Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

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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 adverts.
• Homer apparently had a crush on Kevin Kline as the Simpsons owned several DVDs with him in.
• 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.
• Posters for Les Vacances de Mr. Hulot, Amélie, Les Quatre Cents Coups, and Les Parapluies de Cherbourg are on Keagan's bedroom walls.
  • Keagan's father refers to him as "Scorsese".
• Marge tells Lisa that she looks like a little version of her trying to look like a little Sarah Jennifer Judson.
• 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.
  • A character in a Star Trek Starfleet uniform.
  • 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.
• TV shows seen at Nostalgi-Con include:
  • 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.

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

• Mr. Clark is seen at his house and at the mother-son dance.

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