The Spy Who Learned Me/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 23 Episode References
← "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again"	506 "The Spy Who Learned Me"	"Ned 'N Edna's Blend" →

Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
• Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon appears in the Stradivarius Cain movie.
• Declan's documentary Do You Want Lies With That? is a parody of Super Size Me.
• The scene of Homer looking at "beautiful things" is a parody of Forest Gump.
• Homer's illusions:
  • E.T., a character from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
  • Mr. Potato Head, a children's toy, made popular by Toy Story.
  • Clippy, the common nickname for Clippit, the Office Assistant for Microsoft Office from Windows 98 to Windows 2003.
  • Cleatus the Football Robot, a robot that is likely the same as Cleatus the Fox Sports Robot.
• When Marge pulls up to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Lenny asks "what brings you to the SNPP," which is a possible reference to the website "The Simpsons Archive", which is more commonly known by the initials "snpp".

Goofs

• In Krusty Burger, Jessica Lovejoy has light brown hair.
• One of the children Nelson punches, he doesn't actually touch.

Continuity

• A Pin Pals photo is seen in Moe's Tavern. ("Team Homer")
• A Tic–Tac–Toe: X v. O trailer is seen on the TV in Moe's Tavern. ("The Squirt and the Whale")