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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the song "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" by Paul Simon.
• Hungry Hungry Hippos: Multiverse of Munching is a parody of the children's game Hungry Hungry Hippos and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
• Snüf is a parody of the Lume deodorant advertisements.
• Homer apparently had a crush on Kevin Kline as the Simpsons owned several DVDs with him in them.
• Keagan's Pond is a parody of Dawson's Creek.
  • Keagan, played by Shawn Garrett Evanson, is a parody of Dawson Leery, played by James Van Der Beek.
• Clincher is a parody of Reacher.
  • John Clinch is a parody of Jack Reacher.

Keagan from Keagan's Pond is a parody of Dawson from Dawson's Creek. He is depicted as a French film enthusiast, mirroring Dawson's obsession with the films of Steven Spielberg.

• Posters for Les Vacances de Mr. Hulot, Amélie, Zazie dans le Métro, Les Quatre Cents Coups, and Les Parapluies de Cherbourg are on Keagan's bedroom walls. This parodies Dawson's obsession with Steven Spielberg by presenting Keagan as a pretentious French cinema enthusiast.
  • Keagan's father refers to him as "Scorsese."
• There are some Fabergé eggs under the attic floor.
• Bison Swap Thrift Store is a parody of Buffalo Exchange.
• Lisa's orange dress was bought at CVS.
• The song that plays during the montage of Lisa in new outfits is "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" by the Bucketheads.
• Terri refers to Sherri as "Kmart".
• Characters seen on the magazine cover for Nostalgi-Con:
  • Steve Urkel from Family Matters.
  • Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell.
  • Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation,
  • ALF from the TV show of the same name.
• Frank Paul is a parody of fashion designer Paul Frank. The donkey shirt that Marge owned is a parody of Julius the monkey.
• Lisa finds a T-shirt for Trans World Airlines at the Bison Swap Thrift Store.
• The TV shows seen at the Nostalgi-Con include references to the 1990s:
  • Chillin' With Mr. Bro, a parody of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.
  • "Talk to the hand", a slang phrase associated with the 1990s.
  • Palmdale, 93510, a parody of Beverly Hills, 90210 and a reference to the city of Palmdale.
  • Dusty the Ghoul Assassin, a parody of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Marge refers to the fashion club as "the cast of Euphoria".
• The fashion club plays the board game Candy Land with Ralph.
• The Hibberts have a T-shirt for Ross Perot's election campaign in the 1992 United States presidential election, a Taco Bell T-shirt, and a Bennifer T-shirt.
• "Hungry Eyes" by Eric Carmen, from the film Dirty Dancing, plays at the mother-son dance, and again over the end credits.
• Devin once heard that Gloria Gibson's sister used to manage an Aéropostale clothing store.
• Lisa finds a Spice Girls tour jacket and Jelly sandals among Gloria's clothes.

Trivia

• Gloria Prince's maiden name is revealed to be Gibson.

Continuity

• Nikki McKenna is in the school fashion club. ("Stealing First Base")
• TV shows seen at Nostalgi-Con include:
  • Talk to the Hand and Don't Go There ("Wild Barts Can't Be Broken")
  • UpscAlien in da House and Supreme Courtney ("Homer the Father")

Goofs

• When Marge is scolding the club, Terri goes from wearing some of Marge's clothes to her regular outfit in between shots.
• Mr. Clark is seen at his house and at the mother-son dance.