Talk:Foxxy vs. the Board of Education

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Contents 1 Banking 2 Animated cameos 3 Cultural references 4 Goof? 5 Star Trek reference

[edit] Banking

In cultural references, I corrected the bit about Jews in banking. The profession wasn't 'dispised'. Charging interest on a loan was prohibited by the Catholic Church (then dominant) as the sin of Usury. Money lending was a necessary function and the Jews filled the niche.--Lepeu1999 16:48, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Good catch. The passage makes more sense now.Raymondluxuryacht 16:56, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Animated cameos

Raymondluxuryacht, please give me a reliable source for your 'list of characters' depicted in the hospital scene in this episode. It doesn't sound realistic because they would have to borrow the rights from several different companies who own the rights to those characters. Marcus2 02:31, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

One of Drawn Together's distinguishing features is the depiction of numerous other animated characters in cameo appearances, which occur in every single episode. I don't know what kind of legal arrangements they make to get the use of these characters (or if there's some loophole they use), I'm just going by what can be seen in the finished product. The ones shown in this episode seem pretty clear-cut.Raymondluxuryacht 03:13, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Parodies fall under fair use; these sorts of cameos might as well, and even if they don't, they're not likely to get sued over it.

More important is the fact that stuff like this happens every five minutes on TV, and for someone who hasn't seen the show to dispute the whole article -- not talk about it here, but DISPUTE it -- is not only stupid, but also extremely inconsiderate and against Wikipedia guidelines. You should follow the link found in the dispute template yourself and read the proper way to go about this. Namely, if you couldn't stand to talk about it first, you should've at least used the {{dubious}} template on the disputed statement, rather than labeling the whole article.

Marcus2, your ice is getting very thin indeed, and Asperger's or not, you need to figure out what it is that leads you into these situations and tame it. Even if it means taking a wiki break for a while. SFT | Talk 08:46, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

FOLLOW-UP: Aha! I see you actually nuked the section first, then decided to dispute the whole article after it was readded! Even better, bravo.

I like your cute user name. However, I can't stand your criticism filled with nonsense and untruths. As for my "ice getting very thin", do you mean I'm close to getting blocked? Well, I'm not even close to getting blocked - I have gotten no reports from any administrator with warnings that I'm going to be blocked. Marcus2 13:47, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cultural references

No hablo inglés, pero lo puedo leer más o menos bien. Creo que se puede agragar que en este capítulo hay otra referencia a la guerra de las galaxias. Cuando Foxxy escapa de la cueva de Rancor, el cambio de escena se hace barriedo la pantalla. Esta forma de cambiar de escena se usa muchas veces en las películas de Star Wars.

Soy Fargok, el mismo que escribió lo anterior (sólo que no estaba loggeado). Otra referencias pertinente es que Spanky dice "Irónicamente, la única manera de deshacerme del virus era teniendo sexo gay" (así dice en español, en inglés debe decir algo parecido). Esto es una referencia al mito de que el virus del VIH (HIV) se propaga por tener sexo gay únicamente.

También me gustaría aclarar que no sé como redactar estos puntos que acabo de mencionar en Inglés, por lo que espero que alguién que lea esto lo haga. Gracias.

[edit] Goof?

Clara claimed that the world would be taken over by Nazis riding on dinosaurs, but this contradicts with her Christian fundamentalism. She should be on the same side as the Nazis and shouldn't believe in dinosaurs. Could this be a goof, or is it a comment on how some Christian teachings contradict others? --Wussycat 20:20, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

It certainly isn't a reference, because I really don't think the writers were thinking that analytically about it. The show's writers were simply trying to conjure up a scary image to represent the state of fear and destruction Clara feels the world will be plunged into, and came up with Nazis riding on dinosaurs. It's true that given her religious stance, Clara probably doesn't believe in dinosaurs, but it's a bit harsh to say she'd be on the same side as the Nazis. You might call that a goof, but to me, it's just a gag and shouldn't be taken seriously.Raymondluxuryacht 20:54, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn´t be mentioned that they play this alien-jingle from the Simpsons when the camera shows the hospital at the beginning?

I'm pretty sure it's not that. The Simpsons alien theme is actually Main theme of the simpsons, but remade to sound Sci-fi. Plus, this soundclip appears in more episodes then this.DSMeatte 05:07, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Star Trek reference

could the names of some characters be a reference to the Borg: K of I (King of Insurance) or B of E (Board of Education) the Borg are called like 7 of 9. TimSim 16:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

That seems like a really big stretch.Raymondluxuryacht 18:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

But the K of I and B of E are really written there. K of I on the Throne, and the B of E in the song

How do those tie into Star Trek? Sorry, I don't know Star Trek, you'll need to explain the reference to me.Raymondluxuryacht 21:37, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay in Star Trek there is a race that is called The Borg. These don't have names but identifications like 7 of 9, 6 of 8, 2 of 6 TimSim 21:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

I understand. That doesn't really seem like what they're doing in this episode, though. K of I and B of E are just the characters' initials. The only similarity is the use of the word "of".Raymondluxuryacht 22:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)