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*The song "I Love You, You Love Me" from ''Barney and Friends'' is used to brainwash babies. The purple dinosaur singing it also resembles Barney.
 
*The song "I Love You, You Love Me" from ''Barney and Friends'' is used to brainwash babies. The purple dinosaur singing it also resembles Barney.
 
*When [[Mr. Burns]] introduces his new religion, most of the sequence is a parody of the video for [[wikipedia:Michael_Jackson|Michael Jackson]]'s "[[wikipedia:HIStory_(song)|HIStory]]".<ref name="Mirkin">{{cite video | people=Mirkin, David |year=2006|title=The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "The Joy of Sect"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
 
*When [[Mr. Burns]] introduces his new religion, most of the sequence is a parody of the video for [[wikipedia:Michael_Jackson|Michael Jackson]]'s "[[wikipedia:HIStory_(song)|HIStory]]".<ref name="Mirkin">{{cite video | people=Mirkin, David |year=2006|title=The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "The Joy of Sect"| medium=DVD||publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>
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References/Trivia


Cultural references

  • The title of the episode is a spoof of the book The Joy of Sex, by Alex Comfort.
  • When Marge attempts to leave the compound, she is chased by the Rover guard "balloon" from the 1967 television program The Prisoner.
  • Neal Hefti and Nelson Riddle's theme music to the 1960s Batman series is used in the episode to indoctrinate Homer,
  • The song "I Love You, You Love Me" from Barney and Friends is used to brainwash babies. The purple dinosaur singing it also resembles Barney.
  • When Mr. Burns introduces his new religion, most of the sequence is a parody of the video for Michael Jackson's "HIStory".[1]

References

  1. Mirkin, David. (2006). The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "The Joy of Sect" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

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