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Cultural references[edit]

The scene of Jesse Pinkman and Walter White corresponds to a live-action bit from the Breaking Bad episode "Hazard Pay"

• The episode title is a pun on the 2000 romantic comedy film What Women Want, which starred Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.
• The opening couch gag is a reference to the popular television show Breaking Bad:
  • Marge cooks blue cupcakes, a reference to the iconic "Blue Sky" methamphetamine from the series, while Homer wears Heisenberg's hat
  • The style of this couch gag mimics the "Crystal Blue Persuasion" sequence on the Breaking Bad episode "Gliding Over All", using the same music.
  • The scene of Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) corresponds to a live-action bit from the Breaking Bad episode "Hazard Pay".
• Mayor Quimby resembles the Michelin Man on the Springfield Tire Guide, a parody of the Michelin Guide.
• At the Swanky Fish sushi restaurant, the strict sushi chef acts like Yev Kassem, a character from the Seinfeld episode "The Soup Nazi".
• Homer puts two chopsticks in his mouth and says he is "Wally the kissing Walrus", a reference to Wally Walrus from Woody Woodpecker.

On the "Movie Day", the kids watch A Streetcar Named Desire, more specifically the "I'm the King Around Here" scene

Lisa imagines Milhouse as Marlon Brando

• The 1957 drama film A Streetcar Named Desire plays on the school's "Movie Day", more specifically the "I'm the King Around Here" scene.
  • Martin mentions protagonist actors Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois and Karl Malden as Mitch while Nelson mentions Marlon Brando. Milhouse writes down "Elia Kazan good with actors".
  • Lisa later imagines Milhouse as Brando.
  • When the Springfield Elementary School therapist is fired, she takes Milhouse's favorite bunny bear "Fluffy Fella" with her. Milhouse then yells "Fella!", a reference to the "Stella!" scene from A Streetcar Named Desire.
• Homer's phone assistant "Searchy" tells him he can find brake fluid at Taco Joe's, a reference to Taco John's. When Homer tells her "that was yesterday", the assistant looks for the Beatles song "Yesterday" credited to Lennon–McCartney.
• Milhouse asks Lisa whether she saw Marlon Brando on the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty. This film was highly criticized and was a box-office bomb.
• Abe does a comical entrance at the Simpsons' basement and says Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, the 1967 American comedy-drama film.
• Homer compares his relationship with Marge to the Special Olympics.
• Homer pays at the Swanky Fish using Ned Flanders' Viza credit card, a parody of Visa.
• An imaginary Marlon Brando talks to Milhouse and tells him that he got 5 million dollars for working three days on the 1980 film Superman II. The scenes of Brando in Superman II were actually removed because of tension with film producers.
• Lisa reads Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Declining Book Sales, which is a reference to the Nancy Drew book series by Edward Stratemeyer.
• Moe was seen reading Fifty Shades of Grey, a real book.
• Moe writes fan fiction about The Andy Griffith Show where he mentions Andy Griffith, Barney Fife and Aunt Bee.
• Homer tells Marge to call to the Procter & Gamble (P&G) help line when he has an accident with the chair.
• "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" by Dionne Warwick is heard when Homer and Marge burn the sex toys.
• An angry Marge leaves Homer by getting into a Skin-Colored Cab. This is referencing how "Yellow Cab" is frequently use as a name for local cab companies in many cities and how The Simpsons are colored with yellow skin.

Trivia[edit]

• This episode had a short promotional clip for "Pulpit Friction" at the end of the credits. This is the first episode to directly advertise another episode.

Continuity[edit]

• In Milhouse's notes, it can be seen that he wrote that Flanders was better. Ned Flanders played Stanley Kowalski in Oh, Streetcar!, the musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire ("A Streetcar Named Marge").