Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the television talk show , which was hosted by and aired from 1993 to 2002. Even though the show's title was simply Politically Incorrect, it was commonly referred to as "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher".
 * The chalkboard gag is a reference to, which was released (in the United States) only a month before the episode aired.
 * The clip Milhouse watches after Bart's Fatso Goes Nutso is a reference to a popular YouTube video in which a bear climbed up a tree and fell onto a trampoline, before landing on the grass.
 * The music played in the background while people are watching Bart's clip is the same music as in the film  during the St. Crispin's Day speech - both scenes deal with a rousing speech. (Done similarly also in "Boy Meets Curl" when Homer gives a speech)
 * This is the show's second reference to shock site (the first was in "Flaming Moe").
 * A mask of Homer made after he becomes famous (again) is actually a mask painted yellow.
 * During one of his tirades on Gut Check with Homer Simpson, Homer shows the faces of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore being replaced by the following:
 * (from )
 * The
 * Patty and Selma
 * The Gravy Boat Movement started by Homer is an obvious parody of the.
 * The scene in which various townspeople are gathering gravy boats begins with a reference to "" with character, Col. Frank Fitts, getting a gravy boat from his locked cabinet seen in the film. In the room he was sitting in, there was a picture of a rose, a common symbol within the film.
 * Spiffany's is a parody of, often called Tiffany's.
 * When the townspeople are marching down the road, one person is carrying a sign saying "Occupy Springfield and Stay for the Garlic Festival" a parody of the.
 * The "Liberal straw man's song" is a parody of "", written by and, featured in The Wizard of Oz.
 * The first song sings is a parody of "". The second song Nugent and Homer sings is a parody of "" by Ted Nugent.
 * The first song sings is a parody of "". The second song Nugent and Homer sings is a parody of "" by Ted Nugent.

Trivia

 * At the Springfield Republican Party meeting, Homer is asked to choose a "white male" Presidential nominee. However, Julius Hibbert was also at the meeting so should have been opposed to that sort of racism.

Continuity

 * The Springfield Airport sign proclaims "Built for the Olympics we never got", a reference to "The Old Man and the "C" Student".
 * MyTube is seen again. ("Elementary School Musical", "The Falcon and the D'ohman")
 * Nash Castor returns with his talk show Head Butt. ("Bart-Mangled Banner")
 * Adriatica Vel Johnson, a democrat who tried to get Ralph Wiggum to be a democrat, is seen again. ("E Pluribus Wiggum")
 * Homer notes that he is famous again. Homer has became famous many times. ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet", "The Homer of Seville" et al.)
 * At the end of the episode, Homer's new Gut Check with Homer Simpson logo is . ("I Am Furious (Yellow)", "Angry Dad: The Movie").
 * The gag about Springfield Republican Party Headquarters is reused in the short special Debate Reaction.

Goofs

 * Bart says he's uploading the video to YouTube, yet Milhouse is seen watching it on MyTube.
 * Someone may have reuploaded it to MyTube. Popular videos often get reuploaded on the Internet elsewhere.
 * When Homer's clothes burst out of his suitcase, he caught his underpants on his tongue but his tongue went through them.
 * When Homer was getting patted down, his stubble was yellow, not brown.
 * Before Bart uploads Fatso Goes Nutso to YouTube, he watches a short video on his portable computer which features Homer being chased by security guards on a conveyor belt. That video should have been uploaded to YouTube, and not the video with Homer ranting.
 * However, Bart could have been already on the upload page, and just watched another video before uploading it.