The scene was included as a reference to the 1998 action science fiction film Godzilla, in which three of the main The Simpsons cast members (Azaria, Cartwright and Shearer) had a live-action role.
This was a reference to the direct action taken by badger and animal liberation activists, involving destroying cage-traps, releasing animals, harassing field staff and damaging equipment (CBAG 2014).
"Big oil" is a reference to the conservative political action group Americans for Prosperity, which is financed in part by the Koch brothers and last week began a $6.1 million ad campaign that criticized the president's "green energy" initiatives.
"Photon Torpedo" is a code name taken from the Star Trek weapon (confuse with Star Wars' Proton Torpedo at your peril), while "Pod Race" is a reference to the only good action sequence in the worst Star Wars film to date.
When Stewie attempts to asphyxiate himself in the supermarket, he was originally meant to state "Either I was a C-section or you're Stretch Vagstrong", which would have been a reference to the Stretch Armstrong action figure, but broadcasting standards prohibited them from showing it.
Not only is this a tribute to her cousin who went missing, but a reference to the London neighborhood, Action, where she grew up.
He wants power all over, as illustrated by the "eight-and-a-half", a reference to the rigorous all-action game of players such as Frank Lampard who get back as much as they get forward.
Armand H. Jacob, an Airbus test pilot, said that the jolts and bumps measured by the plane's instruments, and preserved by the flight data recorder, showed that the crew would have felt some side-to-side bumping, but no cue "that would explain these large and abrupt inputs," a reference to the pilot's actions.
For a few hours yesterday, as Jeb Bush joined the Republican presidential race, his campaign website left an extended reference to the action classics starring Bruce Willis embedded deep in its source code.
The scene is a reference to the 1991 science fiction action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
