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Cultural references

• Ox-O-Clean is a parody of Oxy Clean.
• Wifetime is a parody of Lifetime
• While flipping through channels, Homer and Bart come across a television show starring Markie Post.
  • The show, titled Death of a Non-Gender-Specific Sales Associate, is a parody of the play Death of a Salesman.
• Clowns Gone Wild! is a parody of Girls Gone Wild
  • During the video's commercial a parody of the song "Bad Boys" plays, containing the lyrics "bad clowns-bad clown, whatcha gonna do".
• Comic Book Guy's store has a Superman II movie poster in the window.
• The inside of the store is also filled with numerous pop culture references, including:
  • A poster of the The Hulk.
  • A poster and comic of Batman
  • Two posters of an Enterpise ship and a life-size cardboard cut out of Spock.
  • A Flinstons comic poster, a parody of The Flintstones.
  • A Gruu comic poster by Sergio Aregon, a parody of Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragones.
  • A Captain America poster.
  • A Fantastic Four poster, with The Thing just barely visible.
  • A Spider-Man comic and poster.
  • Comic Book Guy calls Bart a "young Jedi", an obvious reference to Star Wars
  • A Pokemon parody comic titled Pucoman, and depicting a Pikachu-like character.
  • An X-Dog comic, parodying X-Men, and also depicting a dog who looks similar to Cyclops.
• When Bart exits The Android's Dungeon he exclaims "with General Zod as my witness", a reference to General Zod a villain in Superman II, and a play on the phrase "with God as my witness".
• One of the Retirement Castle residents sings a parody of the song "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".
  • While watching the performance, Milhouse tells Bart that he's having a Rappin' Granny flashback.
• The Singer then mistakes Bart for Kenny Rogers.
  • One of the other residents then asks Bart if Dolly Parton was a nice lady.
  • Yet another tells "Kenny" that she's seen all his Gambler pictures.
  • After being encouraged by the seniors, Bart sings "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town".
  • The seniors then mistake Milhouse for Marvin Hamlisch.
• When throwing money at Bart, one of the seniors says "Brother, I can spare a dime", a reference to the song "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

Trivia

• In Homer's closet there are multiple, identical pairs of white shirts and blue pants hung up.

Continuity

• Bart uses some of Homer's Dimoxinil to grow a beard. Homer used it to grow hair in "Simpson and Delilah".

Goofs

• The container of Dimoxinil reads "Dimoxidil".