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References/Trivia

Blockoland is a parody of Legoland.
The ghost of César Chávez visits Homer during his hunger strike, but takes the appearance of Cesar Romero, because Homer doesn't know what Chavez looks like.
The scene where Bart sees Homer lying on top of the red dog house is a direct reference to Charlie Brown and Snoopy (both from Peanuts). Bart even utters Charlie Brown's signature line "Good Grief".
The title is a play on the game, Hungry Hungry Hippos. Coincidentally, one of the hippos in the game is named Homer.
When Kent Brockman says that Mr. Duff is insisting that Homer is a liar, they show footage of Homer with his pants on fire. This is a nod to the classic chant, Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire.
When Marge gets streaks in her hair, it resembles the Bride of Frankenstein's hair; tall white with two black streaks.

Homer's attempt to alert the press of the move by showing them a room of evidence, only to find nothing incriminating is found, is a likely reference to the film Moonraker, where James Bond discovers that Hugo Drax is operating a lab making deadly gas. When Bond takes M and his superiors to investigate the lab, he finds it has been replaced with a dining room.