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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
*The episode title is a reference to the [[1988]] comedy film ''{{w|Married to the Mob}}''. ''Married to the Blob'' was also the title of a segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]". | *The episode title is a reference to the [[1988]] comedy film ''{{w|Married to the Mob}}''. ''Married to the Blob'' was also the title of a segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]". | ||
| − | *The scene with Homer and [[Kumiko's father]] has a parody of films by {{W|Hayao Miyazaki}}: | + | *The scene with Homer and [[Kumiko's father]] after they got drunk has a parody of films by {{W|Hayao Miyazaki}}: |
**The streets, spirits and No-Face all appear from ''{{W|Spirited Away}}''. | **The streets, spirits and No-Face all appear from ''{{W|Spirited Away}}''. | ||
**[[Otto]] the Catbus is from ''{{W|My Neighbor Totoro}}''. | **[[Otto]] the Catbus is from ''{{W|My Neighbor Totoro}}''. | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the 1988 comedy film Married to the Mob. Married to the Blob was also the title of a segment of "Treehouse of Horror XVII".
- The scene with Homer and Kumiko's father after they got drunk has a parody of films by Hayao Miyazaki:
- The streets, spirits and No-Face all appear from Spirited Away.
- Otto the Catbus is from My Neighbor Totoro.
- Chief Wiggum as the Pig Person is from either Spirited Away or Porco Rosso.
- Ralph Wiggum as Ponyo from Ponyo.
- Krusty the Clown as Jigo from Princess Mononoke.
- Smithers as Aogaeru and Mayor Quimby as the River Spirit from Spirited Away.
- Patty and Selma as Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service.
- Gerald Samson as Boh the Giant Baby from Spirited Away.
- Moe as Turnip-Head from Howl's Moving Castle.
- Database, Martin and Wendell as Kodama from Princess Mononoke.
- Kearney, Jimbo and Dolph as Haku from Spirited Away.
- The Kwik-E-Mart is a parody of Howl's Moving Castle from Howl's Moving Castle.
