The Spy Who Learned Me/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the 1977 film .
 * Ming the Merciless from  appears in the Stradivarius Cain movie.
 * Declan's documentary Do You Want Lies With That? is a parody of .
 * The scene of Homer looking at "beautiful things" is a parody of .
 * Hufnpuffalus is a parody of Sesame Street's Mr. Snuffleupagus.
 * Homer's illusions:
 * E.T., a character from .
 * Mr. Potato Head, a children's toy, made popular by Toy Story.
 * Clippy, the common nickname for Clippit, the for Microsoft Office from  to.
 * Cleatus the Football Robot, a robot that is likely the same as.
 * When Marge pulls up to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Lenny asks "what brings you to the SNPP," which is a possible reference to the website "The Simpsons Archive", which is more commonly known by the initials "snpp".

Goofs

 * In Krusty Burger, Jessica Lovejoy has light brown hair.
 * One of the children Nelson punches he doesn't actually touch.
 * When Homer and Marge started kissing while Stradivarius Cain watched, Homer's tie had disappeared.

Continuity

 * A Pin Pals photo is seen in Moe's Tavern. ("Team Homer")
 * A Tic–Tac–Toe: X v. O trailer is seen on the TV in Moe's Tavern. ("The Squirt and the Whale")
 * A portion of Do You Want Lies With That? was seen in "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky".
 * Lisa would eventually get a B+ in "Grampy Can Ya Hear Me".