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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the television series Orange Is the New Black.
  • The show was previously referenced in the comic story Yellow Is the New Black.
• Wiggum makes a pun on Silvester Stallone's name, Silvester Alone.
• Marge reads a chess book by James Patterson.
  • The title of the book, Bishop takes night, is a reference to bishop takes knight in chess.
• The black and white scenes with Homer as homemaker are a reference to Donna Reed.^[1]
• The couch gag is inspired by the style of IKEA's manuals.
  • In the credits, Couch is stylized to Cöuch, while in the couch gag it's spelled as Coüch, a reference to IKEA's Swedish nationality.

Continuity

• Marge is sent to jail in the Springfield Women's Prison. ("Marge in Chains")
• In the opening scene, Lisa plays a theremin. ("Homer Scissorhands")
• Homer dresses up as a prision guard. ("The Wandering Juvie")
• Ned references losing Maude. ("Alone Again, Natura-Diddily")
• Mr. Sparkle's face appears on laundry detergent. ("In Marge We Trust")

Trivia

• In the opening sequence:
  • Lenny shouts "Oh not again" when falling from the ladder in the Power Plant.
  • In the store, Maggie's price is "Read Again".
• The bear in Mr. Burns's office is shown to be a real bear.
• Before the couch gag, Homer is already holding the manual when he gets ran over by Marge and Maggie in the Orange Station Wagon.

References