Sleeping with the Enemy/References

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	Season 16 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode's title is a reference to the 1991 psychological thriller Sleeping with the Enemy, starring Julia Roberts.
• Lisa uses the term "Hop-Way to Hell", a pun on AC/DC's song "Highway to Hell", to describe the hopscotch she made.
• The "MG" letters that, according to Homer, form his hair and ears are a reference to Matt Groening.

The watermark of Skinner saying "Only you can prevent test fraud" is a pun on "Only you can prevent wildfires", the slogan of Smokey Bear

• The watermark of Seymour Skinner saying "Only you can prevent test fraud" is a pun on "Only you can prevent wildfires", the slogan of Smokey Bear, an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service.
• When discussing the name of the capital of Kentucky, Frankfort, Homer thinks of frankfurter, another name for the sausage in a hot dog.
• Saks Fifth Grade is a parody of Saks Fifth Avenue, an American luxury department store chain.
  • The store clerk works on the mannequin while singing the song "Planing Down the Thighs" to the tune of "Bringing In the Sheaves", a popular American gospel song.
  • Lisa looks at herself through the mirror to see a fat Milhouse and a fat Lisa appearing like John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft in the 1986 adult animated film When the Wind Blows.
• During Bart's party:
  • When Marge asks the guests to draw a picture of US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Martin draws him alongside Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and comments that their relationship was "frosty at best". Historians often note the relationship between the two leaders as efficient but not warm.
  • Bart is given a thesaurus as a present.
• According to Nelson, Mrs. Muntz works at Hooters.
• The Simpson family once owned a Kaypro, a personal computer from the 1980s, that Nelson dropped on the freeway.
• Marge mentions Tootsie Pop.
• The TV series George Lopez is mentioned by the announcer of the ABC.
• Nelson sings "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" next to a candle, parodying the scene where Yentl (Barbra Streisand) sings the same song in the 1983 American romantic musical drama Yentl.
  • When Lisa outrageously eats Lenny's cake, Bart says that at least "she's not singing Streisand".
• The song "Sherri Smells" is sung to the tune of Jingle Bells, one of the most commonly sung Christmas songs in the world.
• Mrs. Muntz is playing Lady Macbeth, one of the main characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth.

Trivia

• When Homer draws a picture of himself, it looks similar to his original look. Originally, Homer was going to have a G for his ear and the M on his hair, and it would form Matt Groening's initials. However, as explained in the audio commentary for "Lost Our Lisa", the design was dumped as it would be too distracting for fans.

Continuity

• Lisa previously had a fantasy where she's fat and with a boy who had a crush on her in "Lisa the Simpson".
• This is the fourth episode that comments on Lisa's fat bottom. The other three are "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)", "Lisa's Date with Density", and "Old Yeller-Belly".

Goofs

• When Lisa enters the living room to join Bart's party, she passes through the foyer by the back door. But when she runs away crying, the couch, lamp, rug, and dresser suddenly appear there.
• When Nelson enters the Simpson house, he acts like he's never been there before, even though he was there in "Bart the General", after admitting defeat by Bart.
• The scene with the State Capital test is very inaccurate. First, the test leaves out Arkansas, so the capital of California is listed as Little Rock, which is actually the capital of Arkansas. The Colorado capital becomes Sacramento, which is California's capital, and then Colorado's capital becomes Denver. Then the answers merge closer, making it the same as it should be. The final problem is when Homer claims the capital of Kentucky is not Frankfort. The capital is Frankfort. The problem with it is that Kentucky is not on the one-page quiz. This is because the quiz only goes to Iowa.
• When Sherri and Terri are running away from the skunk, Terri has a purple hand.
• Homer drew a simple black and white sketch of himself, but when he talks to Lisa, his drawing is colored.

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