Cultural References To Other Works
- In the DVD audio commentary, Matt Groening and others mention Terry Gilliam's film Brazil having an influence over the depiction of the Central Bureaucracy.
- When Dr. Zoidberg is announcing his hand in the poker game he says he has "three human females, a number, and a king giving himself brain surgery." The king giving itself brain surgery is a reference to the 'Suicide King.' The nickname often given to the 'King of Hearts' because on a standard pack of cards he is pictured as if driving a sword into his own head.
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“To begin to use cultural forces for the good of our daughters we must first shake ourselves awake from the cultural trance we all live in. This is no small matter, to untangle our true beliefs from what we have been taught to believe about who and what girls and women are.”
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