The Wayz We Were/References
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Cultural references
- The episode's title is a reference to the 1973 movie The Way We Were.
- Homer, Marge, Barney, Lenny and Carl sing the song from the movie after Maya accepts Moe's proposal. Afterwards, Moe says the movie is crap.
- Another episode title references to this movie are season 2 episode "The Way We Was" and season 15 episode "The Way We Weren't".
- In the prehistoric era, a character looking like Fred Flintstone is seen.
- Milhouse mentions Cars 1, 2 and 3.
- Moe seeing the message "Objects in mirror are more depressed than they appear" is a reference to the "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear" meme.
- Homer mentions taking their intimacy from Disney+ to HBO Max.
- Gil uses Wayz, a parody of Waze.
- The guy who is always in his underwar meantions Zoom.
- Homer mentions Tinker Bell and Kevin James.
- Appearing in the jesuits captcha screen:
- Books appearing in the books captcha screen:
- Appearing in the characters captcha screen:
- Yosemite Sam and Egghead Jr. from Looney Tunes.
- Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo.
- Dog from CatDog.
- Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Bruto from Popeye.
- Brain from Pinky and the Brain (referencing him wanting to conquer the internet in the Animaniacs reboot).
- Moe mentions Henry Winkler and his jumping the shark moment in Happy Days.
- A guy in a Spider-Man costume robs Moe.
- Professor Frink hacked Wikipedia.
- Wayz website mentions and is owned by Google.
- Moe, Maya and Barney sing a parody of Katrina & The Waves's Walking On Sunshine.
- In the mirror, Joker Moe, Phantom of the Opry Moe, Green Goblin Moe and Demon Moe appear.
Trivia
- For unknown reasons, the online version put the episode "The Last Barfighter" instead. This was corrected on Amazon.
Continuity
- In the neighborhood meeting, Maggie shooting Mr. Burns is mentioned. ("Who Shot Mr. Burns?")
- Maya appears. ("Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe")
- The Itchy & Scratchy Movie logo is seen on a screen. ("Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie")
- Bart and Milhouse were playing to attack aliens. ("Secrets of a Successful Marriage")