The Great Wife Hope/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• Title is a reference of the film of 1970 "The Great White Hope", directed by Martin Ritt.
• There is an ad on a billboard that says "When a Man Gloves a Woman". This is an allusion to the 1966 song by Percy Sledge called "When a Man Loves a Woman" and also a 1994 film of the same name. Milhouse sings the song in "A Star Is Torn", but is cut short when Lenny shouts, "which are you, the man or the women?!?".
• The ending might be a spoof of the ending of Dragonball Evolution where Goku and Chichi jump up in the air aiming kicks against each other and the camera freezes. What they say just before is pretty close to what they say in Dragonball Evolution.
• The music that Mr. Burns fights to and that is heard in the end credits is "Boola Boola/When the Saints" performed by the Sing-A-Long Gang. "Boola Boola" is the fight song for Yale University.

Trivia

• You can see Barney Gumble is not only at the wrestling place, screaming "We've been here for hours!", but seconds later you can see him at Moe's.