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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the Academy Award-nominated 2010 comedy-drama film The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenko. This was also referenced with the title of the season 25 episode "The Kid Is All Right".
• During the title screen gag, Professor Frink is wearing an armored flying suit like Iron Man from Marvel.
• At Moe's, the beverage Moe et Chandon is a reference to Moët & Chandon.
• When Homer finds an old undeveloped film, Carl tells him that all photo developing stores are now either knocked down or turned into deer blinds:
  • A camouflaged Fotohut is a reference to Fotomat, a retired chain of photo development drive-through kiosks.
  • Circuit Circus is a reference to Circuit City.

• The third photo in Moe's developer tray is Homer in a nude pregnant pose just like the one of Demi Moore in the magazine Vanity Fair.
• While Bart and Lisa's fights photos are shown, the song that plays is The Kids Are Alright by The Who.
• Homer always photographed the kids' fights and never stopped them because he felt that lighting was perfect, and compared that to "Florence in May".
• Bart says that the family story is a tragedy, just like Planet of the Apes. Then he says that the real tragedy is that Hollywood keeps making more Planet of the Apes movies.
• When Homer begins to strangle Bart, the music playing is Also sprach Zarathustra, which has become known as the de facto theme of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• Young Bart and Lisa hit each other with copies of Jack and Jill and Goodnight Moon.
• During a flashback, Marge suddenly wakes up and tells Homer she had a nightmare in which she lost one of the children in a World's Fair. When Homer asks which fair, she replies "Brisbane '88". Marge is referring to World Expo 88 an event in Australia that achieved a very high attendance.
• The See N' Psalm toy is a parody of educational toy See 'n Say.
• The Playbill of "The Sunshine Boys" starring the Sea Captain and Police Chief Wiggum is the play by Neil Simon.
• Homer's $50 ticket for "indecent snowman building" has the issuer as TABF12, the production code for this episode.

Continuity

• A matchbook refers to the marriage between Selma and Bob Terwilliger. ("Black Widower")
• A hat refers to the marriage between Selma and Disco Stu. ("There's Something About Marrying")
• The Clown Bed Homer build for Bart is shown and doddering Grandma Flanders babysits. ("Lisa's First Word")
• Lisa mentions the time when Apu let Homer eat expired hot dogs ("Homer and Apu")

Goofs

• In the flashback in Moe's Tavern, there's a picture of Homer, Lenny, Carl and Barney. In the picture, Homer is bald, despite having hair in the flashback and not being bald until years later.
• Bart hits Lisa with the Phonic Frog in a flashback before Maggie's birth, but the family was send the Phonic Frog by Mrs. Wickerbottom's Pre-Nursery School specifically for Maggie. ("Smart and Smarter")