Hungry, Hungry Homer/References

Cultural references

 * Blockoland is a parody of.
 * The ghost of visits Homer during his hunger strike, but takes the appearance of, because Homer doesn't know what Chavez looks like.
 * The scene where Bart sees Homer lying on top of the red dog house is a direct reference to Charlie Brown and (both from Peanuts). Bart even utters Charlie Brown's signature line "Good Grief".
 * The title is a play on the game, . Coincidentally, one of the hippos in the game is named Homer.
 * When Kent Brockman says that Mr. Duff is insisting that Homer is a liar, they show footage of Homer with his pants on fire. This is a nod to the classic chant, Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire.
 * When Marge gets streaks in her hair, it resembles the 's hair; tall white with two black streaks.
 * M*A*S*H: When Homer starts his hunger strike, Lisa gives him a copy of My Core Beliefs by M*A*S*H cast member Mike Farrell.
 * The name of the barbershop Hairy Shearers is a reference to, and pun on, voice actor Harry Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns, Smithers, Reverend Lovejoy, Ned Flanders, and other characters.
 * Homer's attempt to alert the press of the move by showing them a room of evidence, only to find nothing incriminating is inside, is a likely reference to the film , where James Bond discovers that is operating a lab making deadly gas. When Bond takes  and his superiors to investigate the lab, he finds it has been replaced with a dining room.

Goofs

 * When Maggie rips her diaper, you can see teeth, but Maggie isn't supposed to have teeth for her age.