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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a possible reference to American rock band {{W|Alice in Chains}}.
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*The title is a reference to the {{W|Women in prison film|"women in prison" made-for-TV movie}} ''{{W|Women in Chains}}''.
*The picture Channel 6 uses for the Osaska Flu is [[Godzilla]] with an ice pack and a thermometer.
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*The picture [[Channel 6]] uses for the [[Osaka Flu]] is [[Godzilla]] with an ice pack and a thermometer.
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[[File:Married... with Children Marge in Chains.png|250px|thumb|[[Ned Flanders]] laughs about a bedroom joke on ''[[Married... with Children]]'', the famous American sitcom]]
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*The way [[Otto]] is attacked by the flu cloud is a parody of one the roof tower scene in ''{{W|Q (1982 film)|Q – The Winged Serpent}}'', a 1982 American monster horror film.
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*''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[Germs of Endearment]]" is a spoofs on ''{{W|Terms of Endearment}}''.
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*[[Ned Flanders]] laughs about a bedroom joke on ''[[Married... with Children]]'', the famous American TV sitcom. Ned also mentions [[FOX]] when he remembers its fictional slogan: "watch FOX and be damned for all eternity".
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*[[Bart]] asks [[Marge]] for some ''[[Flintstones]]'' chewable morphine.
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*[[Homer]] is afraid of missing ''{{W|The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo}}'', an American sitcom that ran between 1979 and 1981.
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*The Colonel on the [[Colonel Kwik-E-Mart's Kentucky Bourbon]] bottle Marge forgot to pay resembles {{W|Colonel Sanders}} from {{W|Kentucky Fried Chicken}}.
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*[[Mayor Quimby]] tells a spoiler about ''{{W|The Crying Game}}'', a 1992 thriller film.
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*[[Maude]] follows Marge to the Flanders bathroom and watches her through a hole in the wall, much like {{W|Norman Bates}} did to {{W|Marion Crane}} at the Bates Motel in ''[[Psycho]]''.
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**Earlier in the episode [[Troy McClure]] mentioned ''[["P" is for Psycho]]'', one of the films he starred on. This is a parody of the films ''[[Psycho]]'' and ''{{W|Dial M for Murder}}'', both by [[Alfred Hitchcock]].
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*The [[blue-haired lawyer]] asks the jury whether they found [[Tom Cruise]] or [[Mel Gibson]] more attractive.
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[[File:Frink Kennedy projection.png|250px|thumb|The projection [[Professor Frink]] analyses is a reference to the {{W|assassination of John F. Kennedy}}]]
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*The projection [[Professor Frink]] analyses is a reference to the {{W|assassination of John F. Kennedy}}.
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*When [[Lionel Hutz]] is tempted of drinking alcohol, he calls the American singer-songwriter {{Ch|David Crosby}}, who is holding a {{W|Crosby, Stills & Nash}} album. Crosby spent time in rehabilitation to overcome his addiction to alcohol.
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*[[Apu]] can recite {{W|pi}} to 40,000 places, however, he gets the last digit wrong, as it should be 5, not 1
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*Hutz is wearing a tie with a {{W|Windsor knot}}.
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*[[Lisa]] compares Lionel Hutz to [[Clarence Darrow]], the famous American lawyer. However, Hutz did not know him and asks Lisa if he was "the black guy on ''{{W|The Mod Squad}}''". He was thinking of {{W|Clarence Williams III}} instead of Clarence Darrow.
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*[[Tattoo Annie]] shows her {{W|Mad Fold-in|''MAD'' fold-in}} tattoo. The fold-in also says {{W|Alfred E. Neuman}}'s famous quote "What, me worry?".
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*Homer hums the "{{W|Bridal Chorus}}" by {{W|Richard Wagner}} while he is wearing Marge's wedding dress.
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*[[Springfield]] is not able to buy a statue of [[Abraham Lincoln]] and buys a [[Jimmy Carter]] statue instead.
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**The sign "Malaise Forever" on the statue is a reference to the famous {{W|Malaise speech|"Malaise" speech}} of Jimmy Carter.
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*"{{W|Hail to the Chief}}", the personal anthem of the President of the United States, is heard at the end of the episode.
  
 
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Season 4 Episode References
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Cultural references[edit]

Ned Flanders laughs about a bedroom joke on Married... with Children, the famous American sitcom
The projection Professor Frink analyses is a reference to the assassination of John F. Kennedy
Season 4 References
Kamp Krusty A Streetcar Named Marge Homer the Heretic Lisa the Beauty Queen Treehouse of Horror III Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Marge Gets a Job New Kid on the Block Mr. Plow Lisa's First Word Homer's Triple Bypass Marge vs. the Monorail Selma's Choice Brother from the Same Planet I Love Lisa Duffless Last Exit to Springfield So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show The Front Whacking Day Marge in Chains Krusty Gets Kancelled