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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the 1988 comedy film 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 Commissioner Gordon.
- Homer mentions 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 Doctor Doom.
- Database is Doctor Octopus.
- Dr. Hibbert's youngest son is Green Lantern.
- Other unnamed kids are The Flash, Thor and the Silver Surfer.
- Francine Rhenquist is Poison Ivy.
- Chief Wiggum is Batman.
- Ralph Wiggum is Superman.
- An unnamed kid is Magneto.
- Allison Taylor is Wonder Woman.
- Clocks for Vulcan from Star Trek and Krypton, Superman's home planet and Bizarro Earth are seen.
- Milo mentions that he:
- Wrote a Lost fan-fiction finale that also answered all the questions from 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 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 Lois Lane comic for the wedding special between Lois Lane and Superman.
- 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 Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Stan Lee says that he can only watch and that he cannot interfere, referencing The Watcher from Marvel Comics.
- The Just Us League is a reference to the 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 The Avengers.
- 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 Ob-Wan doll in his store.
- At the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con costume contest, Kumiko dresses as Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon and Comic Book Guy dresses as a Stargate from Stargate SG-1. Kumiko then jumps though the Stargate and is dressed as a Gryffindor student from Harry Potter.
- Strawberry is dressed as the Mad Hatter.
- Strawberry and Milo's child is dressed as Batman.
- 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... Wizard of Oz reference! Did I do that? Urkel reference! Help me. Fly reference!".
- Mr. Nakamura is dressed as an E-3PO droid from Star Wars at Comic Book Guy and Kumiko's wedding.
- The scene with Homer and Mr. Nakamura after they got drunk has a parody of films by Hayao Miyazaki:
- The streets, spirits and No-Face all appear from Spirited Away.
- Otto the Catbus is from My Neighbor Totoro.
- Chief Wiggum as the Pig Person is from either Spirited Away or Porco Rosso.
- Ralph Wiggum as Ponyo from Ponyo.
- Krusty the Clown as Jigo from Princess Mononoke.
- Smithers as Aogaeru and Mayor Quimby as the River Spirit from Spirited Away.
- Patty and Selma as Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service.
- Gerald Samson as Boh the Giant Baby from Spirited Away.
- Moe as Turnip-Head from Howl's Moving Castle.
- 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.
Trivia
- The number plate on the wall in Chuck Dukewagon's All American Chow Lounge says SABF03, the production code for the episode.
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")
