E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)/References

Cultural references

 * At the movie theater, when Homer has butter put on his to the point of overflow he says "Swim, my pretties," a parody of the Wicked Witch of the West's call to her flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz: "Fly, my pretties:". (This line isn't actually said in The Wizard of Oz, but Homer is relying on popular understanding.)
 * The Buzz Cola advertisement shown before the movie is a parody of , directed by.
 * The movie the Simpsons see, The Poke of Zorro, is a parody of ', ', ', and '.
 * Other films that are playing at the Googolplex include:
 * My Dinner with Jar Jar (reference to Star Wars and )
 * Mars Needs Towels ()
 * That '70s Movie ()
 * Shakespeare in Heat {)
 * Facepuncher IV
 * Das Booty Call (Das Boot)
 * The "Glove Slap" montage song is a parody of "" by The B-52s and is played by them.
 * The farmer using an elephant to measure the height of his stalks of corn is in reference to a in the musical , wherein the corn "is as high an elephant's eye".
 * The Tomacco-craving animals trying to break into the barricaded farmhouse recall the zombies from 's .
 * The Simpsons farming montage music is the theme song from .
 * When the Southern colonel shows up at the Simpsons' house to duel, he says "Sir, I say sir!" much like cartoon character . He also has a similar accent.
 * The Southern colonel's RV has mudflaps of him drawn like.
 * The scene with Homer worrying about the duel the next morning whilst looking at a tombstone with his own name on it spoofs the 1990 film .
 * The death of the Laramie team in the helicopter, at the hands of a Tomacco-crazed sheep, is a nod to a scene in the James Cameron film , where the crew of the marines' drop-ship meet the same fate, when an alien sneaks aboard their ship.
 * The title is a reference to children's nursery rhyme "".
 * The scene where Zorro is shot by the Southern colonel in Homer's mind is a reference to the same scene in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of Lost Ark.

Trivia

 * Inspired by the episode, of  actually created Tomacco; both plants are members of the  family and are therefore similar enough to create a hybrid.
 * is shown as a glowing green liquid even though it is a dull silver metal with a melting point of 1183 degrees Fahrenheit. However, radioactive materials are often depicted as glowing green in popular culture.

Continuity

 * The janitor Homer took the glove from was previously seen in Las Vegas. ("Viva Ned Flanders")

Goofs

 * Homer's childhood home on Rural Route 9 burned down in the episode "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" (season 6), yet it is still there in this episode. One of the official Simpsons episode guide books, The Simpsons Beyond Forever!, claims that this episode must take place before the season 6 episode. Either that, or the Rural Route 9 house was saved by the local fire department in said episode, yet in "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy", you see the house collapse.
 * When Principal Skinner and Mrs. Skinner first enter Moe's Tavern, the door is grey, but after they step inside, the door is brown.