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The Fat Blue Line |
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Cultural References[]
- The title is a reference to the 1990s British police sitcom The Thin Blue Line, starring Rowan Atkinson.
- The San Castellaneta Festival parodies both the Italian festivals in Boston and voice actor Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer, Krusty, and numerous other characters on this show.
- Chief Wiggum can be seen watching Wheel of Fortune, and also mentions the TV show “Access Hollywood.”
- Lenora Carter calls Lou and Eddie "Riggs and Murtaugh," two characters from the "Lethal Weapon" films.
- The episode’s opening intro parodies Queen’s infamous “Bohemian Rhapsody” Live Aid Concert from 1985.
- The song "Baby Elephant Walk" by Henry Mancini plays when Wiggum and Ralph act like elephants.
- Fit-Fat Tony mentions one way for him to have gotten by was on many scholarships offered to Italian-American students, which are extremely common in the United States in real life.
- Kent Brockman calls Fit-Fat Tony the "Wolf of Wallet Street", a reference to the film "Wolf of Wall Street." He even parodies Where’s Waldo? while making a report on the pickpocketed wallets as Where’s Wallet?
- When Fit-Fat Tony is alone, he sings "I'm Still Here" by Stephen Sondheim, from the musical "Follies."
- In the climactic scene at Luigi's, "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey plays in the background. This scene in Luigi's is also a reference to the finale of The Sopranos.
Trivia[]
- Originally advertised as TV-PG for mild suggestive dialogue (D), mild offensive language (L), and mild violence (V) in the preview, but the rating on American TV was changed to TV-14 for moderate suggestive dialogue (D), moderate offensive language (L), and moderate violence in the original broadcast.
- This is the second time Wiggum has saved Homer's life, the first being in "Chief of Hearts."
- This is also the second time Johnny Tightlips has almost killed Homer. First being the aforementioned episode. (Although in this episode, Johnny almost killed Homer on accident instead since Johnny meant to shoot Fit-Fat Tony)
- This marks the first episode where Fit-Fat Tony cries. (The other episodes his cousin, Fat Tony, cried in are "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge," Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington," and "Moe Baby Blues," thus making this count as the fourth episode where Fat Tony/Fit-Fat Tony cried in)
- It is unknown if Johnny was reaccepted as Fit-Fat Tony's loyal capo again after the events of this episode. However, a season later in the Season 32 episode, "Diary Queen," it answered that question if Johnny would ever be in Fit-Fat Tony's gang again after this. (Even though it was never explained how he reaccepted Fit-Fat Tony as his boss again after betraying him in this episode) He almost betrays Fit-Fat Tony again in "A Made Maggie," two seasons later in Season 33.
Goofs[]
Legs’ eyes don’t have pupils drawn in them
- In the ending when the police arrest the mafia, Eddie and Lou are not seen in the beginning, but they are then seen with Wiggum in a later shot.
- Wiggum tells Marge he is 38. However, in "The Bob Next Door," he stated he was 43. Also in "Mother Simpson," it is implied that he could be older than Homer, as Wiggum was either an older teenager (15-17, since, depending on what state Springfield is in, is the age range for a young person to legally be employed) or a young adult (between 18 and 29) when he worked for Mr. Burns as a security guard for his biological warfare lab while Homer around that same time was a little kid (somewhere between five and seven).
- In one shot as Homer is walking by and singing, enjoying himself at the San Castellaneta Festival, Legs, for some reason, is missing his pupils in his eyes.