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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 carrying a dead Dino.
- Milhouse mentions Cars 1, 2 and 3.
- Homer mentions taking their intimacy from Disney+ to HBO Max.
- The app Wayz is a parody of Waze.
- The guy who is always in his underwear mentions Zoom.
- Moe hits a Phish Xing sign. He then hits Trey Anastasio from Phish.
- The song "Traffic Jam" by James Taylor plays during the traffic jam.
- Appearing in the Jesuits captcha screen are: the Dalai Lama, , Pope Francis, Matteo Ricci,
- Appearing in the 20th century dictators captcha screen are: George Washington, Benito Mussolini, Simón Bolívar, Golda Meir, Mao Zedong, Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill.
- Books appearing in the books captcha screen are: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Daisy Miller by Henry James, Of Time and the River by Thomas Wolfe, and Beloved by Toni Morrison.
- Appearing in the characters captcha screen are: Yosemite Sam and Egghead Jr. from Looney Tunes, Velma Dinkley from Scooby-Doo, CatDog from CatDog, Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants, Bluto from Popeye, and Brain from Pinky and the Brain, and Homer and Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons.
- The people at the basketball game Moe proposed at spelled out "LeBron", referring to LeBron James.
- 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.
Continuity
- In the neighborhood meeting, Maggie shooting Mr. Burns is mentioned. ("Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)")
- Maya, Moe's love interest from "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe", appears. Flashbacks to the episode are also shown.
- The Itchy & Scratchy Movie logo is seen on a screen. ("Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie")
