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Cultural references[edit]

• Troy McClure also starred in Five Fabulous Weeks of The Chevy Chase Show, a reference to The Chevy Chase Show.
• Troy McClure calls the Simpson family "America's favorite non-prehistoric cartoon family", a reference to The Flintstones.
• One of the couch gags shows the Simpsons being crushed by a giant foot, a reference to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
• One of the couch gags shows the Simpsons in a M. C. Escher-style room.
• Johnny Reb Comics is a reference to Johnny Reb, the national personification of the common soldier of the Confederacy.
• James L. Brooks is depicted as looking like Rich Uncle Pennybags from Monopoly.
• Sam Simon is depicted as looking like Howard Hughes.
• In the short "Good Night", Marge sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" to Maggie.
• Professor Lawrence Pierce is from the University of Chicago.
• A clip from "Marge vs. the Monorail" of Homer singing a parody of "Meet the Flintstones", the theme song of The Flintstones, is shown.
• Homer eating potato chips in space in "Deep Space Homer" is set to the song "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II.
• Dr. Linus Irving is from the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Institute.
• Matt Groening has a Life in Hell poster in his office.
• In the deleted scene from "Krusty Gets Kancelled", he has a book called Sex, a reference to Madonna's 1992 book Sex.
• Another deleted scene from "Krusty Gets Kancelled" has network executives telling Krusty that his show is being replaced by a hemorrhoid infomercial starring Claude Akins.
• The deleted scene from "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" has Homer dealing cards to James Bond, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Oddjob, and Jaws from James Bond.
• In a deleted scene from "Treehouse of Horror IV", Bart says that he'll sell his soul for a Formula One racing car.
• In a deleted scene from "Burns' Heir", the Robotic Richard Simmons, a robot version of Richard Simmons, plays the song "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band. The song later plays during the "hardcore nudity" montage.
  • When Smithers shoots the robot in the head, it quickly "heals", similar to the T-1000 in the steel mill scene of Terminator 2.

Trivia[edit]

• All the new footage in this episode is colored using digital ink and paint. This marks the second time it was used in the series, after "Radioactive Man".
• The wraparound sequences with Troy were animated by USAnimation, which also provided the digital coloring for "Radioactive Man".
• The answer to the question during the first commercial break claims that the cash register says "NRA4EVER" when Maggie is scanned. This is a joke and the cash register actually says "847.63", the estimated cost of raising a baby for one month in 1989.
• Alternate shooters of Mr. Burns include; Barney, Tito Puente, Moe, Apu, and Santa's Little Helper.
  • The alternate ending where Mr. Burns reveals that Waylon Smithers shot him is also shown. This alternate ending was created to stop the show's staff from leaking the ending.

Continuity[edit]

• Clips from The Tracey Ullman Show shorts include:
  • The family eating dinner in "Eating Dinner".
  • The entirety of "Good Night".
  • The entirety of "The Perfect Crime".
  • Scenes from "Space Patrol".
  • Scenes from "World War III".
  • The entirety of "Bathtime".
• Clips from episodes include:
  • Barney drinking with Wade Boggs at Moe's Tavern. ("Homer at the Bat")
• Adolf Hitler in an episode of The Itchy & Scratchy Show. ("Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie")
• Alternate outcomes for "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" are shown.
• The couch gags are all repeats from previous episodes. These include the couch gags from "A Streetcar Named Marge", "Lisa the Beauty Queen", "Marge vs. the Monorail", "Homer's Triple Bypass", "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk", "Homer Goes to College", "A Star Is Burns", "Homer the Great", "Homer Badman", "Lisa's Rival", "Bart's Comet", and the "Circus Line couch gag" originally from "Lisa's First Word".
• Clips from the "Homer getting stupider" montage include:
  • Homer at the post office pretending to be Mr. Burns to get a letter. ("Blood Feud")
  • Homer's "I was being sarcastic" making people happy monologue. ("Flaming Moe's")
  • Homer singing "Meet the Flintstones". ("Marge vs. the Monorail")
  • Homer opening the bag of potato chips in the space shuttle. ("Deep Space Homer")
  • The "no TV and no beer make Homer something something" scene from "The Shinning" segment of "Treehouse of Horror V".
• The scene of Smithers talking to Mr. Burns about his birthday preparations is shown, and then imagining Burns coming out of a cake, is shown. ("Rosebud")
• The scene of Burns talking about dogs to Smithers is shown. ("Dog of Death")
• The scene of Smithers turning his computer on and seeing a naked Mr. Burns on the screen is shown. ("Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy")
• The scene where Smithers imagines Burns flying through his window is shown. ("Marge Gets a Job")
• Clips and deleted scenes from "Krusty Gets Kancelled" are shown.
• Clips and deleted scenes from "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" are shown.
• The clip of Homer meeting his mother is seen. ("Mother Simpson")
• Deleted scenes from "Treehouse of Horror IV" are shown.
• Clips and deleted scenes from "Homer and Apu" are shown.
• Clips and deleted scenes from "Burns' Heir" are shown.
• An image of the Tracey Ullman Show Simpsons are visible in the hallway, although Bart's shirt is red instead of light blue unlike most displays of it.
• The hardcore nudity montage includes:
  • Barney in "Mr. Plow".
  • Martin in "Bart of Darkness".
  • Homer in "Rosebud".
  • Bart in "'Round Springfield".
  • Groundskeeper Willie in "Bart's Girlfriend".
  • Homer in "Homie the Clown".
  • Bart in "Bart vs. Australia".
  • Homer in "Homer Badman".
  • Baby Bart in "Lisa's First Word".
  • Mr. Burns in "Brush with Greatness".
  • Homer and Marge in "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy". The scene presented in this episode differs from the original, as Homer and Marge are not covered by the bedsheets, unlike in the original version.
  • Homer in "Homer Badman".
  • Baby Bart in "And Maggie Makes Three".
  • Homer in "Treehouse of Horror III".
  • Baby Bart in "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song".
  • Homer in "Homer the Great".
  • Bart, Rabbi Krustofsky and rabbis in "Like Father, Like Clown".
  • Bart in "I Love Lisa".
  • Homer in "The Call of the Simpsons".
  • Homer and Marge in "Colonel Homer".