History Trivia / TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice

* TechnologyMarchesOn: On the DVDCommentary, the writers admit the joke of Cypress Creek having a website as a sign of its advancement is one of the show's most-dated jokes, as anything and everything (legal or otherwise) has a website (or, at the very least, an account with a social media site, like X (fka Twitter) or Facebook), not just elementary schools, and the novelty of advancement has worn off significantly. It was arguably a little dated even in 1996, since a lot of municipal governments had some sort of rudimentary website up by that point.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: On the DVDCommentary, the writers admit the joke of Cypress Creek having a website as a sign of its advancement is one of the show's most-dated jokes, as anything and everything (legal or otherwise) has a website (or, at the very least, an account with a social media site, like Twitter or Facebook), not just elementary schools, and the novelty of advancement has worn off significantly. It was arguably a little dated even in 1996, since a lot of municipal governments had some sort of rudimentary website up by that point.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The episode way that Cypress Creek Elementary School is shown to be incredibly advanced is that they have their own website. On the DVDCommentary, the writers admit that this is one of the show's most-dated jokes, as anything and everything (legal or otherwise) has a website (or, at the very least, an account with a social media site, like Website/{{Twitter}} or Website/{{Facebook}}), and the novelty of advancement has worn off significantly.
** Homer tells Hank Scorpio that he dreams of owning the Dallas Cowboys, and is very disappointed in the end after he discovers that Hank Scorpio got him the Denver Broncos instead. At the time, the Cowboys had recently won 3 Super Bowls in a 4-year span, while the Broncos were a ButtMonkey in the NFL, having lost all their prior Super Bowl appearances in blowouts. Since this episode aired, [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut the Cowboys haven't even made their conference championship]], while [[TookALevelInBadass the Broncos have had 4 Super Bowl appearances, winning 3 of them]] (one of which, Super Bowl XXXIII, was the subject of season 10's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E12SundayCruddySunday Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]" in 1999). So, to modern viewers, it seems like Homer did well after all.

** Hank Scorpio was going to be the villain of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', however, they decided against it as they felt that Scorpio was [[AffablyEvil too likable]] to turn into an all-out villain. It's telling that the ''Simpson Movie'''s villain, Russ Cargill, has not only the same voice actor (Albert Brooks), but ''the same exact voice''.

* EditedForSyndication: In the original scene in which Homer asks Hank Scorpio for sugar, Hank asks Homer, "Want some cream, too?" This was omitted in syndication.

* ThrowItIn: Creator/AlbertBrooks improvised a lot of Scorpio's dialogue. Likewise, a lot of Homer's responses were ad-libbed in response as Creator/DanCastellaneta tried to keep up.

* DeletedScene: There was originally a subplot where Grampa is left behind in Springfield and receives recorded greeting phone calls. The plot went on for four sequences, all of which were cut from the episode for time constraints but later included in the DVD release.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: On the DVDCommentary, the writers admit the joke of Cypress Creek having a website as a sign of its advancement is one of the show's most-dated jokes, as anything and everything (legal or otherwise) has a website (or, at the very least, an account with a social media site, like Twitter or Facebook), not just elementary schools, and the novelty of advancement has worn off significantly.

** Cypress Creek was originally named "Emerald Caverns", but they changed it mid-production to give the town more of a Silicon Valley feel.

** On the commentary, the staff mention there was a lot of ad-libbed dialogue from Brooks that never got used.

*** Admittedly, it's slightly worrying that they found the EvilGenius to not be evil ''enough'' for the movie's plot.

* DevelopmentGag: You know that RunningGag of Marge taking a sip of wine... which is then followed by a ScareChord? Originally, Marge was going to become TheAlcoholic (due to having nothing to do in a house that cleans itself), but that was deemed too depressing.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: On the DVD commentary, the writers admit the joke of Cypress Creek having a website as a sign of its advancement is one of the show's most-dated jokes, as anything and everything (legal or otherwise) has a website (or, at the very least, an account with a social media site, like Twitter or Facebook), not just elementary schools, and the novelty of advancement has worn off significantly.
* ThrowItIn: Al Brooks improvised a lot of Scorpio's dialogue. Likewise, a lot of Homer's responses were ad-libbed in response as Dan Castellaneta tried to keep up.

** Hank Scorpio was going to be the villain of ''Film/TheSimpsonsMovie'', however, they decided against it as they felt that Scorpio was [[AffablyEvil too likable]] to turn into an all-out villain. It's telling that the ''Simpson Movie'''s villain, Russ Cargill, has not only the same voice actor (Albert Brooks), but ''the same exact voice''.

* ThrowItIn: Al Brooks improvised a lot of Scorpio's dialogue.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Hank Scorpio was going to be the villain of ''Film/TheSimpsonsMovie'', however, they decided against it as they felt that Scorpio was [[AffablyEvil too likable]] to turn into an all-out villain. It's telling that the ''Simpson Movie'''s villain, Russ Cargill, has not only the same voice actor (Albert Brooks), but ''the same exact voice''.

* DevelopmentGag: You know that RunningGag of Marge taking a sip of wine... which is then followed by a ScareChord? Originally, Marge was going to become TheAlcoholic (due to having nothing to do in a house that cleans itself), but was deemed too depressing.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: On the DVD commentary, the writers admit the joke of Cypress Creek having a website as a sign of its advancement is one of the show's most-dated jokes, as anything and everything (legal or otherwise) has a website, not just elementary schools, and the novelty of advancement has worn off significantly.