Homer's Phobia/References
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Continuity
- Homer's Pin Pals shirt, last seen in "Team Homer", is worn by John.
- This episode is notable as featuring the first direct reference towards Lisa being a vegetarian, and the first to refer to Moe's suicidal tendencies.
Cultural references
- The episode features numerous cultural references. The song "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory is played twice during the episode: first as the steel mill transforms into a disco, and second over the closing credits.
- Homer's record collection includes music by the New Christy Minstrels and The Wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson, the albums Loony Luau and Ballads of the Green Berets by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler.
- The song that John picks out and he and Homer dance to is "I Love the Nightlife" by Alicia Bridges, and the song that Bart dances to is "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" by Cher.
- When John pulls up in front of the Simpson home to take the family for a drive, his car horn plays "Over the Rainbow", the opening song from The Wizard of Oz.
- In his shop, one of the items John has for sale is a copy of TV Guide that was owned by Jackie O. John says, "You should see the crossword puzzle. She thought that Mindy lived with Mark", a reference to Mork & Mindy.
- When John is introduced, there is a plastic pink flamingo lying in the background, a reference to John Waters's film Pink Flamingos.
- The title of this episode is a pun on the word "homophobia".
