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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a parody of the movie The Fast and The Furious.
• The episode's couch gag parodies the opening and closing credits of Get Smart, the well-known comedy, with Homer as Maxwell Smart (Don Adams). The "Get Smart Theme" by Irving Szathmary is heard as well.
• Lisa picked a bouquet of Erigeron elatiors for Mother's Day. As Lisa mentions, this North American species belong to the daisy family.

The Christian talking vegetables video is a parody of VeggieTales, a Christian computer-generated animation

• The Christian video with talking vegetables shown in the Sprawl-Mart's showcase is a parody of VeggieTales, an American Christian computer-generated musical children's animation and media franchise.
• In the Sprawl-Mart, Bart finds that American actress Jaclyn Smith has her own line of axe heads. This is a reference to many of Smith's business successes.
• Patty and Selma were given a Kitchen Carnival machine after they appeared on an episode of The Price Is Right, the American game show.
• Marge felt as if she was on Administrative Professionals Day when she was given the Kitchen Carnival machine as a gift.
• The scene of an insane Homer pouring caramel on the cotton candy is a reference to the 1931 film Frankenstein.
• Homer mentions Starbucks.
• According to Dolph, his dad once beated up six employees at KFC.
• The books that scare Homer in the Rumpus room include:
  • The Bear Went Over the Mountain, a novel by William Kotzwinkle.
  • The Berenstain Bears, the children's literature franchise created by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the famous British fairy tale by Robert Southey.
• The products in which Homer sees bears include Super Sugar Crisp, Gummy bears, Snuggle and Teddy Grahams.

Snuggle Bear from the softener, the U.S. Forest Service icon Smokey Bear and Teddy Grahams bears, among others, attack Homer

• Some of the bears that appear in Homer's fantasy are: Gummi Bears, Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear, Smokey Bear (icon of the U.S. Forest Service), Snuggle (from the fabric softener), Teddy Grahams, two bears wearing Chicago Bears uniforms, and a Care Bear with a crowbar.
  • The song "Teddy Bears' Picnic" by John W. Bratton is heard when Homer imagines the aggressive bears marching.
  • The traditional "Mexican Hat Dance" ("Jarabe Tapatío") plays on the radio.
• Grant Connor gives Homer a device to find the bear that attacked him, and Connor says it was the same techology used to watch American actor Gary Busey.
• According to Connor, the Grizly bear weights more than a Mazda Miata sports car.
• The song that plays when Homer makes his Bear Buster suit is "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.
• Homer's suit resembles Troy Hurtubise's "Ursus personal armor suit" from the 1961 documentary Project Grizzly.
• Lisa says that the point of Moby Dick was not to take revenge on animals.
• Marge says "I got a bad feeling about this", which is a reference of the infamous Star Wars line "I have a bad feeling about this".
• Lenny and Carl, and later Bart, sing "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band.
• Sonny & Cher's famous hit, "I Got You Babe", is heard when the bear and Homer spend time together.
• The scene of Homer and the bear pushing each other, with the bear pushing much harder, resembles an scene in the animated film Shrek.
• Homer mentions the "Circle of Life", a reference to a song from The Lion King.

Goofs

• In this episode, Costington's is next to Sprawl-Mart, where as in another episode, it's on a street corner.
• Between the weight and moisture content, Homer's cotton candy ball would have immediately melted and/or collapsed when he poured the caramel on it.
• In the scene where the bear corners Homer in the cave, in most shots, Homer's barefoot, but in other shots, he has shoes on.
• Homer's tie disappears when his coworkers laugh at him.