How I Wet Your Mother/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 23 Episode References
← 500 "At Long Last Leave"	502 "How I Wet Your Mother"

Cultural references

• The episode's name is a reference to the TV series, How I Met Your Mother.
• The episode is a parody of and a reference to the film, Inception.
• Waylon Smithers uses a Portal gun to get past the robots in the storeroom.
• The closing credits feature audio of the song "Dream Operator" written by David Byrne (with partial vocals from Byrne along with other voice cast).
• One of the dreams references the "Family Therapy" Tracey Ullman short.
• Grampa says his and Mona's arguing was actually a TV program, featuring Mitch Miller shouting at "one of his idiot singers". Miller produced for many singers, including Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin and Johnny Mathis.
• In Homer's dreams, he has Jennifer Aniston's hair from Friends.