Married to the Blob/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a reference to the 1988 comedy film . Married to the Blob was also the title of a segment of "Treehouse of Horror XVII".
 * Commissioner Sweeney is a parody of.
 * The Death of Radioactive Man is a parody of The Death of Superman.
 * Homer mentions  and said he doesn't want to miss the back-part of the show.
 * At the Android's Dungeon:
 * Martin Prince is a parody of Captain America inspired by Canada.
 * Martin Prince, Sr. is.
 * Database is.
 * Dr. Hibbert's youngest son is Green Lantern.
 * Other unnamed kids are The Flash, Spider-Man, and the.
 * Francine Rhenquist is.
 * Chief Wiggum is Batman.
 * Ralph Wiggum is Superman.
 * An unnamed kid is Magneto.
 * Allison Taylor is Wonder Woman.
 * Richard is dressed as Robin.
 * Clocks for from Star Trek and, Superman's home planet and  are seen. The Bizarro Earth clock runs backwards.
 * Milo mentions that he:
 * Wrote a ' fan-fiction finale that also answered all the questions from '.
 * Re-ranked all the Doctor Who's by the puffiness of the hair.
 * Badgerine is a parody of Wolverine.
 * Krusty is seen frozen in in the Android's Dungeon.
 * In Comic Book Guy's song, he has a comic of The Amazing Spider-Man featuring Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson and Doctor Octopus and a  comic for the wedding special between Lois Lane and Superman.
 * The Spider-man comic is a parody of issue 131.
 * Mourners on the cover of the "Death of Radioactive Man" comic include and.
 * When Milo starts singing in Comic Book Guy's song, he mentions a cardboard cutout of Scarlett Johansson, who is dressed as Black Widow in her outfit from the .
 * says that he can only watch and that he cannot interfere, referencing from Marvel Comics.
 * The Just Us League is a reference to the . A parody of Wonder Woman appears on the poster.
 * Joss Whedon appears on the poster for the Just Us League, the creator, producer and director of several sci-fi, superhero and supernatural shows and movies, notably .
 * Comic Book Guy gives Kumiko flowers in a Hulk hand.
 * Comic Book Guy says that the closest thing he has to a father is the doll in his store.
 * At the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con costume contest, Kumiko dresses as from Sailor Moon and Comic Book Guy dresses as a  from Stargate SG-1. Kumiko then jumps though the Stargate and is dressed as a  student from Harry Potter.
 * Strawberry is dressed as the.
 * Strawberry and Milo's child is dressed as Catwoman.
 * Comic Book Guy says that at last they will be in the same bed, just like Batman and Robin.
 * Comic Book Guy says "Now I know I have a heart, because it's breaking... ' reference! Did I do that? Urkel reference! Help me. ' reference!".
 * Yutaka Nakamura is dressed as an E-3PO droid from Star Wars at Comic Book Guy and Kumiko's wedding.
 * The scene with Homer and Yutaka Nakamura after they got drunk has a parody of films by :
 * The streets, spirits and No-Face all appear from .
 * Otto the Catbus is from .
 * Chief Wiggum as the Pig Person is from either Spirited Away or .
 * Ralph Wiggum as Ponyo from .
 * Krusty the Clown as Jigo from .
 * Smithers as Aogaeru and Mayor Quimby as the River Spirit from Spirited Away.
 * Patty and Selma as Kiki from . The point of the cat being on Selma's broom is that the cat in the movie was voiced by the late Phil Hartman who voiced Troy McClure in the show.
 * Gerald Samson as Boh the Giant Baby from Spirited Away.
 * Moe as Turnip-Head from .
 * Database, Martin and Wendell as Kodama from Princess Mononoke.
 * Kearney, Jimbo and Dolph as Haku from Spirited Away.
 * The Kwik-E-Mart is a parody of Howl's Moving Castle from Howl's Moving Castle.
 * Agnes Skinner as Yubaba from Spirited Away.
 * "" by J-Pop singer plays during Comic Book Guy and Kumiko's love montage.

Trivia

 * The number plate on the wall in Chuck Dukewagon's All American Chow Lounge says SABF03, the production code for the episode.
 * Richard's mother is seen in this episode, she was previously seen in "YOLO" however it was not known that she was Richard's mother at the time.

Goofs

 * The Spider-man comic depicts Doc Ock with blond hair and Mary-Jane with black hair, though in the comics Ock has brown hair and Mary-Jane has ginger hair.

Continuity

 * Milo makes an appearance and the caption states that he appeared in episode JABF17 "Husbands and Knives".
 * In Comic Book Guy's song, comics for Everyman ("Homer the Whopper") and The Thung ("Husbands and Knives") are seen.
 * Kumiko tells Homer that he looks like the man on the box of Mr. Sparkle. ("In Marge We Trust")
 * The Multi-eyed squirrel is mounted on the wall in Chuck Dukewagon's All American Chow Lounge. (The Simpsons Movie)
 * A Cosmic Wars audio book called Cosmic Wars: The Crucifixion of Jim Jam Bonks is about Jim-Jam Bonks. ("Co-Dependent's Day")
 * Milhouse mentions playing Fallout Boy and is seen wearing the costume ("Radioactive Man")