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A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again |
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References
- The episode title is a pun on the 1997 non-fiction novel collection A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace. There are several references to the content of the essay within the episode, such as a ship being named the "Nadir", fresh fruit in the cabins, copious activities, and many towels available at all times.
- The song that played during Bart's weekday drudgery montage is "Boy from School" by Hot Chip.
- On the cruise's Fun Schedule:
- Kung Fu Person, which stars Jack Black, is a reference to Kung Fu Panda, which also starred Jack Black.
- A luxury cruise ship disaster was also featured in the 1998 action horror film Deep Rising, which guest star Treat Williams starred in.
- After the virus was announced, the KidZone Elite kids take on the task of preserving the world's greatest literature, and are seen working on the following:
- Creating an illuminated manuscript featuring Itchy and Scratchy.
- Transcribing The Little Prince, which is a real-life book.
- Playing a scene with Professor X and Magneto from X-Men.
- The music playing during Bart's fun activity montage is from "Ruslan and Ludmilla" by Mikhail Glinka.
- The defunct restaurant chain Mr. Steak is referred to.
Trivia
- The couch gag of this episode was previously used in "500 Keys."
- The opening sequence cut from the logo to the couch gag.
- Maggie tries to give Bart her pacifier. He gained a liking for pacifier in the short, "The Pacifier," when Maggie gave him one.
- Zelda, Grampa's girlfriend from "The Old Man and the Key," is seen on the Royalty Valhalla.
- The complete activities on the Fun Schedule list on the cruise ship include:
- 7:00-8:00 Xbox with PS3 controllers
- 8:05-9:00 Human Super-Mario Brothers
- 9:05-9:30 Slime Toss!
- 9:05-10:15 Mud Munch
- 10:20-11:00 Astronaut training with certified cosmonaut
- 11:05-11:30 Chimp sign language
- 11:05-12:00 Tie-dye your own cowboy hat
- 1:00-1:30 Sith training with certified Sith Lord
- 1:40-2:00 The propellersāup close and personal!
- 2:05-3:00 Claymation Movie Studio
- 2:00-4:00 Onesie Bedazzling Class For Babies
- 2:05-2:30 Toss melons at the propellers!
- 2:30-3:30 Work those water-balloon boobs!
- 3:40-5:40 Hull painting
- 3:40-4:00 Tickle the purser
- 3:40-4:30 Pizza Frisbee
- 3:40-4:30 Exotic foods that taste normal buffet
- 3:00-4:00 Para-mini-golf
- 3:15-4:15 Waterslide Bobsled
- 4:00-4:15 Punch through paintings!
- 4:05-5:00 Real life Tetris
- 3:30-4:30 Power Ranger lessons from a former Pink
- 3:00-4:00 Sell your cruise ship thriller screenplay
- 4:00-5:15 Laser-Tag
- 4:00-4:50 Stuff, overboard!
- 5:30-6:30 Fake Broadway auditions
- 5:30-6:00 Norwegian Swearing
- 6:00-7:00 Ice Cream Rave w/ Mix Ins Master Mike
- 6:00-7:00 Mess with an octopusāadvanced
- 6:00-7:00 Crewman Nguyen eats what?!
- 6:00-7:00 Victims of Bullies support group
- 7:00-8:30 Death comes to the activity center: a Kidzone Murder-Mystery
- 8:00-10:00 Morgue time
- Cregg Demon from "The Great Simpsina" appears again.
- The term 'Valhalla' was previously used in "The Telltale Head."
- Bart also went on a leisure boat ride where disaster struck in "The Old Man and the "C" Student" and "The Mansion Family."
- The last time a Simpson was grossed out by humans being eaten occurred in "In Marge We Trust."
- This episode also marks that the Simpsons have now been to all continents.
Goofs
- The computer that Bart is using has four rows of keys, but a real one has five. This keyboard might not have the top row with numbers, just the number square on the side.
- During Bart's Everything Sale, there is no line across the money jar to mark where the money for the cruise has to fill up to.
- When Moe opens Bart's baby tooth box, there is a baby tooth at the corner of the box which is the same color as the box.
- Bart's knife seems to appear and disappear strangely.
- Bart moves from one end of the couch to the other in a split-second.
- Marge's voice is very gravelly when she tells Bart to eat his dinner.
- When Marge and Homer are kissing on the boat, the alarm sounds. The people in the background react to the sound before the alarm even begins.
- When Bart says "Squirt!" the second time in the communications room, his mouth remains closed.
- At the Fun Court, there is a black-skinned man to the right of Dave. But, after Bart admits the virus was a hoax, there are a group of people to the right of Dave.
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The Falcon and the D'ohman ā¢ Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts ā¢ Treehouse of Horror XXII ā¢ Replaceable You ā¢ The Food Wife ā¢ The Book Job ā¢ The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants ā¢ The Ten-Per-Cent Solution ā¢ Holidays of Future Passed ā¢ Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson ā¢ The D'oh-cial Network ā¢ Moe Goes from Rags to Riches ā¢ The Daughter Also Rises ā¢ At Long Last Leave ā¢ Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart ā¢ How I Wet Your Mother ā¢ Them, Robot ā¢ Beware My Cheating Bart ā¢ A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again ā¢ The Spy Who Learned Me ā¢ Ned 'N Edna's Blend ā¢ Lisa Goes Gaga |