What Animated Women Want/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the 2000 romantic comedy film , which starred Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.
 * The opening couch gag is a reference to the popular television show , along with the song "Crystal Blue Persuasion", which is used occasionally on Breaking Bad. Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, who star in Breaking Bad, were seen in a life action bit at the end of the couch gag.
 * Moe was seen reading Fifty Shades of Grey, a.

Trivia

 * This episode had a short promotional clip for "Pulpit Friction" at the end of the credits. This is the first episode to directly advertise another episode.

Continuity

 * In Milhouse's notes, it can be seen that he wrote that Flanders was better. Flanders starred in A Streetcar Named Desire in episode "A Streetcar Named Marge".