A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love/References

Cultural references

 * The title of the episode is an obvious reference to the line "I'm just a hunka hunka burning love" from the song "" by.
 * While walking through Chinatown the Simpsons pass by a store called Toys "L" Us.
 * Lisa mentions that she loves Chinatown but wishes that they'd "Stop picking on Tibet Town." This is an obvious reference to the political tensions between the two countries.
 * Mr. Burns saying "O frabjous day" and "Calooh! Callay!" is a reference to the poem ' from ' by . He had also said "Callooh! Callay!" in Season 2's "Principal Charming". The phrase is also used by Moe in "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe".
 * The poem Jabberwocky was parodied in full at the end of Simpsons Comics 42.
 * On the news, Mr. Burns mentions that he drives a Bugatti Sexarossa, a reference to the.
 * At Stu's Disco, Mr. Burns dances in exactly the same way as Shermy does in the Peanuts TV special .
 * This episode aired after the death of George Harrison and is dedicated to his memory.
 * Snake claims he got the cabin hideout from a man named Gustafson, a reference to the film .
 * The song played during Mr Burns and Gloria's date montage is "" by, from their album "".
 * One of the arcade games in the bowling alley is titled "Nuke Canada."
 * Another one of the arcades is titled
 * steals Burns' date, to which Burns replies: "Between him and all the best ankle is taken." Mr. Monopoly also drives away in a railroad engine similar to the ones that appear on the  railway cards.
 * Mr. Burns and Gloria eat spaghetti like the dogs in  during their date montage.
 * When Mr. Burns takes Gloria to his bedroom, he says he'll make her forget all about . However, Rudolph had died in 1926.
 * One of the fortune cookie writers resembles.
 * When Marge expresses concern over Gloria falling for Homer on Mr. Burns' date, Homer puts on a pair of dirty, tattered underpants stating: "These would stop herself!"
 * Gloria mentions to Mr. Burns that she's "Never dated anyone who knew ."

Trivia

 * George Takei previously appeared in the epsidoes One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish and Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo as Akira Kurosawa and Wink, respectively.
 * Mr. Monopoly previously appeared in Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo. The character has also appeared in a number of Simpsons Comics stories.
 * Mr. Burns mistakes a gentleman's club with pole dancers for a "nude female fire station."
 * Homer's list of Mr. Burns' accomplishments: he ran his own casino in $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling); he stole the Loch Ness Monster in Monty Can't Buy Me Love; and he got shot by a baby and blotted out the sun in Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) and (Part Two).
 * Snake's mailbox reads, "Snake (AKA Jailbird)," a reference to "Jailbird" being his original character name.
 * Stolen items seen at Snake's hideout include:
 * Several TVs
 * The
 * A soccer ball
 * A trophy
 * The
 * A surfboard
 * Numerous computers
 * A bong
 * Bubble-gum machines
 * Golf clubs
 * A toxic waste drum
 * Several computers
 * Two s
 * A necklace on a jewellery display bust
 * A bicycle
 * A dart board
 * A wet suit

Continuity

 * In Marge Simpson Living, Marge reminds Homer that he has tried snowplowing ("Mr. Plow"), webhosting ("The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"), trucking ("Maximum Homerdrive"), fortune cookie writing ("A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love"), cartoon voiceovers ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"), food critic ("Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"), screen writer ("Beyond Blunderdome"), mixologoist ("Flaming Moe's"), bootlegger ("Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment") and astronaut ("Deep Space Homer") when he was searching for a new job.