Pokey Mom/References
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Trivia
- The name of this episode could refer to the popular franchise Pokémon. 'Pokey' is another name for prison.
- The sequence when Homer runs after the Chiropractor parodies the movie Chinatown.
- Sideshow Bob can be seen in the infirmary wearing a headcast from the neck up.
- Whilst working at the prison Marge informs Bart that Sideshow Bob will be seeing him very soon. Bart laughs and replies with "Oh, that Bob". Bob would return to terrorize Bart three episode later in "Day of the Jackanapes".
- Marge apparently makes horrible sundaes; Both Jack and Bart looking pained when Marge forces them to eat one.
- For some reason, Maggie does not make an appearance at all.
Cultural references
- At the beginning of the episode, the bed folds in half completely, parodying The Jetsons Movie, in which the scene is the method of waking up George on his first day at the Orbiting Ore Asteroid.
- Bart writes "I will not let the dogs out" on the black board which is a reference to the song, Who Let the Dogs Out?.
