It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 11 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the 1963 American comedy film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
• In the episode's couch gag, the family members are painted by Asian artists, referencing the South Korean animation studios that worked on The Simpsons, such as AKOM and Rough Draft Studios.
• Skinner does not want the students to create imitations of the 1999 American horror film The Blair Witch Project.
• Bart mentions Discovery Channel and Nazi gold while filming Lisa's nose on the school bus.
  • To avoid being filmed, Lisa says that Bart "sleeps with Raggedy Andy". Raggedy Andy is the brother of Raggedy Ann, a children's story character and rag doll.

At Woodstock '99, Otto refuses to pay $8 for a bottle of water, referencing the high price of water at the festival, which was one of its many controversies.

• According to Otto, he met his girlfriend at Woodstock '99.
  • Otto refuses to buy water for $8, referencing the high prices of food and water, which were widely criticized during the music festival.
• The song Otto plays to propose to Becky is "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by the glam metal band Poison.
  • The scene itself is a parody of the famous radio scene in the 1988 film Say Anything.
• Homer sits at the kitchen table and stabs a knife into his fingers, parodying the "knife trick" scene in Aliens.
• At the wedding, Patty says "The bitterness is strong in this one", parodying "The Force is strong with this one", a well-known quote by Darth Vader in Star Wars.
• A piece of music in the style of the "James Bond Theme" is heard when Homer eats cake stealthily.
• Becky complains that Otto refers to their lovemaking as the Headbangers Ball, a music television program that features heavy metal music videos.
• Otto says he could have had American radio personality Rick Dees at his wedding for the $300 he paid Reverend Lovejoy.
• The "Bridal Chorus" is heard when Becky approaches Otto.
  • The march is interrupted by the Poison tribute band Cyanide, who perform a cover of "Nothin' But a Good Time".
• After Otto leaves Becky at the altar, Homer warns her to take off her wedding dress lest she appear insane. This is a reference to Miss Havisham, the character from Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations.
• Homer sings his own version of the song "Changes" by David Bowie while he is changing the oil of Marge's car.
• Becky compares Marge to Martha Stewart "without the evil". Stewart was convicted of felony charges related to the ImClone stock trading case corporate scandal.
• Becky is incorporating Jackie Chan-style moves into Bart's video project.
• Selma refers to the 1992 American psychological thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as a documentary.
• At the trial, Dr. Wilmore mentions Marge's fixation on Ringo Starr.
• Krusty says that Marge "just flew in from the cuckoo's nest", a pun on the 1975 American psychological comedy-drama film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
• Krusty's interview scene is a spoof of the "Celebrity Interviews" skit on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
  • The fake Marge mentions Crazy Horse as her favorite Native American warrior.
  • The "Mad Marge Dancers" dance the "Sabre Dance" orchestral movement, and the dancers themselves parody "The Dancing Itos" from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
• Bart refers to the Bloody Mary legend.
• Dr. Foster mentions American comedian Jonathan Winters, who was also part of the cast in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Trivia

• One of the children in the classroom says D'oh when he drops his camera.

Goofs

• When Otto was extinguished, neither his hair nor his clothes were burned.
• Eddie and Lou's ice cream cones disappear when they go to put the cuffs on Marge.
• In the final scene of the second act, as Marge is being arrested after confronting Becky, Becky isn't wearing lipstick.
• Patty's dress sometimes changes from short sleeves to sleeveless, then back to short sleeves when Marge visits her sisters.
• When Mrs. Krabappel's classroom is first seen, the walls are pink instead of green.

Continuity

• Otto being the son of an admiral and them not getting along were both mentioned in "The Otto Show"
• Bart mentions Apu's wedding and says that they still got most of the items. ("The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons")
• Dr. Zweig from "Fear of Flying" and Dr. Foster from "Hurricane Neddy" both appear at Marge's insanity hearing.
• This is the second time Homer knocks out Marge. The first time was in "Mayored to the Mob".
• The bar Juggernauts, which was mentioned earlier in "Pygmoelian", is mentioned by Kent Brockman in this episode and is seen briefly.

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