Brake My Wife, Please/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 14 Episode References
← 310 "Old Yeller-Belly"	311 "Brake My Wife, Please"	"The Bart of War" 312 →

Cultural references

• The name of this episode refers to comedian Henny Youngman's one-line joke, "Take my wife... please".
  • This line is also referred to in the episode titles "Take My Wife, Sleaze" and "Take My Life, Please", and mentioned in "Little Big Girl", where Bart says "Take my wife, Please. Hey, I finally get that joke!".
• At the video store, Homer watches Buttercups of Autumn, a parody of the film The Whales of August.
• Homer dances to the Mexican Hat song.
• Homer gives Carl, Lou, Dr. Hibbert and Drederick Tatum the Black power salute. Carl thought Homer was American TV personality Al Roker.
• The rap Homer sings in his car before driving it off the pier comes from the Chaka Khan song "I Feel for You".
• Homer calls Marge "stresserella", a pun on Cinderella.
• While walking to work, Homer runs a stick across a fence, and then across George Wilson's face. Mr. Wilson is Dennis' neighbor in the 1993 film Dennis the Menace, and is the victim of Dennis's misbehavior. He also calls Homer "Simpson, you're a menace", in a reference to that film.
  • Martha Wilson, who often serves as a calming influence and a maternal figure, showing patience and affection towards Dennis, appears as well.

Mr. Burns gives Homer a ticket to the 1939 World's Fair. The ticket features the Trylon and Perisphere monuments

• Mr. Burns gives Homer a ticket to the 1939 World's Fair, held in New York City. The ticket features the Trylon and Perisphere monuments.
• Lisa and Bart use the synonyms amble and saunter to refer to take a walk.
• "I Love to Walk" contains elements of "Talk to the Animals" from the movie Doctor Dolittle.
  • Homer asks if Steve Buscemi is the guy who got fed into the woodchipper in Fargo, referring to the ending of the 1996 black comedy film.
  • Steve Buscemi offers the men from Turkmenistan tickets to the Independent Film Awards. Buscemi has appeared in independent and mainstream films, with independent films predominating early in his career.
• When Marge is introduced to Jackson Browne, she mentions one of his songs, "The Pretender".
• Jackson Browne said he would serenade Marge a song from his latest album, which was The Naked Ride Home. He then says he's kidding and sings "Marjorie", a parody of "Rosie" from the album Running on Empty.

Trivia

• When Bart and Milhouse's frogs start fighting each other, the "Bart and Milhouse fight music" plays.

Goofs

• The syrup on Bart's pancakes disappears when Marge was shoving cereal into his mouth.

Continuity

• Apu and Manjula go to marriage counseling for Apu's affair in "The Sweetest Apu".

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Treehouse of Horror XIII • How I Spent My Strummer Vacation • Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade • Large Marge • Helter Shelter • The Great Louse Detective • Special Edna • The Dad Who Knew Too Little • The Strong Arms of the Ma • Pray Anything • Barting Over • I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can • A Star Is Born Again • Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington • C.E. D'oh • 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky • Three Gays of the Condo • Dude, Where's My Ranch? • Old Yeller-Belly • Brake My Wife, Please • The Bart of War • Moe Baby Blues