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Cultural references[edit]

• The episode's title is a pun on Hungry Hungry Hippos, a tabletop game produce by Hasbro.
  • Coincidentally, one of the hippos in the game is named "Homer Hippo".
• In the episode's chalkboard gag Bart writes "Temptation Island was not a sleazy peace of crap", referring to the American TV series Temptation Island, which got mixed to negative reviews from critics.
• Blockoland is a parody of Legoland, the famous chain of family amusement parks focusing on the Lego building toy brand. Bart mistakes Blocko with Lego.
  • Lisa built a Blocko model of the Eiffel Tower.
• The name of the Hairy Shearers salon is a pun on cast member Harry Shearer.
• 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 inside, 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.

Homer lyes on top of the dog house like Snoopy from Peanuts. Bart also says Charlie Brown's signature line "Good Grief!"

• The scene where Bart sees Homer lying on top of the red dog house is a direct reference to Charlie Brown and Snoopy from Peanuts. Bart even utters Charlie Brown's signature line "Good Grief!".
• 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".
• Lisa mentions musician Bob Dylan and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez as examples of people who could get the public on their sides.
• Lisa hands Homer a copy of My Core Beliefs, a fictional book by American actor Mike Farrell.
  • According to the book, Farrell hated actor Wayne Rogers. Both Farrell and Rogers worked on the medical comedy-drama M*A*S*H, although not at the same time.
• Kirk Van Houten mentions Sportzilla, a pun on Godzilla.
• The fanfare "Charge" is heard when Homer is protesting at the Duff Stadium.
• One of the vendors is selling pork chops and applesauce, a traditional dish in American cuisine and a catchphrase on sitcom The Brady Bunch.
• The ghost of César Chávez visits Homer during his hunger strike, but takes the appearance of Cesar Romero, an American actor and activist.
• Homer says on the microphone "Me so hungee" in a way similar to when the Da Nang prostitute (Papillon Soo Soo) says "Me so horny" in the 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket.
• The Mayor of Albuquerque wanted to buy the Dallas Cowboys, even though it was an American football team.

Trivia[edit]

• In real life, Mike Farrell has not written a book called My Core Beliefs.

Goofs[edit]

• When Maggie rips her diaper, you can see teeth, but Maggie isn't supposed to have teeth for her age.
• "Veggie" is misspelled as "vegie".
• While he and Milhouse are walking over to Homer, the brim of Kirk Van Houten's hat switches from red to white for a frame.