Gump Roast/References

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◄ Weekend at Burnsie's

Gump Roast

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Cultural references

• The opening act spoofs Forrest Gump, including the falling feather. The episode's title is also a reference to the movie.
• When Mr. Burns steps toward the podium, The Imperial March, Darth Vader's theme from Star Wars, is heard. This has been use as a semi-official piece of theme music for Mr. Burns before. In the same episode, Dr. Hibbert is dressed like Darth Vader.
• In this episode, Kang asserts that the Earth was created 5,000 years ago by God, and Kang and Kodos then make the sign of the Cross. This is an apparently satirical reference to Young Earth creationism.
• At the beginning of the clip show song at the end of the episode, there is a picture of Homer jumping the shark, which is a term that describes when a television show has reached its peak and is now declining in quality or has done something to cause a sudden decline in quality. The term is a reference to an episode of Happy Days in which Fonzie literally jumped a shark.
• Agnes Skinner wears the same dress that Jennifer Lopez wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000.
• The song sung at the end is a take-off on Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start the Fire".
• Krusty mentions Mark Spitz couldn't be there and has sent a telegram. Lisa asks "Who's Mark Spitz?" and Bart then asks "What's a telegram?"

Trivia

• Due to negative reviews on the episode, this is the last episode and the final time the series would do a full clip show episode. According to the Season 13 DVD commentary, the writers dropped the idea of clip show episodes in favor of the anthology episodes (where each act has three or four stories, for example: the Treehouse of Horror series). From season 14 onwards, no more clip shows were done after this episode.
• NRBQ sing the clip show song at the end of the episode.
  • One of the crazy future plots for The Simpsons in the song shows Patty and Selma getting married to Grampa Simpson. Patty would (almost) get married (albeit to a man impersonating a woman) in the season 16 episode, "There's Something About Marrying", while Selma married Abe in the season 18 episode, "Rome-Old and Julie-Eh".
• This is one of the few Film Roman episodes to use the original longer end credits theme, which was mainly used on episodes produced by Klasky-Csupo, Inc.
• In addition to the Forrest Gump reference, the title is a pun on rump roast.
• The short music that plays when Homer flashes back to him falling and screaming inside Moe's car sounds different from the original one heard in "Dumbbell Indemnity".
• The way Maggie says daddy in her flashback of Homer sounds different from the one in "Lisa's First Word".
• The film grain effects from the clip of Homer chasing Bart with a mace from "Children of a Lesser Clod" is removed. (In its original context, it was part of a film Bart and Lisa edited to expose Homer as the kind of man he actually is.)

Children of a Lesser Clod

Gump Roast

Goofs

• When Homer remembers his moments with his car, one of the clips (from "Dumbbell Indemnity") shows Homer falling down a hill in Moe's car. This is wrong since that is not Homer's car.
• During the opening act, Moe impersonates Austin Powers and Dr. Hibbert impersonates Darth Vader. Both are arrested because of an ordinance that banned impersonations of movie characters, although Homer is not arrested for his impersonation of Forrest Gump and Hibbert and Moe later appear at the roast with no explanation.
• In a character error, Dr. Hibbert says "Luke, I am your father." Though this line is frequently quoted in popular culture, including a previous episode, the actual line from The Empire Strikes Back is "No, I am your father."

Call-Backs to previous episodes

• Homer's Life Story:
  • His birth.
  • Grampa telling Homer "Jack and Jill".
  • Homer and Marge meeting for the "first" time.
• Homer and Marge doing things together:
  • Dancing at Greasers Cafe.
  • Nude Homer and Marge hiding behind lawn ornaments.
  • Stampy the elephant arrives.
• Homer's memories of the Family Sedan
  • Homer drives through New York, with the clamp still on his wheel.
  • Homer recklessly drives through Springfield with a bucket on his head.
  • Homer tries bailing out of Moe's car, but ends up rolling back in.
• Bart and Lisa bonding with Homer:
  • Bart and Lisa distracting families with carols while Homer steals the Funzos.
  • Bart and Lisa repeatedly asking Homer to take them to Mt. Splashmore.
  • The family having epileptic fits from watching "Battle Seizure Robots".
• Homer singing:
  • The "Max Power" Theme.
  • The Food Song.
  • The Hunger Song.
• Homer's "nincompoopery" at the Power Plant:
  • Spilling fondu over the control panel.
  • Locking everyone in, during the fire drill.
• Homer failing at sports:
  • Getting hit repeatedly in the crotch by snow mounds, while skiing.
  • Homer going skew-wiff, while water-skiing.
• Homer's violent outbursts against Bart and Barbecues:
  • Attacking the failed barbecue.
  • Strangling Bart:
    • After Bart says he doesn't even like going to bathroom after him.
    • After Bart says that he(Homer) was the one who dared Milhouse and him(Bart) to throw the mail down the sewer.
    • After realising Bart tricked him about an alien invasion.
    • After Bart confesses that he(Bart) put him(Homer) in a coma.
    • Him and Bart using the tethers as weapons.
    • At the opticians, seeing which lense is easier to see Bart, to stangle him in.
    • Lisa and him strangling Bart after he(Bart) reveals that he destroyed the tree and presents.
  • Chasing him through the street with a mace.
• Maggie's memories:
  • Embracing with Marge
  • Saying "Daddy"