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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the [[1988]] comedy film ''{{w|Married to the Mob}}''. ''Married to the Blob'' was also the title of a segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]".
*Commissioner Sweeney is a parody of {{W|Commissioner Gordon}}.
*''The Death of Radioactive Man'' is a parody of ''The Death of Superman''.
*[[Homer]] mentions ''{{W|Jimmy Kimmel Live!}}'' and said he doesn't want to miss the back-part of the show.
*At the [[Android's Dungeon]]:
**[[Martin Prince]] is a parody of [[Captain America]] inspired by [[Canada]].
**[[Martin Prince, Sr.]] is {{W|Doctor Doom}}.
**[[Database]] is [[Doctor Octopus]].
**[[Dr. Hibbert]]'s youngest son is [[Green Lantern]].
**Other unnamed kids are [[The Flash]], [[Spider-Man]], {{ap|Thor|comic character}} and the [[Silver Surfer]].
**[[Francine Rhenquist]] is {{W|Poison Ivy}}.
**[[Chief Wiggum]] is [[Batman]].
**[[Ralph Wiggum]] is [[Superman]].
**An unnamed kid is [[Magneto]].
**[[Allison Taylor]] is [[Wonder Woman]].
**[[Richard]] is dressed as [[Robin]].
*Clocks for {{W|Vulcan (Star Trek)#Homeworld|Vulcan}} from ''[[Star Trek]]'' and {{W|Krypton}}, Superman's home planet and {{W|Bizarro World|Bizarro Earth}} are seen. The Bizarro Earth clock runs backwards.
*[[Milo]] mentions that he:
**Wrote a ''{{W2|Lost|TV series}}'' fan-fiction finale that also answered all the questions from ''{{W|Twin Peaks}}''.
**Re-ranked all the ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s by the puffiness of the hair.
*[[Badgerine]] is a parody of [[Wolverine]].
*[[Krusty]] is seen frozen in {{W|carbonite}} in the [[Android's Dungeon]].
*In Comic Book Guy's song, he has a comic of ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' featuring [[Peter Parker]], [[Mary Jane Watson]] and [[Doctor Octopus]] and a ''{{W|Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane|Lois Lane}}'' comic for the wedding special between [[Lois Lane]] and Superman.
**The Spider-man comic is a parody of issue 131.
*Mourners on the cover of the "Death of Radioactive Man" comic include {{w|Queen Elizabeth}} and {{w|President Obama}}.
*When [[Milo]] starts singing in Comic Book Guy's song, he mentions a cardboard cutout of [[Scarlett Johansson]], who is dressed as [[Black Widow]] in her outfit from the ''{{W|Marvel Cinematic Universe}}''.
*{{Ch|Stan Lee}} says that he can only watch and that he cannot interfere, referencing the {{W2|Watcher|comics}} from ''[[Marvel Comics]]''. 
*The [[Just Us League]] is a reference to the ''{{W|Justice League}}''. A parody of [[Wonder Woman]] appears on the poster.
*[[Joss Whedon]] appears on the poster for the Just Us League, the creator, producer and director of several sci-fi, superhero and supernatural shows and movies, notably ''{{W2|The Avengers|2012 film}}''.
*Comic Book Guy gives Kumiko flowers in a [[Hulk]] hand.
*Comic Book Guy says that the closest thing he has to a father is the {{W|Obi-Wan Kenobi|Ob-Wan}} doll in his store.
*At the [[Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con]] costume contest, Kumiko dresses as {{W2|Sailor Moon|character}} from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' and Comic Book Guy dresses as a {{W2|Stargate|device}} from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Kumiko then jumps though the Stargate and is dressed as a {{W|Gryffindor}} student from ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
**[[Strawberry]] is dressed as the {{W2|Mad Hatter|comics}}.
**Strawberry and Milo's child is dressed as Catwoman.
*Comic Book Guy says that at last they will be in the same bed, just like Batman and [[Robin]].
*Comic Book Guy says "Now I know I have a heart, because it's breaking... ''{{W|The Wizard of Oz|Wizard of Oz}}'' reference! Did I do that? [[Urkel]] reference! Help me. ''{{W2|The Fly|1958 film}}'' reference!".
*[[Yutaka Nakamura]] is dressed as an E-3PO droid from ''[[Star Wars]]'' at Comic Book Guy and Kumiko's wedding.
*The scene with Homer and Yutaka Nakamura after they got drunk has a parody of films by {{W|Hayao Miyazaki}}:
**The streets, spirits and No-Face all appear from ''{{W|Spirited Away}}''.
**[[Otto]] the Catbus is from ''{{W|My Neighbor Totoro}}''.
**[[Chief Wiggum]] as the Pig Person is from either ''Spirited Away'' or ''{{W|Porco Rosso}}''.
**[[Ralph Wiggum]] as Ponyo from ''{{W|Ponyo}}''.
**[[Krusty the Clown]] as Jigo from ''{{W|Princess Mononoke}}''.
**[[Smithers]] as Aogaeru and [[Mayor Quimby]] as the River Spirit from ''Spirited Away''.
**[[Patty]] and [[Selma]] as Kiki from ''{{W|Kiki's Delivery Service}}''. The point of the cat being on Selma's broom is that the cat in the movie was voiced by the late Phil Hartman who voiced Troy McClure in the show.
**[[Gerald Samson]] as Boh the Giant Baby from ''Spirited Away''.
**[[Moe]] as Turnip-Head from ''{{W2|Howl's Moving Castle|film}}''.
**[[Database]], [[Martin]] and [[Wendell]] as Kodama from ''Princess Mononoke''.
**[[Kearney]], [[Jimbo]] and [[Dolph]] as Haku from ''Spirited Away''.
**The [[Kwik-E-Mart]] is a parody of Howl's Moving Castle from ''Howl's Moving Castle''.
**[[Agnes Skinner]] as Yubaba from ''Spirited Away''.
*"{{W|PonPonPon}}" by J-Pop singer {{W|Kyary Pamyu Pamyu}} plays during Comic Book Guy and Kumiko's love montage.

== Trivia ==
*The number plate on the wall in [[Chuck Dukewagon's All American Chow Lounge]] says SABF03, the production code for the episode.
*[[Richard]]'s mother is seen in this episode, she was previously seen in "[[YOLO]]"; however, it was not known that she was Richard's mother at the time.

== Goofs ==
*The Spider-man comic depicts Doc Ock with blond hair and Mary-Jane with black hair, though in the comics Ock has brown hair and Mary-Jane has ginger hair.

== Continuity ==
*[[Milo]] makes an appearance and the caption states that he appeared in episode JABF17 "[[Husbands and Knives]]".
*In Comic Book Guy's song, comics for ''[[Everyman]]'' ("[[Homer the Whopper]]") and [[The Thung]] ("[[Husbands and Knives]]") are seen.
*[[Kumiko]] tells Homer that he looks like the man on the box of [[Mr. Sparkle]]. ("[[In Marge We Trust]]")
*The [[Multi-eyed squirrel]] is mounted on the wall in [[Chuck Dukewagon's All American Chow Lounge]]. (''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'')
*A ''[[Cosmic Wars]]'' audio book called ''[[Cosmic Wars: The Crucifixion of Jim Jam Bonks]]'' is about [[Jim-Jam Bonks]]. ("[[Co-Dependent's Day]]")
*Milhouse mentions playing [[Fallout Boy]] and is seen wearing the costume ("[[Radioactive Man]]")

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