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*In Marge's meeting scene, when it is just seconds to 3 o'clock, Homer doesn't have anything around his hands. When he confronts Mr Burns, when he says "Oh, Mr Burns!", he has a watch. Then, he doesn't. | *In Marge's meeting scene, when it is just seconds to 3 o'clock, Homer doesn't have anything around his hands. When he confronts Mr Burns, when he says "Oh, Mr Burns!", he has a watch. Then, he doesn't. | ||
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Contents
Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the film and TV series How the West Was Won.
- The couch gag parodies the sets of various sitcoms: The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch and Cheers.
- When Bart, Nelson, Jimbo, Kearney, Dolph, and Ralph go to the "helicopter", "Gonna Fly Now", the theme song from Rocky, plays.
- There is also a Kid vs. Kat episode called "How the Test Was Won".
- Homer's premonition of the massive accident in his house is similar to the premonitions seen in the Final Destination franchise.
- At the end, when Principal Skinner says dancing is allowed again, everyone starts dancing to the song "Footloose" from the 1984 film Footloose.
- When Ralph plays with the rat, he thinks that the rat is Elmo from Sesame Street.
Trivia
- When Bart skateboards over Barney during the opening sequence, Barney says "Hey!" instead of belching.
Continuity
- According to Homer the entire series of scenes showing him getting hurt took place over a week. This is odd, considering that one of the flashbacks was from "Treehouse of Horror XIII". This could, however, be a sign that Homer is not good at keeping track of time—or reality, since the THOH flashback is non-canon. Most of the flashbacks are clips from previous episodes:
- "Homer at the Bat"
- "Bart's Friend Falls in Love"
- "Homer's Triple Bypass"
- "Marge in Chains"
- "Deep Space Homer"
- "Bart Gets an Elephant"
- "Homer Badman"
- "King-Size Homer"
- "Two Bad Neighbors"
- "Homerpalooza"
- "A Milhouse Divided"
- "The Homer They Fall"
- "Homer to the Max"
- "Faith Off"
- "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
- "Tennis the Menace"
- "Bye, Bye, Nerdie"
- "Simpson Safari"
- "Weekend at Burnsie's"
- "I Am Furious (Yellow)"
- "Helter Shelter"
- "Pray Anything"
- "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
- "Brake My Wife, Please"
- "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays"
- "Blame It on Lisa"
- "Lost Our Lisa"
- "Lard of the Dance"
- "Trilogy of Error"
- "Million-Dollar Abie"
- "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs"
- "Dumbbell Indemnity"
- "Treehouse of Horror XIII"
Goofs
- People were already staring at Lisa before she screamed.
- In one scene, Lisa is shown sitting next to Milhouse, however in an earlier scene, she is shown sitting at the edge of the table.
- In Marge's meeting scene, when it is just seconds to 3 o'clock, Homer doesn't have anything around his hands. When he confronts Mr Burns, when he says "Oh, Mr Burns!", he has a watch. Then, he doesn't.