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I added two references found in this episode: the cane toad pest and the dingo that eat babies (the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance). I think it's important mention these references and I hope you keep them there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.74.105.81 ( talk) 05:32, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if it counts but The Simpsons had previously "visited" another foreign country, Morocco, in Treehouse of Horror II.
The quote attributed to Mick Dundee, "That's not a knife. This is a knife" is inaccurate, and should be "That's not a knife. That's a knife", as listed on
http://imdb.com/title/tt0090555/quotes
RogrWilco
20:49, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Remember - Wikipedia is not a Battleground - opinions expressed by the episode in question don't justify a flame war.
-I believe the inaccuracies section to this article is a bad idea. The Simpsons routinly potray things in a manner that is far from reality. Should we go through every episode and list inaccuracies with its potrayal of the United States or any other country? Hey...Aussies also don't have four fingers! Hey Aussies also are not Yellow!
The section should be renamed to trivia and re-written to have a less serious tone. I think some people are taking this espisode WAY too seriously. If you disagree, I invite you to go back to the first episode of the simpsons and start to meticously document every instance where there has been an 'inaccuracy' in the series.
It might be interesting to provide a comprehensive list of innaccuracies in this episode. Just sayin' is all.
Sumthingweird
02:39, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
1stly, you should not blame Groening, as he didn't write the episode. 2ndly, this page is not chat forum -- 123.51.8.33 ( talk) 01:13, 6 October 2008 (UTC).
But is it a koala, or a drop bear? - Malkinann 01:37, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
"No inscription appears above the entry of Parliament House in Canberra, as seen in the episode with a typo." Whoever wrote that apparently didn't realize that the building presented was meant to be the AUSTRIAN parliament, transported to Australia and slightly edited. I removed it. - Al Agorical 07:43, 24 December 2006
I don't see any merit to an innacuraccies section, it was a joke about going to foreign countries and being in extremely unfamiliar surroundings, could've been any country and presented in such a ridiculous manner. Also, I am Australian and find this one of the funniest episodes of The Simpsons,it's a funny episode, get over it people. Madslocodemente 03:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
When Bart's calling around and calls Hitler in Brazil, I was wondering what they do about that in the German version. I know that in Germany it's illegal to give the Nazi-salute so I woudn't think they could show it on tv. If you have any information on this, please post it under trivia or here in discussion. JW 02:19, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Indeed, I've seen it repeatedly. And I don't think it is illegal. Yes, it is illegal to use the Hitler-Salute in real life in Germany, but it is not forbidden to air films where the salute is used. It is often shown in documentaries. My Young People's Dictionary had a picture of Hitler giving the salute. -- Prorokini 20:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC) BTW I am sure it was Buenos Aires.-- 85.164.222.55 ( talk) 22:18, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
So it matches with the word 'chazwazzers' used in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeaky_Voiced_Teen :)
In the last 90s/early 2000s, the Fox Studios Backlot in Sydney used to show a different version of this episode as part of their Simpsons attraction. It was shorter but basically everything the Simpsons got up to in Australia was new. This doesn't appear to have been included on any DVD box sets yet and may be lost? I can provide a plot summary but is it appropriate as a subsection of this page or better placed somewhere else? AnotherPaul 03:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
While the US has several diplomatic facilities in Australia, the only "American Embassy" in all of Australia is in Canberra. The fact that the Prime Minister is there is further indication it is the capital of the country.
We're dealing witha wikilink - it just seems better to wikilink "American Embassy" to the actual US Embassy in Australia and not to the generic Wikipedia article on Embassy. -- Mikebar ( talk) 06:47, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Needs a comma in here -- was it written by Bill and Josh, and Wes directed...or was it written by Bill, and Josh and Wes directed it? -- EEMIV ( talk) 17:09, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Congratulations to the editors of this article. I last saw this article about a month or so ago, and in that time it's had a major overhaul. Great job =D Iciac ( talk) 10:54, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
The article states, per the DVD commentary, that the writers researched the Coriolis effect before writing the episode. Just out of interest, does the commentary state that they were aware that the toilet/sinks "effect" is an urban myth? I'm asking out of curiosity but if anybody can provide this information it might be able to be incorporated into the article somehow. -- Sumthingweird ( talk) 13:00, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
When the Australian guy is talking to his kid, he asks "There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?" I think this might be reference to the scene in Crocodile Dundee when Mick asks what a bidet is. Right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.132.216.53 ( talk) 02:47, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I think it's hardly accurate to use Jim Schembri as a reference for Australians viewing this episode positively, as he has on many occasions stated he considers himself more Italian than Australian, and thus would love any satirisation of Aussie culture. 124.176.226.45 ( talk) 22:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
if you think its bad enough then fine Gabriel Easteron 13:13, 19 February 2011
In an interview, Mike Reiss, says that the Austalian Parliament condemned the episode. Some anomynous user has changed this to be a claim. I think we should try and find the truth. I have this source supporting the claim. I don't know if that is enough. -- Maitch ( talk) 16:26, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
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The koala stowing away at the end of the episode is a reference to the movie Cape Fear. I don’t know if it warrants inclusions so I’m posting here first. 2603:7000:DC3F:E135:802A:6EF6:DD59:83BD ( talk) 02:00, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
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I added two references found in this episode: the cane toad pest and the dingo that eat babies (the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance). I think it's important mention these references and I hope you keep them there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.74.105.81 ( talk) 05:32, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if it counts but The Simpsons had previously "visited" another foreign country, Morocco, in Treehouse of Horror II.
The quote attributed to Mick Dundee, "That's not a knife. This is a knife" is inaccurate, and should be "That's not a knife. That's a knife", as listed on
http://imdb.com/title/tt0090555/quotes
RogrWilco
20:49, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Remember - Wikipedia is not a Battleground - opinions expressed by the episode in question don't justify a flame war.
-I believe the inaccuracies section to this article is a bad idea. The Simpsons routinly potray things in a manner that is far from reality. Should we go through every episode and list inaccuracies with its potrayal of the United States or any other country? Hey...Aussies also don't have four fingers! Hey Aussies also are not Yellow!
The section should be renamed to trivia and re-written to have a less serious tone. I think some people are taking this espisode WAY too seriously. If you disagree, I invite you to go back to the first episode of the simpsons and start to meticously document every instance where there has been an 'inaccuracy' in the series.
It might be interesting to provide a comprehensive list of innaccuracies in this episode. Just sayin' is all.
Sumthingweird
02:39, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
1stly, you should not blame Groening, as he didn't write the episode. 2ndly, this page is not chat forum -- 123.51.8.33 ( talk) 01:13, 6 October 2008 (UTC).
But is it a koala, or a drop bear? - Malkinann 01:37, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
"No inscription appears above the entry of Parliament House in Canberra, as seen in the episode with a typo." Whoever wrote that apparently didn't realize that the building presented was meant to be the AUSTRIAN parliament, transported to Australia and slightly edited. I removed it. - Al Agorical 07:43, 24 December 2006
I don't see any merit to an innacuraccies section, it was a joke about going to foreign countries and being in extremely unfamiliar surroundings, could've been any country and presented in such a ridiculous manner. Also, I am Australian and find this one of the funniest episodes of The Simpsons,it's a funny episode, get over it people. Madslocodemente 03:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
When Bart's calling around and calls Hitler in Brazil, I was wondering what they do about that in the German version. I know that in Germany it's illegal to give the Nazi-salute so I woudn't think they could show it on tv. If you have any information on this, please post it under trivia or here in discussion. JW 02:19, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Indeed, I've seen it repeatedly. And I don't think it is illegal. Yes, it is illegal to use the Hitler-Salute in real life in Germany, but it is not forbidden to air films where the salute is used. It is often shown in documentaries. My Young People's Dictionary had a picture of Hitler giving the salute. -- Prorokini 20:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC) BTW I am sure it was Buenos Aires.-- 85.164.222.55 ( talk) 22:18, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
So it matches with the word 'chazwazzers' used in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeaky_Voiced_Teen :)
In the last 90s/early 2000s, the Fox Studios Backlot in Sydney used to show a different version of this episode as part of their Simpsons attraction. It was shorter but basically everything the Simpsons got up to in Australia was new. This doesn't appear to have been included on any DVD box sets yet and may be lost? I can provide a plot summary but is it appropriate as a subsection of this page or better placed somewhere else? AnotherPaul 03:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
While the US has several diplomatic facilities in Australia, the only "American Embassy" in all of Australia is in Canberra. The fact that the Prime Minister is there is further indication it is the capital of the country.
We're dealing witha wikilink - it just seems better to wikilink "American Embassy" to the actual US Embassy in Australia and not to the generic Wikipedia article on Embassy. -- Mikebar ( talk) 06:47, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
Needs a comma in here -- was it written by Bill and Josh, and Wes directed...or was it written by Bill, and Josh and Wes directed it? -- EEMIV ( talk) 17:09, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
Congratulations to the editors of this article. I last saw this article about a month or so ago, and in that time it's had a major overhaul. Great job =D Iciac ( talk) 10:54, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
The article states, per the DVD commentary, that the writers researched the Coriolis effect before writing the episode. Just out of interest, does the commentary state that they were aware that the toilet/sinks "effect" is an urban myth? I'm asking out of curiosity but if anybody can provide this information it might be able to be incorporated into the article somehow. -- Sumthingweird ( talk) 13:00, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
When the Australian guy is talking to his kid, he asks "There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?" I think this might be reference to the scene in Crocodile Dundee when Mick asks what a bidet is. Right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.132.216.53 ( talk) 02:47, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
I think it's hardly accurate to use Jim Schembri as a reference for Australians viewing this episode positively, as he has on many occasions stated he considers himself more Italian than Australian, and thus would love any satirisation of Aussie culture. 124.176.226.45 ( talk) 22:29, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
if you think its bad enough then fine Gabriel Easteron 13:13, 19 February 2011
In an interview, Mike Reiss, says that the Austalian Parliament condemned the episode. Some anomynous user has changed this to be a claim. I think we should try and find the truth. I have this source supporting the claim. I don't know if that is enough. -- Maitch ( talk) 16:26, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
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The koala stowing away at the end of the episode is a reference to the movie Cape Fear. I don’t know if it warrants inclusions so I’m posting here first. 2603:7000:DC3F:E135:802A:6EF6:DD59:83BD ( talk) 02:00, 13 December 2021 (UTC)