Specs and the City/References

Cultural references

 * The episode's title is a reference to .
 * "Oogle Goggles" is a parody of.
 * In the documentary, says that history's greatest monsters that never received a valentine are: Attila the Hun,  and himself, Will Lyman.
 * Bart was going to give Nelson a  valentine, saying that it was a bad movie.

Trivia

 * The couch gag is based on The Simpsons Channel 4 ident that has been used in the UK since 2006.
 * If one looks closely at the bird's eye pan of Springfield, the Channel 4 logo can still be seen, however it is no longer illuminated in a way that causes it to stand out.
 * In an early version of the script were "Oogle Goggles" called "MyEyes".

Continuity

 * Mr. Burns mentions office supply theft and that happened in "How I Wet Your Mother".
 * Smithers says "The Doctor says to take you in if you display kindness or warmth", referencing the episode "The Fool Monty" which shows that kindness could kill Mr. Burns, whilst evil makes him live longer.
 * Lenny is putting clown backup on Carl this could possibility be rodeo clown makeup as in  (Moe letter blues) episode we saw Lenny was a rodeo clown so maybe it's Carl's turn to play the rodeo clown at the bar.
 * Carl knows in this episode, something neither Carl or Lenny knew when Homer was choking on donuts in "Homer at the Bat".
 * This is the third time that Bart's penis is showing. The second time was in The Simpsons Movie and the first time was in the commercial Supermarket.