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Marge vs. the Monorail - S4-E12

Trivia: Conan O'Brien, who wrote this episode, did a live rendition of "The Monorail Song" at the Hollywood Bowl in 2014 with the Hollywood Gay Men's Choir and Hank Azaria. He dedicated the performance to Phil Hartman.

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Homer Loves Flanders - S5-E16

Trivia: In addition to becoming an internet meme, the scene where Homer emerges from and later disappears into the hedge wall was realised as a Chia Pet.

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Trivia: A house in Henderson, Nevada was remodeled to resemble the Simpsons' house. Although the address can be found by Googling it, the house itself is blurred on Google Maps.

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Itchy and Scratchy and Marge - S2-E9

Trivia: One of this episode's plots features outraged parents trying to prevent children from seeing the statue of Michelangelo's David because his penis is visible. In March 2023, a principal at a Tallahassee, Florida charter school was fired after parents complained about their children seeing images of the statue, deeming it to be pornographic.

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You Only Move Twice - S8-E2

Trivia: Homer becomes the owner of the Denver Broncos at the end of the episode, much to his chagrin as he preferred to own the Dallas Cowboys and the Broncos are bumbling. In real life, the Broncos won two consecutive Super Bowls not long after this episode aired, while the Cowboys have been mediocre at best since.

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Homer at the Bat - S3-E17

Trivia: In celebration of this episode's 25th anniversary, Homer Simpson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, complete with an exhibit highlighting the episode.

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That '90s Show - S19-E11

Trivia: Marge's hairstyle in this episode is the Rachel, popularized by Jennifer Aniston on Friends.

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That '90s Show - S19-E11

Trivia: Homer's songs "Shave Me" and "Margarine" are parodies of Nirvana's "Rape Me" and Bush's "Glycerine" respectively. "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of "Shave Me" is a reference to his real-life parody of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

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Dude, Where's My Ranch? - S14-E18

Trivia: At the beginning of this episode, Homer writes his own Christmas carol after being barred from performing traditional carols because of copyright issues. Around seven years after this episode aired, the musical artist Usher was ironically accused of plagiarizing one of the tunes Homer was working on with his song "OMG."

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When You Dish Upon a Star - S10-E5

Trivia: Another thing "The Simpsons" predicted: Towards the end of this episode, a sign outside of a film studio shows the 20th Century Fox logo with "A Division of Walt Disney Co" written under it. Nineteen years after this episode aired, Disney purchased many assets from 20th/21st Century Fox, including "The Simpsons."

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Bart to the Future - S11-E17

Trivia: Adding to the list of jokes on this show that ended up becoming true in real life, this episode made reference to a Donald Trump presidency a full 15 years before Trump first announced his candidacy for President. The episode also accurately predicted that a Trump presidency would lead to an economic recession.

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Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus - S28-E1

Trivia: At one point in this episode Homer is talking about the drink named after golf legend Arnold Palmer. This episode coincidentally aired the same day that Arnold Palmer died.

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Three Gays of the Condo - S14-E17

Trivia: The voice Hank Azaria uses for Grady is the same voice he used for Agador Spartacus in The Birdcage.

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The Last Temptation of Homer - S5-E9

Trivia: At one point in this episode Homer is watching "Eye on Springfield" and Kent Brockman makes reference to Bill Clinton having an extramarital affair - more than 4 years before Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky became public knowledge.

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Krusty Gets Kancelled - S4-E22

Trivia: The scene where Bette Midler sings "Wind Beneath My Wings" to Krusty is an allusion to Johnny Carson's penultimate episode as host of The Tonight Show where Midler was his final guest and sang to him. She even called Carson the wind beneath her wings.

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