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* HilariousInHindsight: When we see the almost-literal WhamShot of [[spoiler: the Wonderboy bat split in half]] at the climax, the soundtrack plays three notes virtually ''identical'' to the first three notes of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' theme. That show’s third season episode “[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat Homer at the Bat]]” would in turn spoof this film’s many [[SignatureScene Signature Scenes]], including [[spoiler: Wonderboy’s eventual fate.]]
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** When we see the almost-literal WhamShot of [[spoiler: the Wonderboy bat split in half]] at the climax, the soundtrack plays three notes virtually ''identical'' to the first three notes of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' theme. That show’s third season episode “[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat Homer at the Bat]]” would in turn spoof this film’s many [[SignatureScene Signature Scenes]], including [[spoiler: Wonderboy’s eventual fate.]]]]
** "Wonderboy" was the late UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt's nickname for his [[{{FriendlyRivalry}} rival]] and fellow Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon. Gordon, for his part, has always hated it.
** When we see the almost-literal WhamShot of [[spoiler: the Wonderboy bat split in half]] at the climax, the soundtrack plays three notes virtually ''identical'' to the first three notes of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' theme. That show’s third season episode “[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat Homer at the Bat]]” would in turn spoof this film’s many [[SignatureScene Signature Scenes]], including [[spoiler: Wonderboy’s eventual fate.
** "Wonderboy" was the late UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt's nickname for his [[{{FriendlyRivalry}} rival]] and fellow Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon. Gordon, for his part, has always hated it.
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* HilariousInHindsight: When we see the almost-literal WhamShot of [[spoiler: the Wonderboy bat split in half]] at the climax, the soundtrack plays three notes virtually ''identical'' to the first three notes of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' theme. That show’s third season episode “Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat” “[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat Homer at the Bat]]” would in turn spoof this film’s many [[SignatureScene Signature Scenes]], including [[spoiler: Wonderboy’s eventual fate.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: When we see the almost-literal WhamShot of [[spoiler: the Wonderboy bat split in half]] at the climax, the soundtrack plays three notes virtually ''identical'' to the first three notes of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' theme. That show’s Season Three third season episode “Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat” would in turn spoof this film’s many [[SignatureScene Signature Scenes]], including [[spoiler: Wonderboy’s eventual fate.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: When we see the almost-literal WhamShot of [[spoiler: the Wonderboy bat split in half]] at the climax, the soundtrack plays three notes virtually ''identical'' to the first three notes of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]''’ Simpsons]]'' theme. That show’s Season Three episode “[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat]]” “Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E17HomerAtTheBat” would in turn spoof this film’s many [[SignatureScene Signature Scenes]], including [[spoiler: Wonderboy’s eventual fate.]]
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** Add a little bit of FridgeBrilliance and Bobby becomes squire to Roy's "Knight."
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