Moonshine River/References

Cultural references

 * The episode has many references to the 1961 film , adapted from the :
 * The title is a reference to the song "", which is from the film.
 * The song playing in the credits was "Moon River"
 * In two scenes, Mary is dressed as Holly.
 * In one, she is wearing the same black dress and hat with the white ribbon around the hat.
 * While playing guitar, Mary is dressed similarly to Holly while she plays guitar, albeit with a red bandana as opposed to Holly's white.
 * In the film, Holly left her "family" to set up a new life in New York, much like Mary does here, though her dad comes to get her, not her husband like in the film.
 * In Mary's apartment is someone called H. Golightly, a reference to Holly Golightly, the protagonist of the novella , from which a film adaptation was made, starring as the protagonist; Hepburn sang "Moon River" in the film.
 * The couch gag is a reference to the The Longest Daycare.
 * Pappa Pia! is a reference to the musical .
 * Death of a Salesman: The Seussical is a parody of  and films.
 * Samsun is a parody of.
 * LC is a parody of.
 * is touched upon slightly. Bart tells Homer that he "would love New York, now that [his] two least favorite buildings have been obliterated". Bart then quickly adds "Old Penn Station and Shea Stadium", after a pause.

Trivia

 * The items in Bart's box of "precious junk" include:
 * Photos of his old girlfriends
 * His slingshot
 * A Krusty the Clown ashtray
 * A square piece of in a ziplock bag labelled "Ravioli that looks like me"
 * The names that appear in the listing of Mary Spuckler's apartment include:
 * T. Bickle
 * Mary Spuckler
 * H. Golightly
 * "Moonshine River" and "Homer at the Bat" currently hold the record for highest number of guest stars in one episode, with eleven.
 * This episode premiered in Australia on February 10, 2013 at 6pm local time on TEN.
 * This is the second time that The Simpsons traveled to New York. The first time was in the Season 9 premiere episode: "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson".
 * In a promo for the episode, basketball player of the New York Knicks appears dancing during the scene where Mary sings The Ballad of Cylinder Head. However, he was replaced by a New York Yankees player, probably because Lin moved to Houston Rockets before the episode aired.
 * Don Pardo's appearance makes him the oldest guest star the show has ever had.



Continuity

 * Bart's previous girlfriends:
 * Jessica Lovejoy ("Bart's Girlfriend")
 * Darcy ("Little Big Girl")
 * Jenny ("The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly")
 * Gina Vendetti ("The Wandering Juvie")
 * Nikki McKenna ("Stealing First Base")
 * Mary Spuckler ("Apocalypse Cow")
 * Adverts are seen from previous objects featured in the show:
 * Canyonero Hybrid ("The Last Temptation of Krust", "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"")
 * MyPad ("Holidays of Future Passed", "A Tree Grows in Springfield", "Them, Robot", "Lisa Goes Gaga")
 * Burly Paper Towels ("The Blunder Years")
 * Khlav Kalash and the Khlav Kalash vendor appear again as . ("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", "Lost Our Lisa")

Goofs

 * In the queue for the Romeo and Juliet play, many of the people standing in line appear in the line more than once.
 * The animation of the Simpsons in the couch gag contest notification segment is a bit off-model, one error being that in most shots, Bart's head is too tall. This could explain that this segment was rushed to be put in the season premiere.
 * On the close shot of Bart buzzing for Mary, her name is near the top. However, when zoomed out, he is pressing the bottom button.
 * At the end of Romeo and Juliet, Lisa is seen lying on the ground in costume as Juliet, but she suddenly runs to Marge's side in her usual clothes very quickly.