The Parent Rap/References

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◄ Treehouse of Horror XII

The Parent Rap

Homer the Moe ►

Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the film The Parent Trap.
  • Which is ironic seeing that Bart and Homer get attached together, rather than separated.
• "Dang Me" by Roger Miller is the song playing on the car radio at the end of the episode.
• One of the sound effects Bill and Marty use in their show is the line "Damn dirty apes" from the movie Planet of the Apes.
• In addition to the $40 prize for the winning the radio contest, Homer also receives a Blue Öyster Cult medallion. "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by B.Ö.C. is also played over the closing credits.
  • Judge Constance Harm refers to the reality court show Judge Judy.

Trivia

• Judge Constance Harm indicates she was born male when she tells Bart he reminds her of herself when she was a little boy. Snake is shocked by this, and says, "Did she say she used to be a dude?!"
• In this episode, Judge Snyder's first name is revealed to be Roy.
• As an inside joke, Snake was seen in the Juvenile Courthouse. The writers put him in because the crime he committed was against a child.

Goofs

• Bart and Homer are able to change their clothes despite them being tethered together.
• It appears that most of Springfield forgot about Homer and Marge being viewed as bad parents before. Then again, Springfieldians aren't that smart.
• When Homer goes to sleep in Mrs. Krabappel's class, his tongue's palette color changes from pink to white.
• The constitution forbids cruel or unusual punishment, both tethering Bart and Homer together and putting Marge and Homer in stocks would classed as this.