Editing Little Big Mom/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the film ''{{W2|Little Big Man|film}}''.
*The ''Virtual Doctor'' website says that it's from the creators of ''{{W|Dragon Quest}}'' and ''SimSandwich''. ''Dragon Quest'' is a series of RPGs released by {{W|Square-Enix}} (originally released as ''Dragon Warrior'' in the US). ''SimSandwich'' is a reference to the ''Sim'' series of games, the most famous of which is ''{{W|SimCity}}''.
*In the hospital, [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] squirt {{W|interferon}} at each other.
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' references:
**Homer and Bart watch an episode of the show.
**[[Lisa]] meets the ghost of [[Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo Carmichael]], who gives her an idea for how to get even with Homer and Bart for their laziness. Ghost Lucy's surnames refer to characters that [[Lucille Ball]] portrayed on ''I Love Lucy'' and ''{{W|The Lucy Show}}''.
**After telling Lisa her name, Ghost Lucy says, "And I think there's some more", an offhand reference to Lucy Carter, Ball's character on ''{{W|Here's Lucy}}''; and to Lucy Barker, her character on ''{{W|Life with Lucy}}''.
**During the ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy & Scratchy]]'' cartoon ("[[The Tears of a Clone]]"), the [[Scratchy]] clones emerge from the cloning machine faster than [[Itchy]] can kill them, a reference to the candy wrapping scene from the ''I Love Lucy'' episode "Job Switching".
*At the very end of the episode, Homer sings "{{W|Aloha 'Oe}}" between screams while he receives a needle treatment.

== Trivia ==
*This is the first episode to air during the 2000s.
*During ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' cartoon, the pictures Itchy looks at in his photo album are from previous ''I&S'' cartoons (see "[[Tears of a Clone]]").
*[[Lisa]] says "Excellent!" in the same way as [[Mr. Burns]].
*This is the second Simpsons episode to be banned in Japan, the first being [[Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]]. The reason dealt with the Leprosy subplot and the segregation element, as segregation laws were still deemed a sensitive matter in Japan. The episode is also not included in the Japanese version of the season 11 DVD and is unavailable on [[Disney+]] Japan.

== Goofs ==
*When Marge rushes through the door at the start of the episode, she opens to the inside, but when she is outside, she nails a wedge to the underside of the door. This wouldn't work, since the door opens the other way, but the Simpson family tries to open it outwards.
*The clock falls on Marge's LEFT leg, yet it breaks her right leg.
*When Ned answers the door to Homer and Bart, the doorknob is on the left-hand side of the door. After he slams the door and Homer and Bart stick their arms through the mail slot, the doorknob has changed to the right-hand side of the door.

== Continuity ==
*The snowboarding lingo "blast a dookie" also appears in the comic story ''[[Otto's Gnarly Snowboarder's Glossary]]''.

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