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Cultural references[edit]

• The episode's title is a pun on the 1955 musical Ain't Misbehavin'.
  • The story of the episode is loosely based on those of the McCaughey septuplets and Dionne quintuplets.
• American actor Vincent Price, who usually portrays villains, appears in the episode's couch gag.
• The store SHØP is a parody of the Swedish furniture business IKEA. SHØP uses the yellow and blue color of the Swedish flag, just like IKEA. References to IKEA, Sweden, Scandinavia and others include:
  • The name SHØP is a pun on the American-based furniture chain STØR, which itself is largely a rip off of the Swedish company IKEA. It includes the Scandinavian letter Ø in its name, even though this letter is not part of the Swedish alphabet.
  • A painting similar to Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow by Piet Mondrian can be seen in the store.
  • Lisa prefers a krønk to a pöpli. This is a reference to IKEA products, which are identified by one-word or two-word names, predominantly in the Swedish language.
  • The names of the meals at the cantina sound Swedish but are fictional. One of the meals is Swedish "eatballs", a reference to the traditional Swedish meatballs which are a popular choice in IKEA restaurants.
  • The forks are made out of Lego, which is a Danish company.
• There is a picture of the Taj Mahal hanging on the wall of Apu's bedroom.
• Apu's question "Who will float my corpse down the Ganges?" references the Hindu custom of disposing dead bodies in the Ganges river.
• When in bed with Manjula, Apu exclaims "Oh! Calcutta!", a reference to Oh! Calcutta!, a 1972 series of musical numbers about sex-related topics.

Apu and Manjula get a lifetime supply of Pepsi "for babies", Pepsi B

• Apu and Manjula got a lifetime supply of baby powder and Pepsi "for babies", Pepsi B, which is a parody of Pepsi.
• The electronics company Sony gave Apu and Manjula a giant television.
• There is a picture of Babar the Elephant on the wall in Apu's apartment. The character is dressed as former Primer Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru.
• Apu sings "Rock-a-bye Baby" in Hindi to try to get the octuplets asleep.
• Homer uses a Hansel and Gretel viewfinder. Later, the set of Homer's stage show is inspired by Hansel and Gretel.
• Butch Patrick introduces himself as Eddie Munster from The Munsters, an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters.
• Larry Kidkill introduces the octuplets as "The Eight Wonders of the Third World", a pun on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the concept of Third World.
• During the show Octopia:
  • Poonam, nicknamed "Animal", makes his entry to the sound of "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses.
  • Pria, nicknamed "Dazzle", wears a similar outfit to that of Liza Minnelli's in the 1972 film Cabaret, something that Homer points out.
  • Uma, nicknamed "Punchilne", is an standup comedian.
  • Gheet, nicknamed "Baron", makes his entry to the sound of the "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner. He enters in what seems to be a German zepellin from WWI.
  • The rest of the babies are introduced with the song "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." by John Mellencamp playing in the background.
• Homer confuses Colorforms, a toy brand, to chloroform.
• Homer performs his zoo act to Kenny Loggins's 1986 hit "Danger Zone".

Trivia[edit]

• Marcia Wallace is credited although she didn't voice a character in the episode.
• The store SHØP is, strangely enough, spelled with a Danish "ø" where "ö" would be the correct one.
• After the episode goes forward 9 months, Marge says she had a brief period as Sideshow Marge at Krusty's show. (she is seen with a bone at her hair as Sideshow Mel)

Goofs[edit]

• In one scene, Chief Wiggum's left hand (our view) is a different shade of yellow than the rest of his body.
• In the audience of Homer's stage show, Bernice Hibbert is incorrectly colored yellow.
• When Manjula tells Apu she doesn't care what Butch Patrick says, she is wearing cyan pajamas, but when she signs the Contract, she is now wearing orange pajamas, then cyan after Butch stamps the contract.