McMansion & Wife/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode's title is a reference to 1976 television series McMillan & Wife.
- During the episode's couch gag:
- The song "Good Time" by Lee Richardson is heard.
- Lambuggini is a parody of Lamborghini, the luxury sports car manufacturer.
- When Homer is driving over the cliff, a flying car similar to that from the 1968 children's musical adventure film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is seen.
- When Thayer Blackburn invites Homer to test a Lambuggini, he offers him Smartwater, the popular brand of bottled water.
Thayer invites Homer to play
pickleball, a fast-growing racket sport, especially in the United States
- Thayer invites Homer to play pickleball, a fast-growing racket sport, especially in the United States.
- The business magnate Jeff Bezos and his aerospace company Blue Origin are hinted in the anti-bullying film played at Springfield Elementary School during the "Beyond Bullying" act.
- Milhouse is sad that Lisa stepped on a raisin, an said that "It never should have left Fresno". Milhouse is referring to Fresno, California, where most of the raisin production in the US takes place.
- The song "Friends" by Bette Midler plays during the scenes where Homer, Marge, Thayer, and Anne Blackburn hang out together.
- According to Chief Wiggum, the police car he is driving is a Dodge Charger.
- Lisa tells Hubert Wong that she is going to "beat him like a Hopi spirit drum", referring to the Hopi Native Americans.
- Wong mentions the Nasanmuya celebration of the Hopi people, which takes place in September.
- The scene where Nelson is followed on his bullying spree is a reference to the film Goodfellas where Henry Hill and Karen enter the Copacabana.
- Thayer and Anne are on holidays in Bora Bora, French Polynesia.
- The song "The Game Has Changed" from the soundtrack of Tron: Legacy is heard when Lisa and Bart face Hubert and Nelson.
- Nelson asks Apple's digital assistant Siri for one thing nerds have ever done.
- Bart and Nelson sing "See Saw Margery Daw", a real children's nursery rhyme.
- The song "New Beginning" by Unframed Audio is heard when Marge and Homer leave the Lambuggini dealer.
- Jebediah Springfield holds the baby up over a ridge in a parody of the iconic scene from The Lion King where Rafiki holds Simba up.
- The spot where Jebediah Springfield raised the baby had become former President Ronald Reagan's campaign headquarters.
- The episode was dedicated in memory of Suzanne Somers who died on October 15, 2023.
Continuity[edit]
- In the future, the Simpson House museum has a plaque on Lisa's door saying "the room where President Lisa Simpson grew up" ("Bart to the Future") and Homer's spacesuit. ("Deep Space Homer")
- Wiggum mistakes a Dodge Diplomat for a Dodge Charger.
- Nelson's belly button disappears when he takes his vest on and on, despite Bart noticing his shirt was drawn on him.
