Love, Springfieldian Style/References

Cultural references

 * The title of the episode is a parody of a television series called  that ran from 1969 to 1974.
 * The song that plays at the beginning of the episode is "" by.
 * When Homer tells Marge he'll tell her the greatest love stories of all time, Marge mentions , and  and Brangelina (Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie).

Bonnie and Clyde

 * The first segment is a retelling of, with Marge portraying Bonnie Parker and Homer portraying Clyde Barrow.
 * Large parts of the segment were inspired by the 1967 movie .
 * Bonnie mentions that Texas is the future home of.
 * Tommy's Guns is a reference to the, commonly known as a Tommy Gun. This is also the type of gun the store sold.
 * mentions that he's removing all air defenses from.
 * The actors who portray Bonnie and Clyde in the radio show are based on George Burns and.
 * Robby Robin is a parody of Woody Woodpecker.

Shady and the Vamp

 * The second segment of the episode is a parody of .
 * The half-human dog taken into the gas chamber is a parody of 's character Goofy.
 * When Shady finds out he has eleven puppies, he says "Ruh-roh", Scooby-Doo's catchphrase.

Sid and Nancy

 * The third segment is a reference to the romance of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen and the film .
 * When introducing the story, Bart mentions ' and '.
 * Otto offers Nancy Spungen, Chunks, and  chocolate. Nancy then takes a.
 * The song that is playing when Martin walks up to the jukebox is "" by.
 * Martin plays the song "" by the.
 * The song that plays during Sid and Nancy's descent into chocolate addiction is "" by.
 * CBGB is a real music club in New York City.
 * The song that plays at the end of the episode is "Taxi to Heaven" by, the song that played at the end of Sid and Nancy.

Trivia

 * Maggie's only appearance in the episode is as a puppy in the "Shady and the Vamp" segment.