The Simpsons Guy/References

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References to the Shows

• The concept of Homer accusing Peter of his beer from his show, Pawtucket Patriot Ale, ripping off Duff Beer, the beer from his show, was a reference to how many people have accused Family Guy of ripping off The Simpsons.
• During the fight scene, Peter and Homer are seen jumping over the Springfield Gorge. Peter shouts "We're gonna make it!" to which Homer retorts "Trust me, we're not". This references Homer jumping the gorge in "Bart the Daredevil" and Homer and Bart's near-failed jump over the same gorge in The Simpsons Movie.
• Inside the Springfield Gorge, where Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin were fighting against each other, Peter hit Homer first using a tree branch and shouted Homer's catchphrase "Whoo-hoo!", then Homer hit Peter and shouted Peter's catchphrase "Roadhouse."
• When Peter and Homer are done fighting and walk away, Comic Book Guy shows up and say it was the worst chicken fight ever, which is a running gag in Family Guy when Peter fights Ernie the Giant Chicken.
• During the fight scene, Homer attacks Peter by throwing Emmy Award trophies at him, which makes Peter reply "Hey, that's no fair, I don't got none of them!" a jab at Family Guy never winning Emmys.
• At the end of the episode, Stewie says that Bart sounds like a girl, referencing that he is voiced by Nancy Cartwright, who is in fact, female.
• Bart tells Stewie that he has been bullied by Nelson for 24 years. This is a reference to how long Nelson has bullied throughout the series ever since his debut in "Bart the General", which aired on February 4, 1990.
• Peter states that he drank Duff Beer when he was younger, but he hasn't had it in 13 years. This a reference to how many seasons Family Guy has had so far.
• After the fight, Peter tells Homer, "I just wanted to make you laugh and cry. I'm a Family Guy." This is a take on the lyrics from the Family Guy theme song.
• After returning to Quahog, Peter asked his wife, Lois, "ain't the brewery out of business?", which Lois responded Springfield and the Simpsons family cannot enforce the verdict to close the brewery in Quahog and asked a rhetorical question "What, are they gonna come here? I think we know that's never gonna happen", which is a satire since this episode is officially a Family Guy episode, and the Simpsons are appearing in a Family Guy episode.
• While entering the courthouse, Peter says that he's tired because they "usually do these things for half an hour", a reference about this episode having one hour of duration (43 minutes long without the commercials), the double length of a normal Family Guy episode.
• The The Simpsons and Family Guy court pairings:
  • Matt Groening and Seth MacFarlane - Both are the creators of the TV shows.
  • Kent Brockman and Tom Tucker - Both are news reporters.
  • Seymour Skinner and Principal Shepherd - Both are school principals of their own schools. (Skinner with Springfield Elementary School and Shepherd with James Woods Regional High School, although the latter school would be later renamed Adam West High School)
  • Joe Quimby and Adam West - Both are mayors of their own towns. (Joe with Springfield and Adam with Quahog)
  • Nick Riviera and Elmer Hartman - Both are doctors who are bad at their jobs.
  • The Simpsons' James Woods and Family Guy's James Woods - Both are portrayals of James Woods.
  • Waylon Smithers, Jr. and Bruce - Both are ambiguous homosexuals, (Bruce being open and Smithers being closed).
  • Bumblebee Man and Consuela - Both are Mexican.
  • Horatio McCallister and Seamus - Both are old sea captains.
  • Carl Carlson and Cleveland Brown - Both are "The funniest guys in town". (Black guys)
  • Lenny Leonard and Glenn Quagmire - Both are friends of the main character, who usually sit at the bar with them (Lenny with Homer at Moe's Tavern and Quagmire with Peter at The Drunken Clam), unlike Quagmire, Lenny never has sex with females.
  • Krusty the Clown and Mort Goldman - Both are "Jewish clowns".
  • Mr. Burns and Stewie Griffin - Both are evil masterminds that have their own teddy bears. (Mr. Burns with Bobo and Stewie with Rupert)
    • Oddly, despite being a policeman, Joe Swanson didn't sit with Chief Wiggum (both cops) or Barney Gumble.
    • Interestingly, Herbert the Pervert was seen sitting next to Otto Mann. This is a reference to the fact that Herbert was originally going to be a creepy bus driver that Chris Griffin was afraid to go near.

Cultural References

• The song "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard plays during the car wash scene.
• In the fantasy scene, Bob Belcher from Bob's Burgers appears in the plane with Homer and Peter. Peter says that they have to carry him because he can't do well on his own, poking fun at how Family Guy is probably the only reason people stay on FOX to watch Bob's Burgers.
  • Another jab at Bob's Burgers appears when Peter and Homer agree to stay a half-hour away from each other, " With a pile of garbage between us", referencing how the shows appeared on the FOX schedule.
• Cleveland Brown from The Cleveland Show was seen in a crashing plane during the aforementioned sequence, referencing how Family Guy let Cleveland go to make his own spin-off series. Cleveland only lasted four seasons, then Cleveland returned to Family Guy in season 12.
• The aliens Kang and Kodos, who prominently appear in theTreehouse of Horror series, appear along with Roger Smith, another alien, from American Dad!. Roger revealed that they all went to summer camp together.
• The scene where Otto hits Sherri and Terri is likely a reference to Paramount's 2004 original movie Mean Girls, starring Tina Fey.
• The scene where Homer and Peter are fighting while the bus is tumbling is likely a reference to the 2010 movie of Warner Bros. Inception.

Trivia

• Harry Shearer was reportedly unavailable for this episode, so his characters have no dialogue whenever they appear in this episode, except for Lenny Leonard, whose two lines were provided by Dan Castellaneta.
• The chalkboard gag stating "Spoiler alert: Unfortunately, my dad doesn't die" during the opening of The Simpsons' Season 26 premiere "Clown in the Dumps" is a reference to Homer getting crushed by Kodos and Kang's spaceship.
• The eyes of the Family Guy characters seem to be a bit dimmer while in Springfield.
• Even though this Family Guy episode takes place in its thirteenth season, but for The Simpsons, it takes place in its twenty-sixth season after Clown in the Dumps was released on September 28, 2014, which this episode was released on the same day as this crossover with Family Guy.
• It is unknown where all the blood came from when Homer was lying unconscious under the spaceship after it fell on him when the fight was coming to an end. Additionally, it is never explained how he survived being squashed so gruesomely and getting back up seeming like nothing happened at all.
  • This is probably in part to being non-canon, and/or as a Family Guy episode: in that series, characters often incur more pain or even die as a joke, but are later revived. In the case of The Simpsons, a character would be more likely to stay deceased or go to the hospital.
• Stewie uses Bart's catchphrase "Eat My Shorts!" to Nelson, forcing him to eat his shorts while torturing Bart's tormentor.
• Seth MacFarlane and Matt Groening were seen in the very back of the courtroom in the courtroom scene.
• Family Guy's sixteenth season premiere, "Emmy-Winning Episode", references this episode, with Lois saying she doesn't want to do another Simpsons crossover, adding that it "brought nothing but more ink for The Simpsons".
• Stewie's attempts at plotting revenge to help Bart and Bart's shock of how far he went is a reference to many critics saying that Bart's antics are terrible and meaningless, but compared to Stewie's crimes in Family Guy, they seem tame.
• Being a Family Guy episode, it begins with that show's intro rather than The Simpsons intro. However, the latter's theme still plays as a leitmotif during the Griffins' stay in Springfield:
  • First time it plays is when the Griffins find the sign to Springfield, followed by a turnaround to view of the town as the opening choir vocalizes and the iconic twelve-noted tune plays.
  • The second time it plays is when the Griffins walk around Springfield.
  • The third time is where Homer appears out of the shadows, where the theme plays triumphantly.
  • The fourth time is when the next part/act begins at the police station.
  • The fifth time is where the Simpsons and Griffins have dinner in the dining room.
  • The sixth time is where Lisa and Meg have gone through what Meg could be good at.
  • The seventh time is where Homer and Peter are at Moe's.
  • The eight time is where the penultimate part/act begins at the court house, albeit with the Family Guy theme's tune mixed in at the start.
  • The ninth time is during the fight scene when Homer throws the Emmy Awards at Peter.
• This episode aired on ITV 2 In the UK (aired on the original version of BBC Three first before it shut down in 2016) instead of Channel 4 due to it technically being a Family Guy episode and not an actual Simpsons episode.
• Technically, if considered as a Simpsons episode, then this is the first time that the series properly aired on Adult Swim.

Goofs

• Every time some of the counterparts or citizens of Quahog or Springfield are showing them in their seats, some of them are missing and reappearing.
  • Bumblebee Man was missing when we saw him sit next to Consuela as the screen shows Quagmire with Lenny and Cleveland with Carl.
  • Smithers was missing when we we see Seamus and the Sea Captain.
  • Kent Brockman and Joyce Kinney were both missing when it showed Dr. Hartman and Dr. Nick.
  • Patty and Selma are missing when it cuts to Mort and Krusty.