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Contents 1 Motorcycle / God-beam / Railroad scene 2 Plagiarismo 3 Native tongue? 4 Language

[edit] Motorcycle / God-beam / Railroad scene

This scene is not from Matrix: Revolutions, which hadn't even been released yet (it came out in theatres three days later), nor is it likely taken from Akira (though it might be). It's really a cliche, in which someone is chasing someone else but the target gets away by crossing a railroad track right before a train blocks the chaser. The writers probably weren't thinking of any particular movie scene. CGameProgrammer 21:41, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't know. After rewatching the scene there are a lot more similarities between Akira and itself than I previously noted: the scenery, the camera angles, the regrowth of Homer's right arm (whereas in Akira the opposite happens to Tetsuo's right arm). If this isn't a homage to Akira, then the coincidences are striking.

The joke is that god, who is supposed to be an almighty being, is thwarted by a simple railroad. It's not a reference to anything.

[edit] Plagiarismo

I'm surprised that no one's noted the striking similarities between Reaper Madness and Family Guy's pilot. Pretty ironic, I'd say. Etafly 08:28, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Native tongue?

When the guy's calling to say Frink has won the Nobel Peace Prize, what language is he speaking? The plot section mentions it but not specifically what language it is. JW 11:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Language

"In the beginning of "Frinkenstein", Lisa Simpson talks to a Swedish man, and speaks a unknown language that has nothing to do with the Swedish language." I think she says: "Tack för att ni förärat vår stad."