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References
- The title sequence shows a time lapse shot (spanning 1989-2012) of the Simpson family sitting in front of a banner reading "America, Most powerful country in the world". The banner slowly degrades over time as characters from past episodes appear. Things and characters depicted include:
- 1989: Homer and Maggie hold American flags.
- 1991: Leon Kompowsky moonwalking (from Stark Raving Dad).
- 1993: Stampy the elephant with Ralph in his mouth (from Bart Gets an Elephant).
- 1995: Poochie the Dog (from The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show)
- 1997: O'Reilly the Leprechaun (first appeared in This Little Wiggy).
- 1999: The ghost of Maude Flanders.
- 2001: Baron Von Kiss-A-Lot (from Half-Decent Proposal).
- 2003: Goose Gladwell (from Fat Man and Little Boy).
- 2005: Chazz Busby (from Smoke on the Daughter).
- 2007: Homer holds Spiderpig/Harry Plopper (from The Simpsons Movie) and the television changes to the flat screen HDTV (first appeared Take My Life, Please).
- 2009: Princess Penelope (from Once Upon a Time in Springfield).
- 2010: Homer and Bart change the banner to "Too big to fail, we hope".
- 2012: Maggie holds a Chinese flag.
- Brent Spiner, who voices the robots in this episode, more famously played the character of Lieutenant Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- The robots resetting their prime directive to eliminate all threats to the plant is parodies I, Robot and The Terminator.
- In "The Falcon and the D'ohman" Homer predicts on robots taking away jobs and in this episode that happens.
- The last time robots worked at the Springfield Power Plant while Homer still worked there was in "Lisa's Wedding".
- This is the second episode whose title is a refrenence to I, Robot (the first was "I, D'oh-Bot ").
ā Season 22 | Season 23 References/Trivia | Season 24 āŗ |
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The Falcon and the D'ohman ā¢ Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts ā¢ Treehouse of Horror XXII ā¢ Replaceable You ā¢ The Food Wife ā¢ The Book Job ā¢ The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants ā¢ The Ten-Per-Cent Solution ā¢ Holidays of Future Passed ā¢ Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson ā¢ The D'oh-cial Network ā¢ Moe Goes from Rags to Riches ā¢ The Daughter Also Rises ā¢ At Long Last Leave ā¢ Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart ā¢ How I Wet Your Mother ā¢ Them, Robot ā¢ Beware My Cheating Bart ā¢ A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again ā¢ The Spy Who Learned Me ā¢ Ned 'N Edna's Blend ā¢ Lisa Goes Gaga |