Dumbbell Indemnity/References

Cultural references

 * The title of the episode is a reference to the classic novel and film  as well as  of the same name in an insurance policy.
 * The episode was originally to be titled "Mutual of Momaha," a reference to the insurance company, "."
 * The song that plays during the montage of Moe and Renee dating is "" by.
 * The song Homer sings, "Stealing, stealing, stealing a car for Moe" is sung to the tune of "".
 * The movie in the drive-in theater has a scene of the monkey President jumping out of . This is a reference to the movie , where the, played by Harrison Ford, jumps off the plane in a parachute.
 * The shot of Homer watching the drive-in movie with the train passing in the background is a reference to Hotshot Eastbound, a photograph taken by in 1956.
 * Homer's ghost resembled Jacob Marley from the Dickens novel .
 * The Shawshank Redemption:
 * Hans Moleman, pushing the book cart in the jail, is dressed very similarly to Brooks the prison librarian in the movie.
 * The book cart plays a part in both Homer's escape from jail and main character Andy Dufresne's escape from Shawshank.
 * The song that plays at the end of the episode is "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by & The Destroyers.
 * The shot of the train mirrors .

Trivia

 * When the people on the cruise are slow dancing, Edna Krabappel is seen dancing with Principal Skinner, but later on she is seen with Kirk Van Houten.
 * When the people are dancing in Disco Stu's we can see Luann Van Houten with brown hair.
 * In this episode the Police station is labelled "Jail". It is quite possible that both are in the same building, a la "The Andy Griffith Show."

Continuity

 * Princess Kashmir and Otto are seen together at Stu's Disco. ("Flaming Moe's")
 * Moe mentions that he used to be a boxer. ("The Homer They Fall")
 * The man Moe buys the balloons from is the Khlav Kalash Vendor. ("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson")