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Cultural references[edit]

• The episode title is a pun on the 1989 independent drama film Sex, Lies, and Videotape.

The family is frozen in carbonite and taken away by Boba Fett, parodying The Empire Strikes Back

• In the episode's couch gag, the family is frozen in carbonite and taken away by Boba Fett, parodying the iconic scene that takes place in the Cloud City close to the end of The Empire Strikes Back from the Star Wars series.
• During the opening of Saint Patrick's Day, Mayor Quimby calls himself "the Edge" in a reference to the British-Irish musician The Edge, famous for being the lead guitarist of U2. Other references to Ireland said by Quimby include:
  • Saying that the Irish gave the world the "paddy wagon". In the United States, "Paddy" was a common Irish shortening of Padraig (Patrick in English) which is an ethnic slur to refer to Irish people.
  • Mentioning the Shamrock Shake, a seasonal green mint-flavored milkshake dessert sold at some McDonald's restaurants during March to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
  • Describing the traditional Irish dance. The song "Riverdance" by Bill Whelan from Riverdance: Music from the Show is heard while people dance.
• Bart makes allusion to the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
• The "Straight Catholic Priests" car in the parade references the unallowed homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church and specifically the case of Irish priest Bernárd J. Lynch, who became the first Catholic priest in the world to undertake a civil partnership in 2006.
• The British patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!" is heard when the Northern Irish people from the "Pride of Ulster" appear.
• Lisa starts to sing "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral", a classic American song by composer James Royce Shannon.
• One fight involves The Thung and The Mulk, which are parodies of The Thing and The Hulk, respectively.
• Lucky Jim is voiced by Robert Forster, who had an Oscar-nominated performance as bail bondsman Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's heist movie Jackie Brown.
• Wolf the Bounty Hunter is a parody of Duane Chapman, also known as "Dog the Bounty Hunter", an American TV personality and bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman who had his own series, Dog the Bounty Hunter.
• Snake took a year off from Princeton university.
• The neon sign at the Au Naturel bakery parodies Betty Grable's iconic over-the-shoulder pose from 1943.
• The song that plays when Homer and Ned are being bounty hunters is "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant.
• AD/BC is a parody of AC/DC, and the song "Kindly Deeds Done for Free" parodies "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap".
• The pursuit of Fat Tony which involves the Pink Sedan following the train under the bridge parodies the famous "Car Chase" scene from the 1971 action-thriller film The French Connection.
• Homer asks Marge for some Twinkies.
• Bounty Hunter Daisy McGunnan is a parody of Cherry Darling from the 2007 films Planet Terror and Grindhouse.

The chase between Ned and Homer that ends in the cranes in a construction site parodies the "Parkour Chase" from Casino Royale

• The sequence where Ned chases Homer parodies the "Parkour Chase" scene from the beginning of the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, which also involves the characters jumping fences and getting into a construction site.
• Homer grabs an Emmy from inside a limosine.
• Part of Ned's flashback parodies the opening of the 1966 live-action TV series Batman.
  • The "Batman Theme" by Neal Hefti is also heard.
• Ned narrates the whole Old Testament, finishing with its last section, the Book of Malachi. He then proceeds to narrate the New Testament.

Trivia[edit]

• Erotic cakes previously appeared in the "Homer³" segment of "Treehouse of Horror VI", when a three-dimensional Homer found himself in the real world and visited an erotic cake shop.
• Homer and Ned's targets include:
  • Sideshow Bob
  • Fat Tony
  • Drederick Tatum
  • Clay Roberts from "Home Away from Homer"
  • Bart Simpson
• The UK Airing of this episode on Channel 4 doesn't air the scene with Fat Tony, Ned and Homer in the car as it cuts after the train scene.

Goofs[edit]

• Bart is wearing a green T-shirt when he comes to the St. Patrick's Parade. However, in one scene where he looks at the folk dancing, he is wearing his usual red shirt. In the next scene, he is back wearing a green shirt.