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Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a reference to the Academy Award-nominated 2010 comedy-drama film The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenko. This was also referenced with the title of the season 25 episode "The Kid Is All Right".
- During the title screen gag, Professor Frink is wearing an armored flying suit like Iron Man from Marvel.
- At Moe's, the beverage Moe et Chandon is a reference to Moët & Chandon.
- When Homer finds an old undeveloped film, Carl tells him that all photo developing stores are now either knocked down or turned into deer blinds:
- A camouflaged Fotohut is a reference to Fotomat, a retired chain of photo development drive-through kiosks.
- Circuit Circus is a reference to Circuit City.
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Homer poses in the same way Demi Moore did on a Vanity Fair magazine cover
- The third photo in Moe's developer tray is Homer in a nude pregnant pose just like the one of Demi Moore in the magazine Vanity Fair.
- While Bart and Lisa's fights photos are shown, the song that plays is The Kids Are Alright by The Who.
- Homer always photographed the kids' fights and never stopped them because he felt that lighting was perfect, and compared that to "Florence in May".
- Bart says that the family story is a tragedy, just like Planet of the Apes. Then he says that the real tragedy is that Hollywood keeps making more Planet of the Apes movies.
- When Homer begins to strangle Bart, the music playing is Also sprach Zarathustra, which has become known as the de facto theme of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Young Bart and Lisa hit each other with copies of Jack and Jill and Goodnight Moon.
- During a flashback, Marge suddenly wakes up and tells Homer she had a nightmare in which she lost one of the children in a World's Fair. When Homer asks which fair, she replies "Brisbane '88". Marge is referring to World Expo 88 an event in Australia that achieved a very high attendance.
- The See N' Psalm toy is a parody of educational toy See 'n Say.
- The Playbill of "The Sunshine Boys" starring the Sea Captain and Police Chief Wiggum is the play by Neil Simon.
- Homer's $50 ticket for "indecent snowman building" has the issuer as TABF12, the production code for this episode.
Continuity
- A matchbook refers to the marriage between Selma and Bob Terwilliger. ("Black Widower")
- A hat refers to the marriage between Selma and Disco Stu. ("There's Something About Marrying")
- The Clown Bed Homer build for Bart is shown and doddering Grandma Flanders babysits. ("Lisa's First Word")
- Lisa mentions the time when Apu let Homer eat expired hot dogs ("Homer and Apu")
Goofs
- In the flashback in Moe's Tavern, there's a picture of Homer, Lenny, Carl and Barney. In the picture, Homer is bald, despite having hair in the flashback and not being bald until years later.
- Bart hits Lisa with the Phonic Frog in a flashback before Maggie's birth, but the family was send the Phonic Frog by Mrs. Wickerbottom's Pre-Nursery School specifically for Maggie. ("Smart and Smarter")
