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{{cultural mentions}}
{{cultural mentions}}
*The narrator is designed after {{w|Morgan Freeman}} and references his narration of ''{{w|March of the Penguins}}''.
*The narrator is designed after {{w|Morgan Freeman}} and references his narration of ''{{w|March of the Penguins}}''.
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*[[Sponsors#Mutual of Omicron|Mutual of Omicron]] is a reference to {{w|Mutual of Omaha}}.
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*[[Sponsors#Mutual of Omicron|Mutual of Omicron]] is a reference to {{w|Mutual of Omaha
}}, and the alternate opening of the episode mimics the opening of {{w|Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
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*"Lonesome Hubert" is a reference to Lonesome George, the last known {{w|Pinta Island tortoise}}, who died two months before the episode aired.
*"Lonesome Hubert" is a reference to Lonesome George, the last known {{w|Pinta Island tortoise}}, who died two months before the episode aired.
*A Facehugger jumps from an egg and attaches itself to someone in a space suit in the Mutual of Omicron opening, a reference to the ''{{w|Alien (franchise)|Alien}}'' franchise.
*A Facehugger jumps from an egg and attaches itself to someone in a space suit in the Mutual of Omicron opening, a reference to the ''{{w|Alien (franchise)|Alien}}'' franchise.
*Fish-Fry and Fish-Leela meet in a kiss while consuming opposite ends of an eel in reference to ''{{w|Lady and the Tramp}}''.
*Fish-Fry and Fish-Leela meet in a kiss while consuming opposite ends of an eel in reference to ''{{w|Lady and the Tramp}}''.
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*During the salmon segment, fish-Zapp asks fish-Leela her sign, and she says "Pisces. We're all Pisces." Pisces is, of course, an astrological sign represented by two fish, and the word "Pisces" is the plural of "piscis", Latin for "fish".
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*Tortoise-Mom, while fighting the rock mistaken for another tortoise, shouts "This volcanic archipelago isn't big enough for the two of us". This a reference to the otfen-quoted line, "...this town isn't big enough for the both of us..." from the 1932 movie {{w|The Western Code}}.
=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===
*Salmon-Scruffy is seen several minutes after being eaten by Lobster-Zoidberg.
*Salmon-Scruffy is seen several minutes after being eaten by Lobster-Zoidberg.
*During the camera pan from the new born seal cubs to their fathers, the Elephant Seal-Fry is missing pupils for several seconds.
*During the camera pan from the new born seal cubs to their fathers, the Elephant Seal-Fry is missing pupils for several seconds.
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*During the Pinta Island tortoise segment, as Lonesome Hubert is traveling to the far side of the island, he and the finches hear an owl and Lonesome Hubert retreats into his shell. However, as he later says, he would have no reason to fear the owl, as the tortoise has "no natural predators".
=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===