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The Last Temptation of Krust |
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Previous Episode References[]
- Krusty Gets Busted, Like Father, Like Clown, Krusty Gets Kancelled, and Bart the Fink:
- Bart and/or Lisa help Krusty the Clown.
- Krusty Gets Busted and Bart the Fink: Bart has a lot of Krusty the Clown merchandise in his room.
- Like Father, Like Clown and Krusty Gets Kancelled: Krusty is at the Simpsons' house.
- Bart the Fink:
- People think Krusty the Clown is dead.
- Krusty quits show biz (because of his tax problems/because his humor is out of step with modern times).
- Krusty Gets Kancelled:
- An episode of The Simpsons where Krusty revitalizes his dying career and a bunch of real-world celebrities guest star (with The Simpsons barely involved in it).
- Krusty does an offensive East Asian voice (says, "Me rikey veddy much" when Gabbo tricks him into thinking he's a Japanese businessman/his "Me So Solly" bit).
- The Last Temptation of Homer: Episode title is a spoof of The Last Temptation of Christ.
- El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer: A character voiced by Dan Castellaneta (Homer/Krusty) tries to drink multiple beers at once.
- The Otto Show and Homer Loves Flanders: A male character (Bart [twice]/Homer) does a poor vocal impression of Marge.
- The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson and Treehouse of Horror VIII ("Fly vs. Fly"): Homer nearly goes to the bathroom in an inappropriate place/at an inopportune time (almost pees in a mailbox/puts one of the teleporters near the toilet and the other in the living room/goes to the bathroom in spite of Bart, Jay Leno, and Mr. Teeny cleaning Krusty in the bath).
- Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes: The Flanders family find an ancillary character (Homer's half-brother, Herb/Krusty the Clown) outside their house looking disheveled.
- Hurricane Neddy: Rod and Todd are afraid of Krusty the Clown (Todd doesn't like the poster of Krusty/the two kids are afraid of touching a hungover Krusty).
- Burns, Baby Burns: Bart cracks jokes about Marge.
- $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling): Krusty tries and fails at adult humor.
- Kamp Krusty:
- Bart still has the Kamp Krusty flag (the one that he replaced with the Kamp Bart flag, but Lisa wanted it to be named "Kamp Freedom").
- Krusty is happier being a shill than caring about the quality of his products or entertainment.
- Kamp Krusty and 'Round Springfield: Krusty gets hurt by one of his defective products.
- The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show: Something meant for children (The Itchy & Scratchy Show/Krusty) changes its/his image to be more modern (for the time) and "in-your-face".
- Duffless and Lisa's Pony: All Creatures Great and Cheap (the pet store at the mall) is seen.
- Lisa the Greek: Marge takes one (or, in this case, both) of the kids clothes shopping because it's been a while since they had new clothes, despite never seeming to age.
- Homer vs. Patty and Selma: Homer burns a dollar bill with a high denomination.
- A Fish Called Selma:
- The Pimento Grove is seen.
- Someone thinks a Springfield celebrity (Troy McClure/Krusty the Clown) has died, when, really, their career tanked.
Cultural References[]
- The title is a reference to the 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ.
- Krusty's return to the underground comedy scene may be considered an homage to George Carlin, Lenny Bruce and Bill Hicks, known for their harsh, cynical comedy material in which they frequently criticized corporate America. Numerous parallels between the two can be drawn, such as Krusty adopting an all-black wardrobe (similar to Hicks and Carlin), and his more cynical, truth-driven material.
- During Krusty's retirement speech, he quotes bits from "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman.