Jaws Wired Shut/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the film Eyes Wide Shut.
• When Homer is twirling Maggie around by her pacifier, the music playing is the music from the tornado scene in The Wizard of Oz.
• The scene at the end of the episode where Homer drinks some Duffs to power himself up and rescue Marge is a reference to Popeye cartoons, in which Popeye often rescues his love Olive Oyl by powering himself up with spinach.
• The music playing in the formal ballroom is first, from symphonic poem "Les Preludes" by Franz Liszt; then "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by W. A. Mozart; then "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss Jr.

Trivia

• The movies playing at the Springfield Googolplex Theatres are Shenani-Goats, Air C.H.U.D., Chocolate 2: The Vanilla-ing, Final Chapter: A New Beginning, Editor-in-Chimp, Too Many Premises!, Clone Me an Angel, and Dude, Where's MyPepsi?
• There is a float on the gay parade called "Stayin' In The Closet" with a man and a woman peering out. Their faces are not seen, but they do speak, and thus seem to be Patty Bouvier and Waylon Smithers. Patty later confirmed she was a lesbian, in Season 16's episode "There's Something About Marrying". However, there has been no official confirmation that Smithers is homosexual, although a long-running gag strongly implies that he is, but in the Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: On 3D, On Ice!, a man who was interviewed confirmed Smither's sexuality.

Continuity

• Homer's X-Ray clearly shows the crayon that reduces his intelligence. It was first seen in "HOMЯ."