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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Famous quotes containing the words cultural and/or works:
“A society that has made “nostalgia” a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today.”
—Christopher Lasch (b. 1932)
“The family that perseveres in good works will surely have an abundance of blessings.”
—Chinese proverb.