Moe Goes from Rags to Riches/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 23 Episode References
← 497 "The D'oh-cial Network"	498 "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"	"The Daughter Also Rises" 499 →

Cultural references

• The plot to the episode is similar to the plot of The Red Violin.
• Lisa mentions that Milhouse wears a Finding Nemo back brace.
• The Persian storyteller tells the story of Ali Baba and How the Camel Got His Hump to the Persian king.
• Michelangelo's painting is the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
• The Wriggles CD that Milhouse owns is a parody of The Wiggles.

Music

• At the beginning of the episode, the song playing in Moe's Tavern is "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie.
• Homer is seen dancing on the wall and then on the ceiling, a reference to "Dancing on the Ceiling", another Lionel Richie song.
• The music playing when Moe says the bar rag is his best friend and then hugs it is from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
• The song at the end is from Forrest Gump.

Continuity

• A picture of the Pin Pals is seen in Moe's Tavern. ("Team Homer")

Goofs

• In the scene where Marge comes up from the basement with laundry, the basement is in the wrong place and is under the stairs where a closet should be.
• Oil and beer have been poured on the bar, but when Moe throws his rag onto the bar, the oil and beer have disappeared.