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Contents 1 Unsourced Goofs, Trivia, and Cultural references 1.1 Goofs 1.2 Trivia 1.3 Cultural references 2 GA nomination

[edit] Unsourced Goofs, Trivia, and Cultural references

• I moved this unsourced stuff from the article here to the talk page. If you find a source for something, add it back into the article, with a WP:RS citation in WP:CIT formatting, and put a check next to it here using {{done}}. Thanks. Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 03:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Goofs

• Ned Flanders finishes his tax return on January 1st and is reminded by Maude of the opening hours of the post office. On New Year's Day post offices are closed.
• W-2 tax forms are normally delivered around the end of January. However, Ned Flanders is self-employed, and may already have his necessary withholding information.
• When Homer is quickly writing his tax return he is wearing a wrist watch; then for a couple of seconds it is not there; then it comes back.
• During the scene when he is being interrogated Homer's tax return turns into a ball of string in one shot.

[edit] Trivia

This is a reference to the Burns and Schriber sketch about the taxi driver.

• Townspeople in line at the post office on tax return day are Apu, Captain McCallister, Carl, Doctor Hibbert, Groundskeeper Willie, Jack Marley, Karl, Kirk Van Houten, Krusty, Lenny, Lionel Hutz, Luann Van Houten, Mayor Quimby, Ms. Albright, Miss Hoover, Miss Pennycandy, Mr. Largo, Mrs. Glick, Mrs. Krabappel, Principal Skinner, Professor Frink, Rainier Wolfcastle, Ruth Powers, Snake Jailbird, Superintendent Chalmers, and Otto, although he thought it was the line for Metallica.

[edit] Cultural references

• The title "The Trouble with Trillions" is a play on the Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles".
• The museum Burns has in his house a painting showing Burns or an ancestor in a kilt. It may be a play on Scrooge McDuck as the stereotypical Scottish miser.
• Mr. Burns believes Homer is a reporter from Collier's Weekly, a magazine which ended publication in 1957.
• When Homer says "It goes all the way to the president" is a reference to All the President's Men.
• There is a caricature of Che Guevara on the Cuban Duff ad, saying El Duffo o Muerte similar to Cuba national motto: Patria o Muerte (Homeland or Death).
• Homer states that he has not been fired "...after three meltdowns and one China Syndrome". China Syndrome is a hypothetical result of a nuclear meltdown where the nuclear slag drains down into the earth and contaminates ground water.
• When Homer, Smithers, and Mr. Burns are in Cuba they hail a taxi. As they get inside, Mr. Burns remarks 'This is the new Packard we've been hearing so much about'. This is a reference to the Packard Motor Car Company, a vehicle manufacturer that went out of business in 1958, as well as the fact Cubans still use very old cars. Burns also was not aware of the Cuban Revolution, when he is informed by the driver that Fulgencio Batista is no longer in power (and had been dead for over thirty years when the episode aired).

[edit] GA nomination

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

The Reception section has only one source and I'd prefer it have at least one other source before promoting it. Putting on hold for the time being so that the author can locate one. --Hemlock Martinis 23:54, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Issue solved, promoting to GA status. --Hemlock Martinis 00:08, 5 November 2007 (UTC)