... Maggie's mug looks more like a mug than Homer's or Bart's? And her writing is better? ... Marge says administrative professionals day as opposed to the less politically correct secretary's day? ... the Lou/Wiggum relationship has soured again? ... Kearney has a sibling that lives with his mom? ... Stampy makes his second "Jean era" cameo (or another elephant that lives in a wildlife sanctuary and doesn't play well with others)? ... the Hibbert's teenage son doesn't mind going on a picnic with his family? ... apparently Grampa got fired from Sprawl*Mart (or he was skipping work)?
The Fast and the Furious (movie) - title
Project Grizzly (documentary) - Homer's quest to get revenge on the bear borrows from this Canadian documentary - Homer creates a suit to fight the bear as the main character in the film does
Wal Mart -Sprawl*Mart is a parody of this nationwide conglomerate
Veggie Tales (Christian cartoon) - The cartoon that Homer watches in the store window is a parody of this
The Lord of the Rings (book series/movie) - The candyball talking to Homer is reminiscent of Gollum's two personalitie's conversations
Starbucks (coffee shop) - Homer goes there
The Berenstain Bears (children's book series) - Homer picks this book up
Snuggle (fabric softener) - a bottle of it appears on the floor when Homer knocks the table over - The mascot teddy bear is in the army of bears
Teddy Grahams (snack food) - They are part of the bear army which Homer fantasizes
Winnie the Pooh - part of the bear army
Paddington - part of the bear army
Smokey the Bear (fire safety mascot) - Also part of the bear brigade
Chicago Bears (NFL team) - two bears wear the jerseys of this team in the bear army
Care Bears - the "Intensive Care Bear" resembles one of these
Yogi Bear (Hanna-Barbera cartoon) - Homer and the bear raiding the picnic sites is reminiscent of Yogi's antics
Moby Dick (novel) - Lisa references this book
Eye of the Tiger (song) - Plays as Homer constructs his suit
[7G01] Homer is dubbed a fool by the local media [7G09] A member of OFF interacts with bears [7G11] Homer and the kids get Marge crappy gifts [1F12] Grampa gets a job [1F13] Homer's astronaut suit [1F15] Homer helps and animal get to the Springfield Wildlife Sanctuary [1F15], [DABF18] Stampy is seen [3F20] Homer vs. bears [4F03] Homer dons a pair of boxing gloves and trains to fight a dangerous opponent [4F18] Homer goes to the dump to dispose of something from a holiday but finds more than he bargained for [5F15], [5F09] A member of OFF is attacked in a dump/trash pile [5F19] Homer and Bart raid picnic baskets ala Yogi Bear [BABF06] Homer wears a bucket on his head [CABF09] Maggie is incredibly obese
What happened to the bear patrol from 3F20?
The bear clearly has no tag on his ear when Homer first sees him.
Rod and Todd had sugar in 1F14 and CABF16, so it's too late for them to stay sugar free until marriage.
And furthermore Rod's diabetic (EABF03) so the exposure to the candyball should have killed him.
Homer has had a welding mask in the past, so why didn't he use it?
Tonight's episode, while not good, still managed to pass my expectations. My biggest problem was that this episode's plot was bearly pawsible...err, barely plausible, and was too wacky. I was confused as to why Homer was being labeled a coward for fearing a massive predator, which nearly killed him. And while I'm happy that this didn't turn out to be 22 minutes of Homer suffering massive amounts of pain, the idea of a whole episode devoted to Homer plotting his revenge on a grizzly sounds like it came straight from the mind of Mike Scully. With that said, I think that the episode was filled with enough good jokes to make it bearable (no pun intended, I swear!). The Sprawl*Mart scene and Homer's fantasy were among the highlights of this episode. With all things considered, I give this episode a solid C. (7.5/10)
Bart wants to eat his own shorts, as he has so often suggested for others to do.
"The Bear Went Over the Mountain" is a children's book in which a cub leaves his mother to make the trek up the side of the mountain, basket of flowers in hand. He looks around and returns to his mother's arms after tumbling down the hill. In the final frame, he attempts the trip again.
"The Berenstain Bears" is a series of children's books which tell of the many adventures of a family of four bears who are appropriately named Papa, Mama, Brother and Sister. The stories generally have a moral, like "lying is bad" and such.
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a classic fairy tale in which a little blonde girl wanders into the house of a family of bears (Mama, Papa and Baby Bear) and eats their food, breaks their furniture and sleeps in their beds. She makes it out before they can do anything about it though.
Super Sugar Crisp is a breakfast cereal made by Post. Their mascot is a bear known as Sugar Bear. Born in 1963, the cool, wisecracking Sugar Bear would go to great trouble to get his cereal, while Granny did her best to keep it from him. The name of the cereal was changed to Golden Crisp in the mid-80's as a result of the new breed of health-conscious Americans spread across the country. Gummi Bears are a gelatin based candy treat which come in many different flavors and brands. They are shaped like bears and many a mischievous child loves to bite the heads off and watch them "suffer". Snuggle is a brand of fabric softener. It's mascot is an overly cute teddy bear who also bares the name Snuggle (no pun intended).
Teddy Grahams are a bite-size snack cookie which take the form of tiny teddy bears. They currently come in four flavors: honey, chocolate, chocolate chip and cinnamon.
Winnie the Pooh is the star of A. A. Milne's books and a Disney cartoon series. Both the books and the show are about the adventures of the Winnie the Pooh, a honey-obsessed, tubby, yellow teddy bear who is brought to life in the imagination of his owner, Christopher Robin. Pooh and his friends, other various stuffed animals, live in the 100-Acre Woods and get into many sticky situations (usually in pursuit of that oh-so elusive fluid emitted from bees rear ends).
Paddington Bear is the main focus of Michael Bond's books which later became a stop-motion animation television show. Paddington too gets into many interesting situations and is almost always seen wearing his trademark raincoat and hat, despite the weather.
Smokey the bear is a mascot for forest fire prevention. Smokey is named after a bear cub who was the sole survivor of a 40's forest fire. For more Smokey information, see the capsule for 4F10.
The Chicago Bears are a NFL team. They're infamous for being a rather mediocre team. So mediocre that there's not much else to say about them.
The Care Bears are a group of brightly colored bears who starred in a mid-80's children's cartoon and also are featured in a line of plush toys. The bears each have their own trait, like Birthday bear, the birthday having-est bear in the Kingdom of Caring. The bears live in Care-a-Lot, a cloud city which hovers over the Forest of Feelings, where the Care Bear Cousins live. They all have fun, play games and learn lessons despite the attempts of Beastly, Shreeky and Professor Cold Heart to ruin their fun.
Announcer: When grizzlies attack... (Homer is shown being swiped at by the bear) ...Homer becomes the laughingstock of the town! (Homer is shown crouching in front of Mr. Burns' stuffed trophy bear as the other SNPP employees laugh at him. He is then shown sitting in a cave.) Homer: I'm gonna die a man: peeing in my pants standing up. Announcer: Now he's out to settle the score with bear-proof armor! (OFF's garage door opens to reveal Homer who is wearing a homemade suit of armor. He turns around to show his family the back.) Homer: Check it out. Marge: Homer, there's no rear on that thing! Homer: I know. If I get really scared, I don't want to ruin the suit. (Cuts to Homer standing in a river in front of the bear, with his armor lying on the grassy bank.) Announcer: The Simpsons, all new at 8/7c, FOX Sunday!
The promos for this episode feature Homer saying "I'm gonna die like a man: peeing in my pants standing up!" but the latter part isn't in the actual episode.
It appears that now Maggie's not-so-limited vocabulary has expanded. She can now spell "Mommy" in addition to being able to spell "Maggie Simpson" and "E=MC2" as well as being able to say "Daddy" and "Daddily-Doodily".
It seems that Abe Simpson is turning into "King of the Hill"'s Cotton Hill. Last week he reunited with a long lost lover from war time and finds that he has another child, as Cotton did in the KOTH episode "Returning Japanese". Now Abe has become a greeter, just as Cotton did in "When Cotton Comes Marching Home". I wouldn't be surprised to see Abe lose his shins in the near future.
Alternate Title: Bruin vs. Brainless