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* Another, this time from a Treehouse of Horror Special: After Kang and Kodos have taken over 1930s Springfield, they look over the devastated town and The Inkspots' "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" plays. [[Fallout|Sound familiar?]]
* The writers on ''The Simpsons'' have very little faith in American athletic teams, especially in international competition. Especially at the Olympics. In the episode "Boy Meets Curl," when Homer, Marge, Skinner and Agnes become the United States' curling team, and subsequently win (with curling being a demo event, no less), Bob Costas announced that this would be the only medal the United States wins in these games ''period''. This episode aired during said Olympics. The United States would have the highest medal count, with nine gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze medals.
* In a What-If storyline, Lisa has become President and comments that she's the first "straight female President of the United States"; later on, after a scandal comes up, Lenny remarks "Don't blame me, I voted for Chastity Bono!" This whole train of thought either becomes hilarious or [[Harsher in Hindsight|harsh]] now that [[
* The season 11 premiere episode "Beyond Blunderdome" featured [[Mel Gibson]] being loved and adored by everyone and Gibson hating it, and Gibson creating a bloody, violent controversial movie that ruins him and alienates his fans. It's like the ''Simpsons'' writers are psychic.
* The season 7 episode "Homerpalooza" had Homer trying to explain to a Gen. X-er who Steve Jobs and Apple Computers (now Apple Inc.) were, less than a year before Jobs returned to Apple and helped bring it back on top.
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== DCAU ==
* In ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]],'' in the end of the episode ''The Gray Ghost,'' the [[Show Within a Show]] of the same name is given a rerelease as a result of the main plot. The cases look almost identical to modern [[Blu
** Alfred's "Are we developing an interest in rock and roll, sir?" from ''On Leather Wings'', after ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'''s review of ''Batman: Fortunate Son'' began the [[Running Gag]] about Batman hating rock & roll.
** In the episode "Legends of the Dark Knight", the [[Silver Age]] style segment features a Robin voiced by Brianne Sidall, known for, among other roles, Mithos Yggdrasill. Years later, ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' would have Robin be voiced by [[Scott Menville]], best known as Lloyd Irving. They are the respective villain and hero of ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''.
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