Dude, Where's My Ranch?/References

Cultural references

 *  - The title of the episode parodies this movie.
 *  - When Moe picks up after he is badly injured, Byrne asks Moe to take him to the hospital. When Byrne asks why Moe drove right past it, Moe ask him "have you ever seen the movie Misery?". The movie Misery is about a writer who is hurt in a blizzard and is taken in (then held captive) by a crazed fan of his work.
 *  - The song that the Moe Szyslak Connection performs at the end of the episode is to the tune of this Andrea True Connection song. It was previously referenced in Sweets and Sour Marge.
 *  - When Bart ropes Homer around the neck to save him from the beavers, it's a spoof of the scene in which Marty is roped by the hands.
 * When Cleanie comes in he says "My precious". The voice is a reference to the Lord of the Rings character Gollum. Cleanie was voiced by, who provided the voice (and motion capture) for Gollum in the films.
 * Luke Stetson tells Lisa he needs someone to help him hang some "no hunting" and "free ." The latter sign being a reference to Tibet's struggle for independence.
 * When the beavers are gnawing on the items in the mini bar, one of them can be seen chewing on a . However, the package is the wrong shape, it should be a triangular prism but instead it's a rectangular prism.
 * If you look when the fridge is opened and the beaver is biting the deck of cards, you can see that the Toblerones are stacked and seen as triangles. But later when the beaver is eating the Toblerone, it is rectangular.


 * The name of the store Styx and Stones Records is a reference to both the rock bands and The Rolling Stones as well as a reference to the nursery rhyme "".
 * The name "Lazy I Ranch" is a play on "," which among other meanings is a song by the.
 * The ranch's previous name, "Wandering I Nudist Colony" is a play on "," which among other meanings was a single by the band ; but in view of its being a nudist colony specifically refers to visually checking out other people.
 * The "Wax Museum" brochure shows and  on the cover.
 * Lisa, unhappy with the ranch, is reading one of the putative, Let's Go HOME. Bart rides up and tells her, "Hey Crabby Hayes, get with the program!" referencing the old-time actor in westerns,.

Trivia

 * Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky makes an appearance in this episode, voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
 * The scream heard during Everybody Hates Ned Flanders is similar to the scream heard in the Gracie Films variant for Treehouse of Horror VII.

Goofs

 * This episode was featured on The Simpsons Christmas Vol. 2 DVD, but it has nothing to do with Christmas, except for the scene in the beginning where The Simpsons are singing carols.
 * The sound of the footsteps when Clara is running across the log do not match her actual footsteps.
 * When Bart read the leaflet for the ranch, he said that there would be no radio at the ranch. However later, Maggie is seen dancing to a song on the radio.
 * When Lisa first meets Luke Stetson, he tells her that he needs someone to help him hang some "no hunting" and "free Tibet" signs. However, the signs are on posts and would be pounded into the ground, not hung.