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Contents 1 "Goofs" Goof 2 Lose the trivia section 3 Quality Standards tag 4 Cultural reference 5 The Ned Zone/The Twilight Zone 6 Happiness is a warm poppy 7 Belly of the boss cultural reference 8 Breaking the fourth wall

[edit] "Goofs" Goof

Speaking of goofs, who the fuck had the, uh, initiative, to do this? What kind of sick person watches the Simpsons, and checks how many buttons they've got on their coats, or how often they shave, etc.? And especially, on that last comment... What is your problem?! You were measuring the breast size of a cartoon character?! Why can't you just buy a magazine, or something (or possibly consider how close the shot was to her), you poor, lonely bastard?! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WAS (talk • contribs).

I'm not gonna go as far as insulting the contributer(s) for the "Goofs" section, but I think most (if not all) of the goofs should be removed. None are really important enough to mention. -Buzda 09:01, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

• I dont know who would but it should be mentioned if someone does do that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.174.135.175 (talk • contribs).

As far as goofs such as the number of buttons etc are concerned, I reguarly notice these just while casually watching an episode. They are often very obvious and doesn't require someone actually counting buttons to make sure the number doesn't change. DarkSideOfTheSpoon 16:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lose the trivia section

Please see WP:Trivia and Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles L0b0t 02:28, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quality Standards tag

I have removed the quality stadards tag after recategorizing the trivia & cultural references sections. This episode appears to be relatively consistent with the others. If someone adds the heading again, could they please reference what the specific problem is (other than the # of buttons on Ned's vest :)SkierRMH 07:57, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cultural reference

at the beginning, when the "Keeping it Kodos" segemnt ends and the episode title is shown, and the alien tentacle hammers the roman numerals in the stone. this is clearly a reference to a show from past years, but i don't know what. perhaps we could find out and put it in a Cutural References section PowderedToastMan 09:32, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Ned Zone/The Twilight Zone

Could someone take a look at the Twilight Zone episode The Purple Testament? Someone there claimed that ToH:XV referenced TPT. The section is badly worded. As I haven't seen ToX:XV myself, I don't feel comfortable doing a rewrite. samwaltz 19:17, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happiness is a warm poppy

• It was not an unsorced speculative theory. In my edition of The Comeplete Peanuts 1959-1960 there is clearly a strip where Lucy hugs Snoopy and comments "Happiness is a warm puppy!". Also, in 1962, there was a book written in 1962 that also is the same quote. Is there any evidence that against "Happiness is a warm poppy" was a reference to "Happiness is a warm puppy"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.103.11.210 (talk) 21:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

To say that the writers based that particular line of dialogue on a Peanuts comic is speculation unless you have a reliable 3rd party source that says The Simpsons writers based that line on the Peanuts strip. Please see WP:OR, WP:V, WP:RS, WP:WAF, WP:EPISODE, and WP:AVTRIV. Cheers. L0b0t

[edit] Belly of the boss cultural reference

I believe there's connections to the book Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain by Isaac Asimov in "the belly of the boss". In the book American and Russian scientists uses a vehicle in microscopic dimensions to enter a scientists brain via the bloodlines.

[edit] Breaking the fourth wall

Breaking the Fourth Wall This is the third Halloween episode where the Simpsons break the fourth wall. After finding out that the entire family cannot be saved, Lisa says "This is the worst Halloween horror we've ever faced!" The last time the Simpsons broke the fourth wall was in Treehouse of Horror XIV, in which Homer wishes he "was Death again." The first time was back in Treehouse of Horror V, in which Willie comments (briefly) on himself getting axed in the back in all three segments, "Ach, I'm bad at this."

This bit of information is incorrect. The fourth wall is an acknowledgement of the audience and/or acknowledgment of the fact that what their doing is a show. In all cases listed above they do reference a previous episode, but do not really suggest that it is an episode that they are referencing. These statements merely suggest that the characters remember something from their own past, as if the story has been going on for a long time. Since these do not qualify as 'breaking the fourth wall', I ask that someone take out this part of the article.