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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp in the title role.
- In the episode's couch gag, the Simpsons couch is a set in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C.. Many pieces shown are or were exhibited in the different Smithsonian museums, with other pieces belonging to other museums:
- A statue of president Theodore Roosevelt.
- The Star-Spangled Banner (National Museum of American History)
- The iconic Lansdowne portrait of George Washington (National Portrait Gallery)
- The Bust of Lafayette (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
- The portrait of the Mandarin clipper vessel (National Museum of American History)
- A similar painting to The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
- The Spirit of St. Louis and the Friendship 7 capsule (National Air and Space Museum)
- Dorothy Gale's Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz (National Museum of American History)
- Fonzie's jacket from Happy Days (National Museum of American History)
- The Hope Diamond (National Museum of Natural History)
- Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Monkey (Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York)
- Syndics of the Drapers' Guild (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
- Egyptical collection (National Museum of Natural History)
- The Simpsons camouflage parodies Jackson Pollock's Convergence (Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York)
- Albert Einstein (National Portrait Gallery)
- When painting Patty and Selma, Lisa considers she has to make it more neoclassical and less Mannerist.
- Homer plans to play a CD of James Taylor in Patty's car so people think she committed suicide. The CD he is holding corresponds to Sweet Baby James, Taylor's second studio album.
- Selma compares Patty to Posh Spice, part of the Spice Girls. Homer also mentions Scary Spice.
- Patty tells Homer his brain has the size of a Super Ball, the toy bouncy ball.
Milhouse watched the opening scene of Finding Nemo alone, and was traumatized when he found out about Coral's death
- Milhouse watched the opening scene of Finding Nemo alone, which caused him trauma after he found out that Nemo's mother, Coral, was eaten by a barracuda.
- The scene where Homer is cutting hair in the kitchen parodies the famous "A Thrilling Experience" scene from the 1990 gothic romantic film Edward Scissorhands.
- Homer tells Marge to call him "Homer Fingerhands", also a reference to the film's name.
- Marge mentions Newsweek magazine.
- Are We Hair Yet? salon's name is a pun on the phrase "Are We There Yet?" which became the title of a comedy film Are We There Yet? and a TV series based on that film.
- Milhouse sings "Teacher Said Don't Eat the Paste" to the tune of "Greensleeves", the popular English folk music.
- Manjula is mad at Apu because he is always talking about singer Lady Gaga.
- Helen Lovejoy said that she told Reverend Lovejoy to stop basing sermons on old Seinfeld episodes.
- Homer compares his gift to that of Mozart and stunt performer Johnny Knoxville.
- Milhouse falls off the cliff and is rescued by an eagle, similar to Gandalf the Grey in The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring.
- Homer compares his horrible life to the one George Roundy (Warren Beatty) had in the 1975 American comedy film Shampoo.
Trivia
- This is the second episode after "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams" in Season 22 to air in repeat after the watershed on Sky1.
- Bart says his birthday is too close to Christmas, but his birthday is revealed to be April 1 in The Bart Book. But in the season 26 episode "Simpsorama" he states his birthday as February 23rd.
- On FXX, this episode received a TV-14 rating.
Continuity
- In "A Milhouse Divided", Homer failed at cutting Marge's hair.
Goofs
- When Lisa accidentally gets paint on Patty's hair, Patty's dress is pink, but when Bart pours Paint Thinner on it, it is blue.
- As Sideshow Mel uses a megaphone to say the guests' names in the Policeman's Ball Thin Blue Line-Dance at Springfield Inn, his skin is yellow.
- In the credits, Kristen Schaal's name is spelled "Kristen Schall".
