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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the pregnancy guide What to Expect When You're Expecting which was adapted into a comedy-drama film of the same name, released in May 2012.
• The song "Let Them Play!" is a parody of "One Day More" from Les Misérables.
• The pointillist art that Martin Prince asks for help on is a copy of A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat.
• Drink references:
  • Nick Fury Agent of Schnapps is a reference to Nick Fury from Marvel.
  • Sex in the Batmobile is a reference to the Batmobile from DC Comics.
  • Wolveriskey is a reference to Wolverine from Marvel.
• The grasshopper writing "Help Me" in paint is a reference to The Fly.
• The opening sequence of Modern Family is parodied towards the end of the episode.
• The song playing when Homer gets his first taste of Duff bear from the horse drawn wagon was "Feels Like the First Time" by Foreigner
• Characters in comic costumes:
  • Comic Book Guy as The Mulk.
  • Kent Brockman as the Green Arrow.
  • Mayor Quimby as a Canadian The Flash.
  • Unknown person as Wolverine.
  • Unknown person as Batman.
  • Otto Mann as Gandalf the Grey.
  • Professor Frink as Link from The Legend of Zelda.
  • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as ?
  • Groundskeeper Willie as ?
  • Unknown person as Magneto.
  • Several unknown people as Spider-Man.
  • Charlie as Radioactive Man.
  • Larry as ?
  • Lunchlady Dora as ?
  • Gil as Lando Calrissian
  • Bernice Hibbert as Catwoman.
  • Sideshow Mel as Aquaman.
  • Coach Krupt as Xena.
  • Homer as The Thing.
  • Lenny as The Invisible Woman.
  • Carl as Mr. Fantastic.
  • Barney as the Human Torch.
  • Dr. Hibbert and others as Captain America.
  • Patty and Selma as Poison Ivy (Comics) and Wonder Woman respectively.
  • Unnamed person as Wind Lad.
  • Unnamed woman as Thor.
  • Martin Prince, Sr. as Doctor Doom.
  • Unnamed person as Hawkman.
  • Unnamed person as Green Lantern.
  • Unnamed person as Plastic Man.
  • Unnamed person as Galactus.
  • Unnamed person as The Watcher.
  • Unnamed person as The Silver Surfer.
  • Unnamed person as Superman.
  • Unnamed bartender as She-Hulk.
  • Unnamed person as Rorschach.

Trivia

• It's revealed that Shauna is the daughter of Superintendent Chalmers.

Continuity

• A couple of bartenders from previously seen bars appear:
  • The Aristocrat. ("Flaming Moe's")
  • Poppa Wheelie's. ("Take My Wife, Sleaze")