The Food Wife/References

Cultural references

 * The title is a reference to the show .
 * The E4 video game convention is a parody of the . Video games seen include:
 * Grand Theft Scratchy: Itchy City Stories, a continuation of the Grand Theft Scratchy series and parody of Grand Theft Auto: ' and '.
 * Blocko, including Cosmic Wars and Angelica Button games, parodying the.
 * Bongo Games, a reference to Bongo Comics, creator of Simpsons Comics.
 * The GS3 Gamestation, a parody of the.
 * ProtoVision, a parody of.
 * World of Krustcraft, a parody of the  games.
 * Ybox, a parody of the.
 * Jalo, a parody of .
 * Marching Band, a parody of the  series.
 * Q-bert: Origins, a parody of ' and '.
 * Electronic Crafts, a parody of.
 * Shaun White: Time Snowboarder, a parody of .
 * Dig Dug Revelations is a parody of the ' and '.
 * Terrence Malick's Tree of Life Online is a video game adaptation of the film .
 * Driver's License 2: License to Drive is a parody of the  series.
 * Assassin's Creed: Summer of Love is a reference to the  series.
 * Human Centipede is a parody of the game ' and the film '.
 * Guts of War II: Entrails of Intestinox is a parody of .
 *  is a reference to The Simpsons Game level of the same name.
 * Medal of Duty is a reference to the ' and ' series.
 * A character who looks like Sonic is seen.
 * The Funtendo Zii Zu is parody of the.
 * Furious Fliers is a parody of .
 * Also appearing are:
 * Mapple
 * Cosmic Wars
 * Chalmskinn Interactive, a subdivision of Chalmskinn Productions.
 * Earthland Realms 2: The Outing of the Elves, sequel to Earthland Realms.
 * Marge states that she was going to take Bart and Lisa to the.
 * The Swedish Chef from  appears.
 * The scene where the meth lab owner is reminded of his apple pie as a child is a reference to .
 * The song "Bloggin' a Food Blog" pays homage to "" by and.
 * On The Android's Luncheon's home page, Comic Book Guy resembles and the monster resembles the  from Star Wars. The roasted monster on the plate is a.
 * Iron Cook is a reference to the in the Futurama episode "".

Trivia

 * There is no opening sequence in this episode. The Simpsons logo shows then it goes straight into the episode.
 * The date on The New York News is Saturday, June 25, 2011.
 * The Ethiopian pop song heard on the soundtrack is "Nama," performed by Fikre-Addis Nekatebeb.

Continuity

 * Funtendo makes another appearance, this time with a new console. ("Million Dollar Maybe")
 * and  both appear again. ("The Bart Wants What It Wants" and "The Falcon and the D'ohman")
 * The Grand Theft Scratchy series played a major part in The Simpsons Game.

Goofs

 * When Homer says "Wow" when they enter E4, his mouth doesn't open.
 * Marge locks Bart and Lisa's car doors, but a couple of scenes later when the car stops, their doors are unlocked.
 * In one scene in the Simpson House, the colour of Grampa's stubble is yellow, not brown.