Knights Who Say Ni it to the Knights of Ni. The head knight acknowledges that "it is a good shrubbery", but asserts that the knights cannot allow Arthur and his followers to pass through the wood because they are no longer the Knights who say "Ni!" They are now the Knights who say "Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!" and must therefore give Arthur a test. Unable to pronounce the new name, Arthur addresses them as "Knights who until recently said 'Ni!'," inquiring as to the nature of the test. The head knight demands "another" shrubbery, to be placed next to but slightly
Homer Goes to College couch gag with the huge pink foot squashing the Simpsons is a reference to The Foot of Cupid of the television series "Monty Python's Flying Circus". The film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" is also referenced when Benjamin, Doug, and Gary imitate the Knights who say Ni. They play Dungeons & Dragons, hold arguments over "Star Trek", and their room number is 222, a reference to the television series "Room 222". Homer has posters of Albert Einstein and W. C. Fields. The episode contains the first reference to the Internet on "The Simpsons", as "computer signals" being sent between