Orange is the New Yellow/References

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Orange is the New Yellow

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Cultural References

• The title of the episode is a reference to the Netflix exclusive series Orange is the New Black.
• The orange submarine at the Springfield Park is a reference to the song "Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. The color of the submarines is also a reference to the name of the episode.

Trivia

• Opening sequence differences:
  • When Carl and Lenny fall off the ladder, Lenny this time says "Oh, not again!".
  • When Maggie is being scanned at the supermarket, instead of $486.52, the scanner reads "Read again".
  • Lisa plays a Themerin instead of the Saxophone.
  • Homer is seen holding the couch gag manual in his left hand while being pushed by the car into the door. Also, the background after the door is completely white.
• The last time Marge was in prison was in "Marge in Chains".
• This is the second time where Homer becomes a prison guard. The first was in "The Wandering Juvie".

Continuity

• Marge is seen to the Springfield Women's Prison for a second time; the first was in "Marge in Chains".
• In the opening sequence Lisa play a theremin, which was previously done in the episode "Homer Scissorhands".
• Homer dresses up as a prison guard, this was previously done in the episode "The Wandering Juvie".
• Ned references to losing his first wife Maude Flanders, which happened in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily".
• Mr. Sparkle from the episode "In Marge We Trust" is seen on laundry detergent.

Goofs

• At first, Marge needed a phone to hear Homer through the bulletproof window in the Prison's visiting room, but later, Homer is able to talk to her without the phone.
• When Marge fires the prison guard's gun, the guard has long sleeves on his uniform. However, the sleeves become short when Marge is handcuffed. When Marge is escorted out of the visiting room, the guard's sleeves are long again.
• Martha Prince asks her son about his "new friend" but in a deleted scene of Grade School Confidential she already knew Bart and she knew he was friends with Martin.
• Chief Wiggum says that kids weren’t allowed to go out on their own anymore, even though he had no problem with kids going out on their own in future episodes like “Bart the Bad Guy” for example.