Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 24 Episode References
← "Changing of the Guardian"	520 "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing"	"Hardly Kirk-ing" 521 →

Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the song "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing".
  • The song has also been referenced in the title of the episode "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing", from Season 22.
• Bart's appearance and speaking style is a parody of Woody Allen's.
• Cletus' "Fueds" list includes the following:
  • Hatfields
  • The Hapsburgs
  • Time Warner Cable
  • Those dang Muppets
  • My toenail what turned black
  • And, after the talent show, the Peacocks
• "The Most Interesting Boy in the World" is a reference to the Internet meme, The Most Interesting Man in the World.
• The movie Love, Indubitably is a reference to the movie Love Actually.
  • Severus Snape from Harry Potter appears in the movie.
  • The TARDIS from Doctor Who appears in the movie.
  • Alfred Hitchcock comes out from the TARDIS.
• A caricature of Bart as Yoda from Star Wars was seen when Bart was at Springfield Squidport.
• Woody Allen mentions his films Mighty Aphrodite and The Purple Rose of Cairo. Later, he mentions that he played the ant in Antz.
• One of the characters in the video game Mixed Martian Arts (a parody of Mixed Martial Arts) is Marvin the Martian from Looney Tunes.
  • The controller he holds resembles an Xbox controller.
• Kearney tells Bart to think outside the "Skinner box," another name for an Operant conditioning chamber used for studying animal behavior.
• When singing "Ode to Apologize", a parody of the "Ode to Joy" from Beethoven's Ninth Symphoy, Homer sings the line: "The melody is by Beethoven" and Bart then sings: "Not bad for a movie dog". Homer is referring to the composer while Bart is referring to the film Beethoven.

Continuity

• The story is a follow-up to the episode "Moonshine River" from the same season 24.

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Moonshine River • Treehouse of Horror XXIII • Adventures in Baby-Getting • Gone Abie Gone • Penny-Wiseguys • A Tree Grows in Springfield • The Day the Earth Stood Cool • To Cur, with Love • Homer Goes to Prep School • A Test Before Trying • The Changing of the Guardian • Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing • Hardly Kirk-ing • Gorgeous Grampa • Black-Eyed, Please • Dark Knight Court • What Animated Women Want • Pulpit Friction • Whiskey Business • The Fabulous Faker Boy • The Saga of Carl • Dangers on a Train