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Cultural references

The episode "Hoop Screams" is a parody of the film Hoop Dreams. Also, the mouse player #23 is a clear reference to Michael Jordan

• During the episode "Hoop Screams" from the The Itchy & Scratchy Show:
  • The title is a parody of the 1994 basketball-related film Hoop Dreams.
  • The referee is a zebra, a reference to "zebra" being a common slang term for officials in many sports (due to their generally wearing black-and-white striped uniforms).
  • The mouse player #23 is a clear reference to Michael Jordan:
    • Jordan wore #23 for most of his playing career.
    • Jordan was renowned for his flying slam dunks, particularly for starting his leap for the hoop at the free throw line or beyond.
    • The mouse player makes the dunk with his tongue hanging out, another one of Jordan's mannerisms.
  • The mice players' pouring blood over their coach is a reference to the "Gatorade shower" custom of players pouring Gatorade or some other liquid over their coach to celebrate a win.
• Krusty's sponsor is the Texxon family of gas stations. This is a parody of Texaco and the American natural resources company Exxon.
• Homer mentions Alex Trebek.
• When the Simpsons pass by Marge's old district, real-life stores such as 7-Eleven and McDonald's are seen.

A kite with a picture of the famous duo Sonny & Cher is among Marge's stuff

• A kite with a picture of the famous duo Sonny & Cher is among Marge's stuff.
• "Metal on Metal" by Anvil is heard when Bart is kitesurfing in the school playground.
• Seymour Skinner bought trophies from other schools to fill the case. Among them there was one from Harvard.
• Maggie tries to use a Transformers robot and a Slinky to replace the missing Baby Musthave doll from The Happy Little Elves series.
• The movement "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's cantata Carmina Burana is heard when Lisa is looking at Marge's scrapbook.
• According to Homer, the things that could distract Lisa from her studies are Scrapbooking, the American TV program High Stakes Poker or the Santa Fe lifestyle.
• Nelson compares Bart to the "Toad of Toad Hall". Mr. Toad is one of the main characters of the children's novel The Wind in the Willows. Toad of Toad Hall is also the title of one of the first dramatizations of the novel.
• Lisa is reading The Poems of Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson was an American poet, considered to be one of the most important figures in American poetry.
• At the school's library, Willie sings a song to the tune of "Loch Lomond", a traditional Scottish song.
• Vivaldi's "Spring" from The Four Seasons is heard on the Cloisters Academy bus.
• The theme song from the 2007 film Halloween is heard when the kids are playing kickball and Bart is about to face Nelson.

Trivia

• This episode's title is similar to another Simpson episode, "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" from Season 17.
• Homer tells Lisa that he ate a slice of wedding cake Marge was keeping in the freezer (Much to Marge's anger). There was also a slice of wedding cake in the freezer that Marge showed Homer in "Natural Born Kissers".
• In Latin America, this episode was released as the ninth episode of the season for unknown reasons.
• Gasoline is naturally transparent, while in this episode, it is green. However, it is possible that Texxon dyes its own gasoline.

Continuity

• Selma and Moe previously dated. ("'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky")

Goofs

• Marge asks Nelson if he is the boy who beats up Bart in "Sleeping with the Enemy". In this episode, Marge tells Bart that she didn't think Nelson was the bullying type.
• In Marge's old district, Bart says he'd never heard any of the stores that were on the streets, and they go past McDonald's (as if Bart never saw that). Bart saw McDonald's in "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble".