-E-Mart" as "Quick-E-Mart."
  • Marge brings the cupcakes in before Nelson signs the treaty and we never actually see him sign it.
  • In the United Kingdom, this was one of the first episodes released on video cassette in the early 1990s, and thus many viewers introduction to the series (especially in the days before the series was shown on terrestrial television).

Bart the Genius

  • The opening title sequence features a worker at the power plant eating a sandwich with tongs, Bart stealing a bus stop sign and forcing those queuing to run after a bus, and Lisa riding her bicycle over a bump in the road. These three sequences were changed in later episodes.
  • Being the second episode produced on the show after the disastrous animation of Some Enchanted Evening, the future of the series depended on how the animation turned out on this episode.
  • Maggie spells out EMCSQU (E=mc²) with her building blocks.
  • This is the first episode where Bart uses his soon to be famous catch phrase "eat my shorts".
  • Principal Skinner devotes an entire file drawer to Bart's permanent record.
  • Homer writes a check for $75 to the "Dept. of Education" to pay for Bart's defacing of school property.
  • Martin's IQ of 216 is higher than that of Professor Frink, whose IQ of 199 is one of the 6 highest in the world in a later episode.
  • After he is dubbed a genius, Bart's Principal Skinner graffiti likeness is framed and titled "The Principal by Bart Simpson".

Homer's Night Out

  • First appearance of Carl and Apu.
  • Princess Kashmir is seen again in Lisa's Pony, where she is dating Apu.

Homer's Odyssey

  • The episode marks the first appearance of:
  • Waylon Smithers was accidentally animated as an African-American due to a communication error with Korean animators. The mistake was explained as Smithers having an extreme suntan. A similar mistake was made with Sherri and Terri's father, also drawn as black despite his children both being ghost-white. He hasn't appeared in the show since.
  • On their way to Springfield Powerplant the children pass the Springfield Toxic Waste Dump, the Springfield Tire Yard (which is not on fire as of yet), the Springfield State Prison, and Springfield Elementary School.
  • Mrs. Krabappel tells the children to keep their arms in the bus and says, "We all know the tragic story of the young man who stuck his arm out the window and had it ripped off by a big truck coming in the other direction." To which Bart says (with his arm in his shirt), "And I was that boy!" Two episodes later, in "Bart the General", Bart asks Herman whether he lost his arm in the war, to which Herman warns Bart, "Next time your teacher tells you to keep your arm inside the bus window, you do it!"
  • Bart is forced to sing "John Henry was a Steel Driving Man" because he was being too loud on the bus.
  • A sign at the plant reads, "Our Safety Record: [7] Days Since Last Accident."
  • Bart's report card includes an F in Social Studies, an F in Math, a D in Physical Education, a U in Science, a U in Reading, and a U in Writing.
  • Homer pens his suicide note on "Dumb Things I Gotta Do Today" stationery.
  • When Homer reaches the bridge he is almost ran over by who appears to be Hans Moleman, who zooms by in a car.
  • El Barto is signed on the steps of city hall when Chief Wiggum talks about the graffiti problem in Springfield. He then passes around an artist sketch of the culprit who looks like an older and tougher Bart Simpson.
  • Springfield Shopper headlines: "Simpson Says Safe!," "Dozens Cheer Homer Simpson," "Homer Simpson Strikes Again!," "Watch Out, Here Comes Homer," and "Enough Already, Homer Simpson!"
  • Homer gets promoted to his current position as a Safety Inspector for the entire plant.
  • In the scene where Homer and another man are making the announcement to everyone, if you look very carefully you can see a man in the background who looks like Brad Goodman from season 5.
  • The man who introduces Homer to the crowd at the Nuclear Power Plant looks similar to Ned Flanders, although with a different hairstyle and clothing.

Krusty Gets Busted

  • Krusty's main clown competition is Hobo Hank. Hobos were among the acts Krusty claims to have flattened in "Krusty Gets Kancelled."

Life on the Fast Lane

  • Occasionally, this episode is called "Jacques to Be Wild". When the episode was originally planned, it called for Albert Brooks to voice "Björn" (a parody to Björn Borg), a Swedish tennis instructor, but Matt Groening thought it would be better to make Brooks' character French. The title was, therefore, originally "Bjorn to Be Wild".
  • Albert Brooks is credited under the name "A. Brooks" in this episode, as with all his other appearances on The Simpsons.
  • When Homer and the kids "clean-up" Bart and Homer pass the pizza box twice each.
  • The stores Homer passes in the Springfield Mall are The International House of Answering Machines, The Jerky Hut (too salty), The Ear Piercery, The Caramel Corn Warehouse (too corny), and Girdles n' Such Fancy Lingerie (too exciting).
  • Among the past birthday gifts Homer has given to Marge are a tackle box and a Connie Chung calendar.
  • Marge's shoe size is 13 AA.
  • Jacques strangely loses his French accent when he calls out, "Four onion rings!"
  • The moon is seen to have three craters on it, much like a bowling ball when Jacques is dropping her off.
  • Jacques takes Marge to Shorty's Coffee Shop for brunch.
  • This is Helen Lovejoy's and Lenny's first appearance.
  • Jacques lives at the Fiesta Terrace.
  • Jacques appears again in The Simpson's 7th Season episode "Team Homer" and makes a brief cameo as a bowler in the past in "And Maggie Makes Three" He also appears in the "Do the Bartman" music video dancing with various women.
  • The plot of this episode was submitted to the Dear Abby column disguised as a real-life problem. [2]
  • At one point, creator Matt Groening sited this as his favourite episode (to the surprise of many fans).

Moaning Lisa

  • Lisa brushes her teeth with Glum Toothpaste.
  • Lisa's school band is practicing the song My Country, 'Tis of Thee.
  • Lisa finds Bleeding Gums Murphy on the same bridge Homer was going to jump off of in order to commit suicide in Homer's Odyssey.
  • Prank Call number 2: Bart calls Moe's Tavern and asks for Jacques, last name Strap. Moe's response: When I find you I am going to gut you like a fish and drink your blood. Moe's hair is now gray.
  • At the Noise Land Video Arcade, the games include Eat My Shorts, PAC-RAT II, Itchy vs. Scratchy, Escape from Grandma's House, and Robert Goulet Destroyer.

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

  • The Springfield Elementary School Christmas show receives 3½ stars in a recent review, advertised in front of the building.
  • Marge pulls her car into parking area "ZZ" at the Springfield Mall.
  • Next door to the tattoo parlor is Dr. Zitsofsky Dermatology Clinic. A sign in the window reads, "Tattoos removed by laser."
  • The little boy in the play at the beginning appears to be Ralph Wiggum, but his voice is completely different.
  • The second grade class, Lisa's class, presents "Santas of Many Lands". In Germany, Santa gives the parents of bad children whipping rods for Christmas. Lisa's costume as a tribal Santa shows that she is only wearing a very thin grass skirt on her lower half, looking very unusual. (The commentary on the DVD release explains that she is actually wearing a body suit.)
  • There are 28 children in Bart's 4th Grade class on stage during the Christmas concert.
  • Marge hides the Christmas jar in her hair.
  • Mr. Burns does not give Christmas bonuses to "semi-skilled workers" that year.
  • Moe has black hair and Barney has blonde hair in the first episode.
  • Dogs in the race against Santa's Little Helper:
    • Quadruped
    • Whirlwind
    • Fido
    • Dog O' War
    • Chew My Shoe
  • If Santa's Little Helper had won, Homer would receive $1287 (99 x $13) for the win, plus his original $13 back.
  • In Mexico, this aired on Christmas, while Some Enchanted Evening became the first episode.
  • This episode is also known by its on-screen title, The Simpsons Christmas Special.

Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons episode)

  • The episode's production number is 7G01, as it was the first Simpsons episode produced and, if not for the aforementioned animation problems, it would have served as the series premiere.
  • Dr Marvin Monroe's Therapy Hotline number is 555-PAIN.
  • When Dr. Marvin Monroe says "I'm as sure as my voice is annoying.", this is referencing how difficult and annoying it was for Harry Shearer to provide Monroe's voice. As commented on audio commentaries in both the first and third season DVD sets, this is much of the reason that Marvin Monroe seldom appeared in the series, an was announced to have passed away in later seasons.
  • The name of the baby sitting service Marge calls is : Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper Baby-sitting Service.
  • Homer maintains a clean shaven appearance for exactly seven seconds. Then his beard stubble starts to grow back.
  • Chilly is the elf who cannot love.
  • The number for America's Most Armed and Dangerous is 1-800-U-SQUEAL.
  • The name of the band at the restaurant is The Larry Davis Experience. They would return for the party in Homer to the Max.
  • The real name of the Baby-sitter Bandit is Miss Lucille Botzkowski.
  • Maggie falls over 22 times.
  • This episode is also known for its notoriously crude animation.
  • One of the elves' faces on the title card for the elves movie resembles Professor Hubert Farnsworth, a character in Matt Groening's later show, Futurama
  • This episode features a rare continuity error in the series. In the scene where Bart is shown sitting tied up on the couch and Ms. Botz walks in carrying a tied-up Lisa in her arms before dumping her on the sofa alongside Bart, you can see quite clearly that the rope Ms. Botz has used to bind Lisa is wound right around her body from the neck right down to her ankles. A few shots later when Maggie comes down and frees her, the rope tying Lisa's legs together at the knees has disappeared.
  • Ms. Botz makes a background appearance in the mental hospital in Hurricane Neddy.

The Call of the Simpsons

  • Flanders makes $27 more a week than Homer does (although this is based on Ned's original job at a pharmaceutical company, not the Leftorium).
  • Signs at Bob's RV-Roundup (formely RVs R Us): "We give credit to everyone!"; "Bad Credit. Good!"; "Bankruptcy Shmankruptcy."
  • The Ultimate Behemoth RV: two-stories high with a fireplace, a full kitchen, four deep fryers---"one for each part of the chicken," a big-screen television set, and its own satellite, the Vanstar I.
  • The breaking Bigfoot report interrupts the president's address.
  • Signs advertising the Bigfoot cottage industry include "Half-Man, Half-Ape Burgers" and "Get Your Photo Taken with Bigfoot."
  • The fact that Homer is indeed the missing link is referenced again in "The Monkey Suit".
  • The first episode to feature Albert Brooks as a guest star. Like all his appearences, he is credited as A. Brooks.
  • Bart wears his red hat in this episode.
  • This is the episode in which Rod Flanders makes his first appearance.
  • This episode was the theme of a Burger King promotion including kids meal toys and collectable cups.
  • At the time of production, the writers and producers felt that this episode had the potential to be made into a two-part story. However, they eventually decided to make it as a single episode.

The Crepes of Wrath

  • Seymor's nickname is “Spanky”, according to Mrs. Skinner.
  • Adil is from Tirana, Albania.
  • While Bart is in France, he stays at the “Château Maison”, which means “castle house” in English.
  • The donkey's name is Maurice.
  • Bart has to go get antifreeze from 14 Voltaire Street.
  • Early in the episode, there is some actual dialogue in Albanian between Adil and his family, but later on the dialogue is just gibberish. The dialogue in French is very loosely translated, but correct, however.
  • Ugolin whistles the melody of “Alouette” while walking to the fields; however, that song, which originates in French Canada, is not very well known in France and would likely not be known by someone of his standing.
  • In later seasons, Agnes Skinner's personality seems vastly different to her kindly demeanor in this episode. In the DVD audio commentary, Matt Groening offers the theory that her current mean streak can be attributed to being a victim of Bart's prank.
  • By the end of this episode Bart can speak perfect French. Later, in the episode “The Monkey Suit”, Bart's chalkboard gag is “Je ne parle pas Français” (“I don’t speak French”).
  • The number of Bart's flight back to the USA (dix-neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-dix), corresponds with the year of the air of the episode; 1990.
  • On the way to the chateau, Bart and the motorcycle driver pass through several famous paintings.
  • This is the first episode of the series to satirize a particular nation (other than America), in this case the French. Episodes targeting another nation would become a recurring theme (typically once per season) in later seasons.

The Telltale Head

  • Marge pulls a Radioactive Man comic book from inside Bart's jacket before leaving the house for church.
  • Homer has an 8-track tape deck in his car.
  • A member of the angry mob carries a sign with the likeness of Jebediah Springfield's head and the words, "Have You Seen Me?"
  • The football announcer on Homer's car radio says, "This could be the most remarkable comeback since Lazarus rose from the dead."
  • Announcer: "Wolodarsky takes it at the 5... oh my, he fumbles," reference to show writer-producer Wallace Wolodarsky.
  • A sign inside church where Rev. Lovejoy has just given a sermon on the evils of gambling reads, "Bingo---Tuesday Night. Monte Carlo Night---Wednesday. Reno Retreat Saturday."
  • The movie marquee reads, "Space Mutants IV: The Trilogy Continues."
  • Among the items Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney steal from the Kwik-E-Mart is a copy of Playdude magazine.
  • Kearney stands on the lawn and leans on a sign that reads "Keep off the Grass."
  • Sideshow Bob's hair evolves from a huge red afro.
  • This is one of five Simpsons episodes to display the episode title on the screen. The others are Bart Gets Hit by a Car, 22 Short Films About Springfield, The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase and The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular.
  • When Bart wakes up, he says "Top of the world, ma!", refering to the final scene of White Heat

There's No Disgrace Like Home

  • This episode marks the first appearance of:
  • Lou is not African-American in this episode, though he is later.
  • This episode was the first to be broadcast by the BBC, on BBC One on 23 November 1996, making it the first episode to be seen by UK terrestrial viewers (the satellite channel Sky One had shown the program since 1990). Moving to BBC Two from 10 March 1997, it continued on the BBC until terrestrial rights moved to Channel 4 in 2004.
  • This was the first episode seen in Australia on Channel 10 in 1991. [citation needed]
  • This episode is usually shown as the first episode of Season 1 on German television as "Eine ganz normale Familie" (An ordinary family) and was the first to be aired on Premiere in 1991 and later that year on ZDF. The German DVD release of season 1 puts it into the US order of episodes. It was most likely chosen as episode 1 because it introduces a lot of characters and explains how the Simpsons work as a family. The Tracy Ullman sketches had not been seen in Germany.
  • Red, purple, green, blue: The colors of Jell-o molds Marge makes for the picnic.
  • A sign outside Burns manor reads, "Poachers will be shot."
  • The hypnotic show The Happy Little Elves supervises the children in the nursery at the company picnic.
  • Smithers wears his plant I.D. even at the picnic.
  • Marge gets drunk on punch that has "a little al-key-hol in it."
  • The first episode that Bart says his catch phrase "Don't have a cow."
  • The first episode that the Simpsons have been shot at.
  • The police dog's name is Bobo.
  • The phone number for Dr. Monroe's center is 1-800-555-HUGS.
  • When Homer is saying that they have to get $250 for the therapy, a teddybear that looks exactly like Mr Burns' bear Bobo can be seen on a lower shelf near the stereo.
  • Bart and Lisa's college fund amounts to $88.50
  • Their TV is a Motorola, and the pawn clerk knows Homer's name when he enters.
  • Dr. Monroe keeps his aggression therapy mallets in a gun cabinet.
  • This episode appears in Die Hard 2.
  • At Marvin Monroe's therapy center, the family that Homer idolized at the picnic sits in the reception area.
  • The family that Marvin Monroe cures are a younger version of The Simpsons.
  • The exact title of this episode can be found to vary slightly in different sources. One of the most common variations is There's No Place Like Homer.
  • This episode very much sums up the differences in character in the first season, with Marge being the one showing the family up, and Homer being ashamed by his family and striving to do better. Most surprising of all is Homer selling the television set - something the more recognised Homer of later seasons would never do!


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Bart the General

  • War movies - several war movies are parodied or homaged in various scenes throughout the episode:
    • Full Metal Jacket - The scene where the "trainees" do pull-ups and other exercises on a jungle-gym-type structure as the sun sets in the background.
    • The Longest Day - The shot of the GI helmet resting on its top while Nelson and his goons try to escape
    • Patton - Several lines of dialogue, Bart slapping one of his soldiers (for "being a disgrace") and the music are lifted directly from the movie. "The key to Springfield has always been Elm Street. The Greeks knew it, the Carthaginians knew it, now you know it."
    • Stripes - Herman running up and jabbing the training dolls with his bayonet, just like in the movie.
  • Life magazine V-J Day photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in New York's Times Square - One of Bart's "soldiers" grabs Lisa and passionately kisses her, the moment preserved on film. The pose of both the boy and Lisa are identical to the famous photograph shot by Alfred Eisenstaedt. However, Lisa slaps the boy and tells him to knock it off.
  • Nuremberg trials - The cronies' comments, "We were only following orders," effectively summarize those of Adolf Hitler's former Nazi leaders during the trials.
  • Italy in World War II - Earlier on Nelson's cronies follow him loyally, but when they are surrounded, they give up to Bart's army. In World War II, Italy was originally a loyal ally to Germany, and followed Mussolini, however when the Allies made advances, the Italian military surrendered to the Allies and betrayed Mussolini and declared war on Germany.
  • Peace treaties – Various peace treaties (and events surrounding them) are referenced in the armistice between Bart and Nelson:
  • ABC Afterschool Special and CBS Schoolbreak Special - Bart's post-episode speech, where he warns about the dangers of war and recommends further reading on the topic, pays homage to those "after school specials."

Bart the Genius

  • Books on the shelf in Bart's new advanced school classroom include Crime & Punishment, Babylonian Myths, Paradise Lost, Moby Dick, Plato, Dante's Inferno, The Illiad, Design of Computers, Astrophysics, Wana by Emile Zona, Puskin, Shakespeare I-XV, Quantum Mechanics, and the Life of Leonardo.
  • The work of Sigmund Freud is mentioned when the class discusses paradoxes, as is the quote, "If you want peace, you must prepare for war," attributed to Roman military writer Flavius Vegetius Renatus.
  • Albert Einstein is referenced repeatedly in this episode. There is a picture of Bart on the wall opposite one of Einstein in Dr. Pryor's office, under which Dr. Pryor says "It doesn't take a Bart Simpson to figure out that something's wrong." Later in the episode, Homer consoles Bart by saying, "I bet Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented the light bulb." Thomas Edison, famous to Americans as the inventor of the light bulb, would later become a fascination of Homer's in the episode "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace".
  • The Simpson attends the opera "Carmen", advertised as "Tonight Only in Russian."
  • On the opera poster, the conductor is identified as Boris Csuposki, a play on the name of producer and supervising animation director Gabor Csupo.

Homer's Odyssey

  • Get Smart: The powerplant doors that open up in different forms.
  • The Odyssey: The episode title comes from the Greek epic.
  • Al Jolson: Burns says: “I haven't seen anything like it since Jolson.”
  • John Henry: Steel Driving Man

Krusty Gets Busted

  • Black Sox Scandal – The famous line, "Say it ain't so, Joe!" is mimicked when Bart utters, "Say it ain't so, Krusty!"
  • The Flintstones – Lisa's line, "If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd put them on in prime time," is a stab at The Simpsons' predecessors-in-kind.
  • The Day the Music Died – The Channel 5 pre-trial report, "The Day the Laughter Died," is a play on the common phrase, referring to the plane crash that killed rock stars Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
  • Hamlet – Bart's observation, "Comedy, thy name is Krusty!" is a play on the Hamlet line, "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
  • Time and Newsweek - Krusty is shown on the cover of Timely and Newsweekly magazines.
  • Romania - Kent Brockman says, "children of all ages, from eight to eighty, hang on each new development like so many Romanian trapeze artists."
  • Krusty the Clown – several references:
  • Book Burning - The townspeople participate in a public burning of Krusty memorabilia.
  • "Burning Love" – The title of Elvis Presley's 1972 hit is used as the title of the first Itchy & Scratchy short (as well as another reference to The King).
  • Mission: Impossible – The distinctive theme to the 1960s crime drama plays as Bart and Lisa arrive at the Kwik-E-Mart to begin their investigation of the armed robbery.
  • The New York Review of Books – Sideshow Bob's version is The Springfield Review of Books, which contains "amusing caricatures of Gore Vidal and Susan Sontag".
  • The Man In the Iron Mask - Sideshow Bob reads the end of the chapter "An Homeric Song", and announces, "Next week, chapter 35 of The Man in the Iron Mask: 'The Death of a Titan.'"
  • Cole Porter - Bob sings "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" to end his show.
  • Stoicism - Just before Bart announces he has solved the mystery, Bob says, "In ancient Greece, there was a school of thought called stoicism".
  • Scooby Doo – Sideshow Bob's line, "And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for these meddling kids," is akin to what the villain says when caught at the end of every "Scooby Doo" episode.
  • Tom and Jerry – Because this is their first full-fledged appearance, Itchy & Scratchy are a violent parody of the famous MGM cat and mouse duo. Scratchy fills Tom's shoes as the hapless cat, who is forever tormented by Itchy the mouse, an ultra-sadistic version of Jerry.
  • Woodsy Owl – Krusty's poster, "Give a hoot, read a book!" is a spoof of Woodsy Owl's advertising campaign, "Give a hoot, don't pollute!"
  • Garfield and Friends the plot of this episode is similar to an episode called "Binky Goes Bad" in which Binky the clown is framed for robbery.
  • Beatles - Beatles records and merchandise were burned after John Lennon was quoted saying the Beatles were 'bigger than Jesus'.

Life on the Fast Lane

Moaning Lisa

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

Some Enchanted Evening (The Simpsons episode)

  • The chalkboard gag sentence is a reference to the old "don't yell fire in a crowded theater" rule.
  • "America's Most Wanted" - The "America's Most Armed and Dangerous" show is a parody of the FOX network show. The host of the parody is a John Walsh-soundalike.
  • The Happy Little Elves - These elf-like creatures are similar to other fantasy folk-type cartoon characters, most notably The Smurfs and The Care Bears.
  • "Jaws" - The ominous-sounding music as Ms. Botz approaches Bart and Lisa is similar to the music that plays when the bloodthirsty shark is about to attack in the movie.
  • "Patricia" - Homer hums the song, made famous by Cuban bandleader Perez Prado.
  • "Some Enchanted Evening" - The episode title is taken from the title of a song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" and is also the name of a 1978 Blue Öyster Cult album.
  • A dirty limerick - When Homer calls the babysitting service he gives them a fake name of Samson, reiterating it with the line "No, I said Samson, not Simpson." This is a reversal of the poem, which ends with "My name is Simpson, not Samson."

The Call of the Simpsons

The Crepes of Wrath

  • The episode's title is a play on John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" (the movie that is based off the novel, is, like The Simpsons, a Fox property).
  • The two winemakers, César and Ugolin, are named after the peasants from the 1986 French films Jean de Florette, and Manon des sources (Manon of the Springs), according to producer George Meyer.

The Telltale Head

  • The episode title is a reference to the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. In addition, Bart actually hears the head talking when he is overcome with guilt. The story also very similar to Paul Jennings' "....Headley Hopkins...".
  • The Bridge over the River Kwai - the line "What have I done?"
  • When Bart awakes to a find the head of Jebediah Springfield in bed next to him, it is reminiscent of the scene from "The Godfather" where Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) "persuades" Woltz to cast Fontane in the movie by leaving the head of the producer's prize racehorse in his bed.
  • Homer reads about a bowling ball called "The Hammer of Thor" that will "send your pins to Valhalla."

There's No Disgrace Like Home

  • Freaks, the Tod Browning cult horror film about sideshow "freaks," in its repetition of the line "one of us"
  • Citizen Kane in its low angle hillside shot of Burns' mansion
  • Batman in its reference to the "stately Burns Manor"
  • The episode title is a play on the saying "There's no place like home" (a quote from The Wizard of Oz).
  • In a scene reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange (1971), the Simpson family members are seated in a stark white laboratory, wired with electrodes, fronted by a bank of buttons. Each has the ability to shock everyone else.
  • Itchy & Scratchy, who made their first appearances together in this episode, are parodies of Tom and Jerry.


SimpsonsGoofs

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  • Debatable goof: When the photo of the kid sitting on Homer/Santas lap is taken merry is spelt merrie. However, this could likely be intentional, with it being a 'cartoony' spelling. (Also bear in mind the 'Merrie Melodies' cartoons, to which it could even be a slight nod). (Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire)
  • In the opening sequence, at the point where Homer gets off his car and shouts before running into the garage, no yell can be heard. (Bart the Genius)
  • Marcia Wallace's name was originally misspelled "Marsha" in the closing credits. In The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family the misspelling was misspelled as "Masha", and was not fixed until the third printing. (Bart the Genius)
  • Martin's last name is misspelled as "Prace" when Bart changes the name on the IQ tests. However, Bart spells it correctly when he writes "Martin Prince" on his paper and hands it in. (Bart the Genius)
  • Milhouse has black hair in this episode instead of his normal blue hair. (Bart the Genius)
  • One of Bart's friends turns from black to white during a scene. (Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire)
  • When Bart's class is walking down the hallway at the nuclear power plant, one of the twins (either Sherri or Terri), is animated as just a floating head. (Homer's Odyssey)
  • When Homer goes out of the house after writing his suicide note and picks up the stone, his lips move but no words are spoken. (Homer's Odyssey)
  • While Homer and Marge are in closeup, the background behind them is upside down, as Bart's portrait and the lamp on the ceiling shows. (Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire)


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Bart the Genius

  • In the opening sequence, at the point where Homer gets off his car and shouts before running into the garage, no yell can be heard.
  • Milhouse has black hair in this episode instead of his normal blue hair.
  • Martin's last name is misspelled as "Prace" when Bart changes the name on the IQ tests. However, Bart spells it correctly when he writes "Martin Prince" on his paper and hands it in.
  • Marcia Wallace's name was originally misspelled "Marsha" in the closing credits. In The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family the misspelling was misspelled as "Masha", and was not fixed until the third printing.

Homer's Odyssey

  • When Bart's class is walking down the hallway at the nuclear power plant, one of the twins (either Sherri or Terri), is animated as just a floating head.
  • When Homer goes out of the house after writing his suicide note and picks up the stone, his lips move but no words are spoken.

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

  • While Homer and Marge are in closeup, the background behind them is upside down, as Bart's portrait and the lamp on the ceiling shows.
  • Debatable goof: When the photo of the kid sitting on Homer/Santas lap is taken merry is spelt merrie. However, this could likely be intentional, with it being a 'cartoony' spelling. (Also bear in mind the 'Merrie Melodies' cartoons, to which it could even be a slight nod).
  • One of Bart's friends turns from black to white during a scene.


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