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Tiger Repelling Rock[edit]

Is there enough public knowledge/pop culture references to the "rock that keeps tigers away" for it to warrant a mention in the article? -- 18:13, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

It depends on if there are any reliable sources out there to prove that it's worth mentioning. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 19:09, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe there are plenty of examples of it being used in debates to question someone reasoning and such in a way similar to "I for one welcome out [noun] overlords" has entered pop culture, which I believe is mentioned here somewhere. However I think the phrase "Truthiness" has overtaken its popularity at the moment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.194.232 (talk) 14:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it belongs in the specious reasoning article, rather than this one :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 23:22, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Issues of Race and Immagration in this Episode[edit]

This episode ends with Groundskeeper Willie being deported. Most immigrants to the United States are of color, so some Americans, where the majority of citizens are white, often don't realize that white immigrants exist. To some Americans, and I'm an American making this statement, immigrants of color are otherized while white immigrants are embraced as similar. This episode points to that double standard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chumley41 (talk • contribs) 19:34, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the thing I don't get. Why would you need a proposition to deport illegal immigrants? Isn't that what you do already if you discover one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 23:12, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural reference[edit]

I'm pretty sure this happened:

Apu: Mr Homer, I need sleep. All these things you tell me are completely new to me.
Homer: Sleep is for the weak Apu. Now, I'm going to bed, you stay here and read this.
Apu: Ok, Apu, concentrate, must stay awake. Fecal Matter (falls fast asleep)

I think thats how it went and it would refer to the band Fecal Matter making it a very easy to miss cultural reference aimed at generation X'ers!--EchetusXe (talk) 21:29, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It was Cotton Mather. That is hilarious what you heard. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 23:10, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Much Apu About Nothing[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Much Apu About Nothing's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "BBC":

From The Day the Violence Died: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "The Day the Violence Died". BBC. Retrieved 2007-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Who Shot Mr Burns? Part Two". BBC. Retrieved 2008-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Radioactive Man (The Simpsons episode): Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Radioactive Man". BBC. Retrieved 2007-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Lisa the Vegetarian: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Lisa The Vegetarian". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-11-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Xenophobia: "Japan racism 'deep and profound". BBC News (2005-07-11). Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
From 22 Short Films About Springfield: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "22 Short Films About Springfield". BBC. Retrieved 2007-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From A Fish Called Selma: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "A Fish Called Selma". BBC. Retrieved 2007-05-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Two Bad Neighbors: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Two Bad Neighbors". BBC. Retrieved 2007-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From Summer of 4 Ft. 2: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Summer of 4 Ft. 2". BBC. Retrieved 2008-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
From King-Size Homer: Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "King-Size Homer". BBC. Retrieved 2007-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 19:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural references[edit]

I removed these unreferenced cultural references from the article. --TheLeft orium 10:53, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The title is a spoof on the William Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing.
Moe says that the Bears are "smarter than the aver-age bear" and "they swiped my pic-a-nic basket" in an homage to the Yogi Bear cartoons. After the crowd leaves Quimby's office, however, it's revealed that it was actually Quimby himself who stole Moe's picnic basket, not a bear.
The "I Want You ... Out!" poster is similar to the famous Uncle Sam army recruitment poster.
Apu's parents in the flashback scene resemble the parents of the character for which he was named, the eponymous protagonist of Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy. You also see Manjula for the first time.
In a cutaway depicting Chief Wiggum and his men preparing to deport the immigrants, he tells them to "first round up your tired, then your poor, then your huddled masses yearning to breathe free", a reference to the inscription on the Statue of Liberty.
Frink's prediction that computers would become ever larger and costlier is a play on the old belief, often attributed to IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, that the world market for computers was limited to just a handful of people and companies.
After mayor Quimby introduces proposition 24 a magazine is shown with a picture of Quimby that is uncannily like that of Hitler.
The Bear Patrol plane is a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
The chant Homer's mob repeats as they march on the mayor's office, "We're here! We're queer! We don't want any more bears!", is a reference to Queer Nation. Homer even mentions he heard it "at the mustache parade they have every year", by which he was referring to a gay pride parade.

Don't make the same mistake I did.[edit]

I'll explain what I mean after someone explains what that cat meant. InedibleHulk (talk) 23:03, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Possible GA re-review[edit]

This article, and many others, is suffering from several issues that could result in a GA review.

The episodes from the "classic era" of The Simpsons were promoted to GA in the early years of Wikipedia (before 2010) when GA criteria were much more lax
The pool of editors interested in the subject has decreased, as has the pool of page watchers, meaning that unsourced or unhelpful edits stay on the page (see cultural references)
Much of the information comes from DVD commentaries from involved parties, which is WP:PRIMARY and has not been verified by outside sources
Reception sections are mainly "[Person] from [publication] said [extremely large verbatim quote]". Many of these reviews are from obscure DVD-rating websites and are reviews of the whole season. Reception sections should draw "a line of best fit" finding the points that reviews agree or disagree on.

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