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*The episode title is a pun on the song "{{w|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing}}". | *The episode title is a pun on the song "{{w|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing}}". | ||
**The song has also been referenced in the title of the episode "[[Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing]]", from [[Season 22]]. | **The song has also been referenced in the title of the episode "[[Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing]]", from [[Season 22]]. | ||
| − | *Bart's appearance and speaking style is a parody of {{w|Woody Allen}}'s. | + | *The final scene is nod to the film ''{{w|Annie Hall}}''. With Bart's appearance and speaking style is a parody of {{w|Woody Allen}}'s character Alvy Singer and Lisa as Annie Hall. |
*Cletus' "Fueds" list includes the following: | *Cletus' "Fueds" list includes the following: | ||
**{{w|Hatfield-McCoy feud|Hatfields}} | **{{w|Hatfield-McCoy feud|Hatfields}} | ||
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**The [[TARDIS]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' appears in the movie. | **The [[TARDIS]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' appears in the movie. | ||
**[[Alfred Hitchcock]] comes out from the TARDIS. | **[[Alfred Hitchcock]] comes out from the TARDIS. | ||
| + | * The song that plays during ''Love, Indubitably'' is "{{w|All the Young Dudes}}" by {{w|Mott the Hoopie}}. | ||
*At [[Springfield Squidport]], many caricatures can be found | *At [[Springfield Squidport]], many caricatures can be found | ||
** Woody Allen. | ** Woody Allen. | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the song "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing".
- The song has also been referenced in the title of the episode "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing", from Season 22.
- The final scene is nod to the film Annie Hall. With Bart's appearance and speaking style is a parody of Woody Allen's character Alvy Singer and Lisa as Annie Hall.
- Cletus' "Fueds" list includes the following:
- Hatfields
- The Hapsburgs
- Time Warner Cable
- Those dang Muppets
- My toenail what turned black
- And, after the talent show, the Peacocks
- "The Most Interesting Boy in the World" is a reference to the Internet meme, The Most Interesting Man in the World.
- During the movie Love, Indubitably which is a reference to the movie Love Actually we can see :
- Winston Churchill, Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes and Isaac Newton performing a striptease. This is a reference to the British movie The Full Monty.
- Severus Snape from Harry Potter appears in the movie.
- The TARDIS from Doctor Who appears in the movie.
- Alfred Hitchcock comes out from the TARDIS.
- The song that plays during Love, Indubitably is "All the Young Dudes" by Mott the Hoopie.
- At Springfield Squidport, many caricatures can be found
- Woody Allen.
- Yoda from Star Wars.
- Clint Eastwood from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
- Humphrey Bogart from Casablanca.
- Woody Allen mentions his films Mighty Aphrodite and The Purple Rose of Cairo. Later, he mentions that he played the ant in Antz.
- One of the characters in the video game Mixed Martian Arts (a parody of Mixed Martial Arts) is Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes.
- The controller he holds resembles an Xbox controller.
- Kearney tells Bart to think outside the "Skinner box," another name for an Operant conditioning chamber used for studying animal behavior.
- When singing "Ode to Apologize", a parody of the "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Homer sings the line: "The melody is by Beethoven" and Bart then sings: "Not bad for a movie dog". Homer is referring to the composer while Bart is referring to the film Beethoven.
Continuity
- The story is a follow-up to the episode "Moonshine River" from the same season 24.
