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** Professor Frink, in a flashback, states that computers in the future will only be owned by the five richest kings in the world and will be the size of a baseball stadium. (In-joke to a quote attributed to Thomas J. Watson of IBM, "I think there is a world market for about five computers.")
** In an episode where Smithers is taking a leave of absence to star in a musical based on the Malibu Stacy doll, Mr. Burns thinks it's ridiculous, "A musical about a doll? Why not one about [[Cats|the common cat]]? Or [[The King and I|the King of Siam]]?" This isn't a flashback; Burns is just that out-of-touch.
** In "That 90s Show", a young Comic Book Guy is heard declaring, "and that is why ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' can never be filmed!"
** Spoofed in an episode where, during Homer's youth (in a sequence parodying ''[[Stand by Me]]''), Carl asks if the others have heard about this "Internet" thing...only to reveal he's talking about the inner "net" lining they're starting to put in swim trunks.
** During Super Bowl III, Abe Simpson says "If people don't support this thing, it might not make it."
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