Allusions+In+Television

Allusions in Television

There are many allusions in television nowadays. These allusions can allude to about anything. Many of the allusions you see in television are humorous. This is because they are humorous shows. Shows with many allusions include The Simpsons, Family Guy, and South Park.

__The Simpsons__ The Simpsons has many different types of allusions. In one episode Homer imagines that him and Marge are Adam and Eve. This is an example of a biblical allusion. In one episode Lisa gets married. This episode is a play on the movie __Love Story__. An example of a historical allusion is when Bart is prank calling people around the world and he ends up calling someone in South America. When the person on the other side picks up he says Buenos dias mein fuhrer. This is referring to the large number of Nazis that fled to South America after World War II. In one episode Bart makes a reference to __Harry Potter__ when he says he's going to kill Lisa and that it will be the worst murder since Snape killed Dumbledore.

__Family Guy__ Family Guy is another animated show with many allusions. Stephen King's __The Shining__, is alluded to many times in Family Guy. One of these examples is when the two ghost twins show themselves to Stewie and tell him to play with them and Stewie shoots them with a rocket launcher. Another time when Stewie goes to temple there are a lot of little hairy people. He says he feels like he is on the forest moon of Endor surrounded by Ewoks. This is a reference to __Star Wars__. In another episode everyone is sitting down at dinner and Stewie is complaining that he doesn't want to eat what is on his plate, so Jesus shows up and makes all the food turn into ice cream.

__South Park__ South Park is basically based on allusions. Episodes of South Park are created out of allusions. One episode is created just to make fun of the MTV show __Jersey Shore__. All of the characters in South Park go to the jersey shore and meet all of the Jersey Shore characters and become involved in their drama. Another episode is based on WWE and wrestling. Cartman becomes obsessed with wrestling and gets all his friends to agree on having a tournament. So they make names up for themselves and fight with eachother. In another episode the South Park characters leave their homes because they want to sail the seas and be pirates. They go to Somalia and meet the Somalian Pirates but they can't speak their language. So they pretend to be pirates along with the Somalian Pirates.