The Frying Game/References

== Cultural References ==
*The episode title is a pun on the 1992 movie The Crying Game.
*The "Reversal of Freedom Act of 1994" cited by the EPA Scientist may be a pun on the Freedom of Information Act.
*The "Reversal of Freedom Act of 1994" is actually a reference to the 'Endangered Species Act' which forces landowners to take care of any endangered animals that that take up residence in their land.
*Homer and Marge's insistence that the Man with the Braces murdered Myrna Bellamy is a reference to Richard Kimble's saying that the one-armed man is the real killer in the 1993 movie The Fugitive, which was based on the 1960s TV series.
*References from the 1999 movie The Green Mile:
**When Homer is on his way to the electric chair, the music in the background is from the movie's soundtrack.
**The prisoner who asks Homer to "Give me your hands, boss" and then threatens to kill him is a parody of John Coffey (played by the late Michael Clarke Duncan).
**Chief Wiggum sheds a tear after Homer is strapped into the electric chair, as does prison guard Dean Stanton at John Coffey's execution.
**The music is played again (briefly) just before the closing credits roll.
*The TV show Frame Up may be a reference to, and parody of, hidden camera prank reality shows, like Candid Camera and Punk'd.
== Trivia/Goofs ==
*Homer is convicted of buggery. While meant to sound like a crime against insects, it is actually a British term for male homosexual intercourse, which, in Britain, was considered a crime. Because of this, the UK version on Sky Showcase cut the judge's line about Homer being convicted of buggery.
*The plot doesn't make much sense with the start of it; did the show PLANT the screamapillar to get Homer on the community service so they could get a patsy?
*Homer reads to the screampillar and ends with "Once upon a time there were three little bears. The End."
*At the end of the episode, Bart claims he ate so much shrimp, but later in "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em," Skinner finds out that Bart has a shrimp allergy and uses it against him when Skinner bans peanuts from school because of his peanut allergy.
*The Simpson family would find themselves at odds with the EPA once again in The Simpsons Movie, but on a much bigger scale.
*Myrna Bellamy is seen wearing her necklace a few scenes after she is shown without the necklace.
*In this episode, Homer thinks about becoming a prison snitch. He actually becomes one in The Seven-Beer Snitch.
*This episode was originally going to be Season 13's finale, but FOX wanted "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" to be a 'bonus episode' of Season 13.
*When Homer first lifts up Mrs. Bellamy, the scissors aren't seen in her back.
*When the family is seen at church, Apu and Sanjay are both present. They are both Hindu and shouldn't be there.
*The people seen at Homer's execution are:
** Ned Flanders
** Mrs. Skinner
** Principal Skinner
** Moe
** Lenny
** Patty and Selma
** the Man With Braces
** Grandpa
** Apu
**Manjula
** the Screaming Caterpillar
** Former President George H. W. Bush
== Production Notes ==
* The final draft for this episode was published on September 13, 2001.
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