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"Million-Dollar Abie" |
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Trivia[]
- This is the fourth episode of The Simpsons to be rated M in Australia (this time, for references to assisted suicide, animal cruelty, and an ableist joke about Down Syndrome).
Cultural References[]
- The title of this episode is a play on the 2004 movie, Million Dollar Baby.
- The people who Dr. Egoyan stated that Abe Simpson was going to follow in their footsteps are Greek philosopher Socrates (though Socrates killed himself not because of mental health issues, but because he was sentenced to drink a hemlock-laced drink after being found guilty of corrupting the minds of Athens' youth), British author Virginia Woolf (fell into a depression and committed suicide by walking into a lake and drowning herself, similar to what happened to Moe's bartending mentor on season thirteen's "Homer the Moe"), American author Ernest Hemingway (shot himself), American journalist and gonzo journalism founder Hunter S. Thompson (shot himself).
- The celebrities impersonated in the "Springfield Blows" video include Michael Jackson, Jack Nicholson, Steven Spielberg, Jim Jam Bonks (The Simpsons' parody of Jar Jar Binks), The Who, Bono, Sting, Barbra Streisand, Sylvester Stallone, Freddy Krueger and El Kabong.
- The euthanasia center is a spoof of the one in Soylent Green.
- One of the options on the diePod's menu is "Megadeath", an allusion to the thrash metal band Megadeth.
- The doctor who helps Abe try to kill himself, Dr. Egoyan, is an obvious reference to Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
- The name of the Glenn Miller Orchestra song that Grampa requested is Pennyslvania 6-5000.
- The program 48 Minutes is a parody of 60 Minutes.
- The song that plays when Abe 'lives it up' is 'Superman' by R.E.M. from their 1986 album, Lifes Rich Pageant.
- The song that plays while Grampa walks around Springfield being resented by the other Springfieldians is Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) by John Lennon.
Goofs[]
- When the Springfield Mall is shown, the signage is white instead of the usual red.
- When Marge makes her comments about the bull taunter and bull stabber, she points to them conversely. When she mentions the bull taunter, the picador who lances the bull is shown.
- After the diePod is hauled away, there is junk on the floor. In the next shot of the floor, it is clean.
- When Maggie's words are translated it is revealed that she thinks Homer is her "bald mommy." However, in "Lisa's First Word", she clearly knows who Homer is, as her first word is "Daddy" (though she said this when Homer left the room after wishing that Maggie would never say her first words).
- When the Simpsons walk into the house after Grampa has tied up the football commissioner, the carpet is brown instead of green.
Brown floor
Green floor