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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the song "{{w|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing}}".
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[[File:Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing promo 7.png|thumb|right|250px|Recreating romantic comedy ''{{W|Annie Hall}}'' with [[Bart]] in the [[Woody Allen]] part and [[Lisa]] in the [[Diane Keaton]] part.]]
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*The episode title is a pun on the song "{{W2|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing|song}}".
 
**The song has also been referenced in the title of the episode "[[Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing]]", from [[Season 22]].
 
**The song has also been referenced in the title of the episode "[[Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing]]", from [[Season 22]].
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*The final scene is nod to the film ''{{W|Annie Hall}}''. With Bart's appearance and speaking style is a parody of [[Woody Allen]]'s character Alvy Singer and Lisa as Annie Hall.
 
*Cletus' "Fueds" list includes the following:
 
*Cletus' "Fueds" list includes the following:
**{{w|Hatfield-McCoy feud|Hatfields}}
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**{{W|Hatfield-McCoy feud|Hatfields}}
**The Hapsburgs
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**The {{W|Hapsburgs}}
**{{w|Time Warner Cable}}
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**{{W|Time Warner Cable}}
**Those dang {{w|Muppets}}
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**Those dang [[The Muppets|Muppets]]
 
**My toenail what turned black
 
**My toenail what turned black
 
**And, after the talent show, the Peacocks
 
**And, after the talent show, the Peacocks
 
*"The Most Interesting Boy in the World" is a reference to the Internet meme, {{plainlink|http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world|The Most Interesting Man in the World}}.
 
*"The Most Interesting Boy in the World" is a reference to the Internet meme, {{plainlink|http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world|The Most Interesting Man in the World}}.
*The movie ''[[Love, Indubitably]]'' is a reference to the movie ''{{W|Love Actually}}''.
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*During the movie ''[[Love, Indubitably]]'' which is a reference to the movie ''{{W|Love Actually}}'', we can see:
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**[[Winston Churchill]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Isaac Newton]] performing a striptease. This is a reference to the British movie ''{{W|The Full Monty}}''.  
 
**[[Severus Snape]] from ''[[Harry Potter]]'' appears in the movie.
 
**[[Severus Snape]] from ''[[Harry Potter]]'' appears in the movie.
 
**The [[TARDIS]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' appears in the movie.
 
**The [[TARDIS]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' appears in the movie.
 
**[[Alfred Hitchcock]] comes out from the TARDIS.
 
**[[Alfred Hitchcock]] comes out from the TARDIS.
*A caricature of [[Bart]] as [[Yoda]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' was seen when Bart was at [[Springfield Squidport]].
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*The song that plays during ''Love, Indubitably'' is "{{W|All the Young Dudes}}" by {{W|Mott the Hoopie}}.
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*At [[Springfield Squidport]], many caricatures can be found
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**Woody Allen.
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**[[Yoda]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
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**[[Clint Eastwood]] from ''{{W|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly}}''.
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**[[Humphrey Bogart]] from ''[[Casablanca]]''.
 
*[[Woody Allen]] mentions his films ''{{W|Mighty Aphrodite}}'' and ''{{W|The Purple Rose of Cairo}}''. Later, he mentions that he played the ant in ''{{W|Antz}}''.
 
*[[Woody Allen]] mentions his films ''{{W|Mighty Aphrodite}}'' and ''{{W|The Purple Rose of Cairo}}''. Later, he mentions that he played the ant in ''{{W|Antz}}''.
*One of the characters in Bart's fighting game has the head of [[Marvin the Martian]].
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*One of the characters in the video game ''[[Mixed Martian Arts]]'' (a parody of {{W|Mixed Martial Arts}}) is [[Marvin the Martian]] from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
 
**The controller he holds resembles an [[Xbox]] controller.
 
**The controller he holds resembles an [[Xbox]] controller.
*[[Kearney]] tells Bart to think outside of the Skinner box, which is another name for a {{W|Operant conditioning chamber}} which is used to study animal behavior.
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*[[Kearney]] tells Bart to think outside the "Skinner box," another name for an {{W|Operant conditioning chamber}} used for studying animal behavior.
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*When singing "[[Ode to Forgiveness]]", a parody of the "{{W|Ode to Joy}}" from [[Beethoven]]'s Ninth Symphony, Homer sings the line: "The melody is by Beethoven" and Bart then sings: "Not bad for a movie dog". Homer is referring to the composer while Bart is referring to the film ''{{W2|Beethoven|film}}''.
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
*The story is a follow-up to the episode "[[Moonshine River]]" from the [[Season 24|same season]].
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*The story is a follow-up to the episode "[[Moonshine River]]" from the [[Season 24|same season 24]].
  
 
{{Season 24|R}}
 
{{Season 24|R}}

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References/Trivia


Season 24 Episode References
519 "The Changing of the Guardian"
520
"Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"
"Hardly Kirk-ing" 521


Cultural references[edit]

Recreating romantic comedy Annie Hall with Bart in the Woody Allen part and Lisa in the Diane Keaton part.

Continuity[edit]

Season 24 References
Moonshine River Treehouse of Horror XXIII Adventures in Baby-Getting Gone Abie Gone Penny-Wiseguys A Tree Grows in Springfield The Day the Earth Stood Cool To Cur, with Love Homer Goes to Prep School A Test Before Trying The Changing of the Guardian Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing Hardly Kirk-ing Gorgeous Grampa Black-Eyed, Please Dark Knight Court What Animated Women Want Pulpit Friction Whiskey Business The Fabulous Faker Boy The Saga of Carl Dangers on a Train