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Cultural references

Highlights of the Psycho parody.

• The scene where Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet is a recreation of the infamous shower scene from Psycho.
  • The famous music score plays again when Maggie was about to stab Homer with a pencil.
• Roger Meyers saying, "The screwballs have spoken", is a reference to Richard Nixon's famous saying, "The voters have spoken. The bastards."
• The scene with the children playing outdoors to the music of Beethoven's 6th Symphony is a reference to Disney's Fantasia.
• The children whitewashing a fence during the Fantasia sequence could be seen as a reference to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Trivia

• Homer's hammer still has the price tag connected.
• The squirrel in the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon was a thinly-vieled insult against Marge. This is reference to during the earlier decades of the 20th Century, when there was less cultural sensitivity, animators would often make cartoons to lampoon people, such as black people or Asians, by portraying them as animals or having cartoon characters do "black activities".
• This is the first episode to have Marge's name somewhere in the title.
• When Krusty reads Marge's letter, he isn't able to understand the words and throws the letter away due to his analphabetism.
• Protest signs:
  • "I'm protesting because Itchy and Scratchy are indirectly responsible for my husband being hit on the head with a mallet."
  • "Stop me before I kill my father again."
  • "Please ban violent cartoons--next time I might not be so lucky."
  • "Ban Itchy and Scratchy"
  • "Erase Itchy and Scratchy"
  • "Join S.N.U.H."
  • "Save the Cartoon Animals"
  • "Destroy All Violent People"
  • "Death Isn't Funny Anymore"
  • "Bring Back Wagon Train"
  • "What if a cat blew up and nobody laughed?"
  • "Kancel Krusty"
• Debut appearances:
  • Roger Meyers, Jr.
  • Sideshow Mel
  • Corporal Punishment

Goofs

The red "Don't" on the sign, and then after a switchover to a scene with Marge and Maude, the "Don't" is now black.

• Bart writes "Don't" on the "Ban Itchy & Scratchy" sign in red pen. When Bart tells Marge that it's time to go to Milhouse's house, the "Don't" is still in red pen. After a scene with Marge and Maude, "Don't" is written in the same color as "Itchy & Scratchy" - black.
• There is a shot of protesters for Michelangelo's David outside the Simpson House. There are two protesters at the front door. The protesters have orange hair (left), and purple hair (right). When Marge answers the door, these protesters are Maude and Helen. Helen's hair color has gone from orange to grey, and Maude's has gone from purple to orange.
• During the wholesome activities the children play due to the new Itchy & Scratchy, 3 people are riding scooters. The person on the left has his shirt changing color.
• At one point, Maggie's bow is missing.
• When Homer says "what you gonna do?" to Marge, one of his head bandages disappears.

Continuity

• The scene where Maggie hits Homer on the head with a mallet, as well as The Itchy & Scratchy cartoon "Messenger of Death", are seen in the flashbacks of "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show".