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Cultural references[edit]

The scene where "Neighbors With Appetizers" show up is like the ending of the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life

Homer imagines himself as the perfect homemaker. The scene is a reference to The Donna Reed Show

• The episode title is a reference to the television series Orange Is the New Black.
  • Marge is sent to jail, like Piper Chapman was in Orange Is the New Black.
  • The show was previously referenced in the comic story Yellow Is the New Black.
• The couch gag is inspired by the style of IKEA's manuals.
  • The music in the couch gag is "Computer in Love" by Perrey and Kingsley.
  • In the credits, Couch is stylized to Cöuch, while in the couch gag it's spelled as Coüch, a reference to IKEA's Swedish nationality.
• Wiggum makes a pun on Sylvester Stallone's name, Silvester Alone.
• Kent Brockman misuses the word "negligée" to refer to "negligence". Negligée is a form of see-through clothing for women.
• Jacqueline Bouvier is forced to wear a Hannibal Lecter mask when she was arrested during Marge's trial.
• Lisa refers to the fact of Marge being convicted as "Kafkaesque". This is a word used to describe a situation reminiscent of Franz Kafka's work. In this case is in relation to The Trial.
• After Lisa says that, Judge Roy Snyder responds "I've got my eye on you" to her. Lisa mentions that is Orwellian. This is a reference to Big Brother, a character from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
• Marge reads a book by James Patterson.
  • The title of the book, Bishop Takes Night, is a reference to "bishop takes knight" in chess.
• The scene where Neighbors With Appetizers (NWA) show up is like the ending of the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, when the townspeople show up: both show neighborly support and refer to the main character as being "the richest man" while the same carol is heard in the background: "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing."
• Bart finds an M&M's candy in the basket.
• The black and white scenes with Homer as a homemaker are a reference to The Donna Reed Show.^[1]
• Milhouse owns a Jitterbug phone.
• The cow in the tornado is a reference to Twister.

Continuity[edit]

• Marge is sent to jail in the Springfield Women's Prison. ("Marge in Chains")
• In the opening scene, Lisa plays a theremin. ("Homer Scissorhands")
• Homer dresses up as a prison guard. ("The Wandering Juvie")
• Ned references losing Maude. ("Alone Again, Natura-Diddily")
• Mr. Sparkle's face appears on laundry detergent. ("In Marge We Trust")

Trivia[edit]

• In the opening sequence:
  • Lenny shouts "Oh not again" when falling from the ladder in the Power Plant.
  • In the store, Maggie's price is "Read Again".
• The bear in Mr. Burns's office is shown to be a real bear.
• Before the couch gag, Homer is already holding the manual when he gets run over by Marge and Maggie in the Orange Station Wagon.

Goofs[edit]

• At first, Marge needed a phone to hear Homer through the bulletproof glass in the Prison's visiting room, but later, Homer is able to talk to her without the phone.
• When Marge fires the prison guard's gun, the guard has long sleeves. However, the sleeves become short once Marge is handcuffed. When Marge is escorted out of the visiting room, the guard's sleeves are long again.

References[edit]