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Trivia
- Barney's accidental shooting and killing a woman crossing Evergreen Terrace was later referenced in the episode "Homer and Apu" (when Barney tips over the large bottle of Mrs. Butterworth and freaks out, yelling "It's all happening again!").
- Adolf Hitler and Charles Lindburgh both owned Bobo after he is abandoned.
- Milhouse is implied to be missing (cf. the scene of Smithers overlaying pictures of Bobo with pictures of Milhouse on a milk carton)
- Bobo was made with 100% cotton.
- Smithers' birthday wish is to have Mr. Burns jump out of a cake and sing to him a la Marilyn Monroe.
Cultural references
Citizen Kane
- The episode itself is a large homage to Citizen Kane.
- The title of the episode is a direct reference to a reoccurring theme in the film.
- The opening scene of the episode is also reference. Rosebud is the final word of the protagonist in the film, Charles Foster Kane. The scene where Burns throws snow globes on his bedroom's floor and a reflection of a shattered one where Smithers enters the room mirrors from the film, with a nurse entering the room of the late Kane - this is an exact re-shoot of an infamous scene from the film.
References
- The guards outside Burns' Mansion resemble the Winkie Guards from the classic 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz They even sing a similar chant.
- The Ramones appear, performing for Mr. Burns and then insult him.
- After Burns is taken away from his family they remark that "At least we still have his brother George." George has an uncanny resemblance and mannerisms as comedian George Burns.
- Shows that Mr. Burns interrupted include Barney the Dinosaur, Soul Mass Transit System, and Bumblebee Man.
- Mr. Burns has a painting of a naked Mark Twain.
| ā Season 4 | Season 5 References/Trivia | Season 6 āŗ |
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| Homer's Barbershop Quartet ā¢ Cape Feare ā¢ Homer Goes to College ā¢ Rosebud ā¢ Treehouse of Horror IV ā¢ Marge on the Lam ā¢ Bart's Inner Child ā¢ Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood ā¢ The Last Temptation of Homer ā¢ $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) ā¢ Homer the Vigilante ā¢ Bart Gets Famous ā¢ Homer and Apu ā¢ Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy ā¢ Deep Space Homer ā¢ Homer Loves Flanders ā¢ Bart Gets an Elephant ā¢ Burns' Heir ā¢ Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song ā¢ The Boy Who Knew Too Much ā¢ Lady Bouvier's Lover ā¢ Secrets of a Successful Marriage | ||