The Ned-liest Catch/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the documentary/reality TV show .
 * During the montage of Ned and Edna dating:
 * The music playing is "" by.
 * When they cross a creek, Ned parts the water with a staff, reminiscent of and the Israelites.
 * The girls basketball team is called "Lady Pumas" parody of the singer Lady Gaga.
 * The idea of Bart's teacher, Mrs. Krabappel living next door to him is similar to the sitcom , where the main character Cory Matthews lives next door to his teacher, Mr. Feeny.

Trivia

 * Chalmers says "Skinner", not "SSKIIINNEERR!!".
 * Quite a few words rhyme with Krabappel, including:
 * Apple
 * Chapel
 * Dapple
 * Grapple
 * Mapple
 * Topple (used by Ned)
 * Dewey Largo drives a car.
 * Ned's "Do-not-go" list of places with racy-sounding names consists of:
 * (Ned crosses it off after Edna takes him there)
 * Organs
 * Fannie Farmer (possibly a misspelling of )
 * Ned states that the Leftorium has been open 10 years, there were indeed 10 years between "When Flanders Failed" and this episode.
 * Fannie Farmer (possibly a misspelling of )
 * Ned states that the Leftorium has been open 10 years, there were indeed 10 years between "When Flanders Failed" and this episode.

Continuity

 * Brunella Pommelhorst appears for the first time since announcing she was going to have a sex-change operation ("My Fair Laddy"). However, she looks exactly the same as before, so it would seem that she decided not to go through with the operation.
 * 's appearance references "Flaming Moe's".
 * Some of Edna's previous relationships have been seen or referred in previous episodes.
 * Principal Skinner. ("Grade School Confidential")
 * Comic Book Guy. ("My Big Fat Geek Wedding")
 * Groundskeeper Willie. ("How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?")
 * Moe Szyslak. ("The Seemingly Never-Ending Story")
 * Disco Stu. ("Bart Gets a "Z"")
 * Joey Kramer. ("Flaming Moe's")
 * Ned and Edna have dated before ("Alone Again, Natura-Diddily").

Goofs

 * Sherri, Terri and Wendell Borton move from the audience to the band.
 * The coffee mug Homer borrowed from Ned Flanders is a right-handed mug, but Ned is left-handed.
 * Ned says he and Edna have never been "formally introduced" despite meeting and talking multiple times in previous episodes, including going on a date with each other in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" where Ned was put off by Edna just using him to get Skinner jealous.