Last Tap Dance in Springfield/References

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Cultural references

• Strictly Ballroom - The scenes of the movie El Tango de la Muerte that are shown are similar to that of the 1992 Baz Luhrmann movie.

• ACME — Chief Wiggum uses rat traps (to catch the assumed culprit of the mall vandalism) from the same company Wile E. Coyote patronized.
• Dawn of The Dead — Much of the montage of Bart and Milhouse having fun in the empty mall mirrors the same as the protagonists, Peter, Stephen, Fran and Roger after driving the zombies out. To make it more obvious, when the Police and Mall Security block the old people out of their morning walk, they react exactly like the Zombies that want in the mall.
• Jaws — Wiggum's remark about being "crazy about the safety of the public" is taken from the 1975 thriller.
• Korg and Moog synthesizer — The "MORG" synthesizer at Stan's Keyboards (a store at Springfield Mall) combines the brand names of the synthesizer and keyboard.
• Last Tango in Paris — The episode title is a play on the movie's name.
• RoboCop — The "Cyborganizer" show Homer watches is a spoof of the 1980s science fiction-police movie.
• Shirley Temple — Former child actress Lil' Vicki Valentine is based on Temple. However, Shirley Temple went into a different line of work as an adult, having become a U.S. Ambassador. She often used the name Mrs. Charles Black (after her husband) to gain credibility in her adult life and not be solely associated with a child actress. Coincidentally, the real Shirley Temple was supposed to voice Vicki Valentine, but she turned down the chance.
• "On the Good Ship Lollipop" — "Spaceship Lollipop" is a parody of this: Shirley Temple starred in it too.
• The Red Shoes - Lisa's self-tapping shoes wouldn't stop controlling her feet, similarly to how the red shoes forced a girl named Karen to dance endlessly. The Red Shoes is a story written by Hans Christian Andersen.

Previous Episode References

• Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious and The Springfield Connection: Homer lets Kearney have alcohol (or otherwise, buys alcohol for Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney).
• The Otto Show and The Last Temptation of Krust: A Nancy Cartwright-voiced boy character (Bart [on both episodes]/Kearney) does a poor vocal impression of Marge.
• Lard of the Dance: Homer has an eye injury (a vacuum enlarges his eye/gets laser surgery and lets his eyes crust over).
• Kamp Krusty:
  • Bart and Milhouse go to camp.
  • An adult character (Mr. Black/Homer) lets Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney have alcohol and tobacco.
• Radio Bart and Lisa the Beauty Queen: Lisa can (or is interested in) dance.
  • Radio Bart only: A Simpson kid (Bart/Lisa) takes (or wants to take) tango lessons (Bart as part of his birthday coupon spree/Lisa after seeing Tango de la Muerte).
• Treehouse of Horror III ("King Homer"):
  • Reference to Shirley Temple (King Homer eats Shirley Temple/Vicky Valentine is a spoof of her [and was supposed to be voiced by Temple herself]) and "On The Good Ship Lollipop".
  • Treehouse of Horror III ("Dial Z for Zombie") and Stark Raving Dad: A Simpson kid (Lisa/Bart) is upset over the death of Snowball I.
• Missionary Impossible: Yeardley Smith voices a girl that's similar to Lisa (the Pacific Islander girl that Homer calls "Lisa Jr."/Lisabella in Tango de la Muerte).
• Homer to the Max: Homer immediately hates a new TV show after it gets retooled (Police Cops when the dashing and handsome Homer Simpson is changed into a bumbling idiot/Cyborganizer when he's changed into a struggling single father).

Goofs

Jimbo with a gold hat

• Why would Kearney need Homer to buy Jack Daniels and cigarettes for him when Kearney is implied in a few episodes to be of age to get it himself (unless Kearney was setting Homer up for the crime of buying beer and cigarettes for minors [i.e. Dolph and Jimbo], which he did before on "The Springfield Connection". And, according to Nancy Cartwright, Kearney is actually 19 years old, so, at the time of the episode, it would have been legal for him in the United States to get cigarettes, but not Jack Daniels)?
• When Homer is unknowingly in the car with Kearney, Dolph and Jimbo, Jimbo's hat is gold instead of purple.

The puma with white eyes

• This episode takes place in February (just before the Presidents' Day weekend), and yet Bart and Milhouse plan on going to camp for a week. It may be spring break week camp.
• When Bart and Milhouse sees the Puma in the bushes Milhouse is barefoot. During the chase he is now wearing his shoes.
• After the puma plays with the first ball of yarn, its eyes are white.
• It is never explained what happened to Bart and Milhouse after the puma ate the ball. Or what happened after Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney tricked Homer into buying them cigarettes and Jack Daniels.