Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge/References

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Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge

Treehouse of Horror XIII ►

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the James Brown song Papa's Got a Brand New Bag.
• Lovin' Spoonful's 1966 hit Summer in the City is used during the looting sequence.
• Homer attempting to recruit companions for his security company in the Springfield church is a reference to the 1952 American western film High Noon, although the line "You all know me" is was taken from the 1975 American horror/thriller film Jaws.
• The Mafia's journey to the Simpsons' house is a spoof of the opening of HBO's hit drama series The Sopranos, complete with the show's opening theme, "Woke Up This Morning" by Alabama 3. One of Fat Tony's Jersey henchmen also bears great resemblance to Paulie, one of the main supporting characters in the show.
• The "students (Skinner) hasn't seen in years" are Jughead Jones from the Archie comics, Fat Albert and Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli from Happy Days.
• Fat Tony parodies dialogue from the movie The Godfather Part II.
• Otto steals Pablo Picasso's popular painting Guernica.
• The name of the hat shop, The Wooly Bully, is a reference to the 1965 homonym song by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs.
• Otis, the town drunk, is a parody of Otis -- the Mayberry town drunk -- from The Andy Griffith Show.

Trivia

• The settings on Groundskeeper Willie's air conditioner are: Glasgow Winter, Well-Digger's Bum, and Witch's Teat.
• Homer's SpringShield slogan is "Have no fear! SpringShield's present!"

Notes

• This is the second appearance of Johnny Tightlips (one of Fat Tony's henchmen.) He also appeared in "Insane Clown Poppy."
• When the power goes out through Springfield someone yells throughout the city, "I'm going to miss FOX celebrity boxing!" The night when this episode appeared, celebrity boxing was right after it.
• This episode was originally supposed to air in season 14 but FOX decided to air a "bonus episode."
• This episode was dedicated to the memory of Stephen Jay Gould. Stephen appeared as himself in the season 9 episode "Lisa the Skeptic."
• When Homer said someone will take his place, then he will take his place, the only people who will take his are Lenny and Carl.
• The last time a Simpson became a cop occurred in "The Springfield Connection".
• In "Separate Vocations" it is revealed that Homer wanted to be a police officer but was rejected due to his stupidity and in "Bart the Murderer", he pretended to be a police officer. In this episode he finally becomes a police officer.
• The last time Homer took the law into his own hands, because Chief Wiggum was corrupt and/or incompetent, occurred in "Homer the Vigilante".
• Drederick Tatum's line 'I think I speak for myself, Comic Book Guy and Bumblebee Man' is an in-joke, as Hank Azaria voices all three of these characters.

Goofs

• When the Simpson family is following the fan early in the episode, Lisa is barefooted. However after Homer goes to plug in the Santa doll, she is suddenly wearing shoes. Then after the blackout, she is barefoot again.
• When Homer is in the Kwik-E Mart, Apu offers for him to take a penny from the tray stating there's only one penny left, however when Homer takes the coin there's another in its place.