Homer vs. Dignity/References

== Cultural References ==
* The chalkboard gag reads "I am not the Sixth Beatle", a reference to the 'Fifth Beatle'.
* The gulls trying to eat the people with fish guts is a reference to The Birds.
* Homer Simpson's panther is named Sheba, which is the same name of Binky's estranged girlfriend from Life in Hell.
* The plotline was largely derived from Terry Southern's The Magic Christian, which was mentioned in the DVD commentary.
== Previous Episode References ==
* "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" and "Grift of the Magi": Homer dresses as Santa Claus.
** "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", "Lisa's Pony", "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk", "Homer vs. Patty and Selma", and "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo": The Simpsons have financial issues.
** "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire": Homer wants a credit card that doesn't set off that horrible beeping (cf. Homer's credit card gets declined by a machine that repeatedly says "Deadbeat!")
** "Dog of Death" and "Homer vs. Patty and Selma": Homer humiliates himself for money (sings "Buffalo Gals" for beer money/must do humiliating tasks for Patty and Selma to keep Marge from knowing about losing the mortgage money/becomes Mr. Burns' prank monkey).
* "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" and "The Trouble with Trillions": Mr. Burns ropes Homer in to help him out (with his gubernatorial campaign/with fleeing the country with the trillion-dollar bill/with making him laugh).
** "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" and "The Trouble with Trillions": Smithers is a fan of Malibu Stacy (has an extensive collection of all of her dolls [in both episodes]/writes a musical about her).
* "Homer the Smithers": Smithers goes on vacation and Homer is hired to replace him, leaving Homer to deal with Mr. Burns' abusive behavior.
* "The Old Man and the 'C' Student": Lenny gets an eye injury.
* "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood": A character (Homer/Mr. Burns) doesn't believe that New Mexico exists.
* "Bart Sells His Soul" and "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment": Lisa worrying over someone losing their soul.
* "Grade School Confidential": Bart happens upon Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner making out.
* "Bart Gets an "F"": Bart studies and gets a good grade on a test.
* "The PTA Disbands": Bart rides in a vehicle whose floor is falling apart (the school bus/Homer's car)
* "Life on the Fast Lane": An episode shows The Simpsons having dinner at The Singing Sirloin restaurant.
* "Saddlesore Galactica", "Bart to the Future", "Kill the Alligator and Run", and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge": Poorly-received episodes that are considered by fans and professional critics to be the show at its lowest in terms of humor and story.
** "Burns, Baby Burns", "Saddlesore Galactica", and "Kill the Alligator and Run": The snooty debutante's mother is seen.
== Trivia ==
*When Homer is throwing the presents to the children, Ralph doesn't actually catch his; it bounces off his head and flies off into the crowd.
*The "panda rape" scene was very controversial among fans of the show, with most citing it as a sign that the show has devolved into vulgar South Park/Family Guy-style humor rather than the mostly clean, satirical humor it has been doing for years.
**To a lesser extent, the episode was also ill-received for shamelessly reusing several plotlines, in particular "Homer the Smithers" (see above) and the many episodes where the family is in financial trouble.
*Originally, the episode was supposed to end with Homer going along with Mr. Burns' final prank, which was hurling pig's blood at everyone and half-laughing, half-crying, "Merry Christmas! God help me!" before the scene flashes forward to an unspecified time in the future where a now-elderly Homer tells a group of kids that, thanks to him, Christmas is celebrated by hurling pig's blood at people. That ending was then changed to the one where Homer doesn't go through with it and lets Mr. Burns throw things at people during the parade, but Mr. Burns was originally supposed to cover the crowds in gravy, not fish guts. The ending was finally written so that Mr. Burns throws fish guts at the crowd, but Burns singing a spoof of "Silver Bells" called "Silver Chum" was removed due to music rights issues, though the closed captioning during its premiere actually had the lyrics to the removed song.
== Pranks ==
*Homer throws a dish of pudding at Lenny (reluctantly, under Burns' persuasion).
*Homer throws a dish of pudding at Carl (spontaneously, and Burns quickly reprimands him for it).
*Homer buys a mint condition Spider-Man #1 from Comic Book Guy for $20,000 cash, then tears out the pages and eats it right in the store, while CBG gasps and collapses in shock.
*Wearing only a giant diaper, Homer appears in the men's room at Springfield Stadium, acting like a baby needing a diaper change and saying: "Baby made a boom-boom!" in front of several disgusted men and Mrs. Vanderbilt; this was later used as the variant for Gracie Films in this episode, with Homer's "Baby made a boom boom!" heard.
*Homer disguises himself as "Sim-Sim," the new female panda at the Springfield Zoo. The prank backfires when the zoo's trainers zap him with electrical prods and the resident bull panda, Ping-Ping, takes an amorous interest in him.
*Burns offers Homer a million dollars to throw fish guts (instead of presents) to the crowd at the Thanksgiving Day parade. Homer refuses and Burns does it himself.
==Goofs==
*When Marge discusses her excitement at Bart getting an A, there is briefly empty space between part of her neck and the pearls on her necklace.
*At The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop, a poster on the wall misspells McBain as "McBane".
*In the Malibu Stacy musical, the thick straps on Malibu Stacy's leotard become merely thin lines a few times.
*Santa (Homer) wouldn’t be the one driving the parade float.
*Homer's line, "Marge, your posture!" wasn't put into closed captions when the episode premiered. This has since been fixed.
*Homer really shouldn't be broke since he owns the Denver Broncos ("You Only Move Twice") which even in 2000 made tens of millions of dollars per year. Knowing Homer, he probably gave the team away to someone else for something stupid, like when he sold his $5200 stock for $25 on season three's Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk. It could also be the writers not wanting the characters to grow and develop.
== Production Notes ==
* The final draft for this episode was published on March 30, 2000.https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search_Arg=cabf04&Search_Code=FT%2A&CNT=25&PID=sSr621gR67FkaOENCOAgYv-bSN
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