Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the baseball expression "Turn a double play".
• Hunch is a parody of the TV series Monk.
  • In fact, the name of the actor on Hunch is Tony Huncharella, which is a reference to Tony Shalhoub, the lead actor of Monk.
  • The writer of the episode is J. D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye.
  • Among the people shown in the cast of Hunch are Gwyneth Paltrow, Sir Anthony Hopkins, the late George C. Scott, and Heidi Klum.
  • At the end credits for Hunch, filming locations given are "New York City" and "Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada", a small city between Calgary and the USA/Canadian border of approximately 80,000 inhabitants.
• Tabitha Vixx sings "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the USA, before going into singing "Trouble-istic". "Trouble-istic" was loosely based on "Toxic" by Britney Spears.
• Howard K. Duff VIII says that it is "Amerisnack.com ttroll doll night".
• "Then He Kissed Me" by The Crystals plays during the Kiss Cam.
• Homer says that he and Marge have "gone through more hardships than the Jews and Charlie Brown put together.", referencing Peanuts.
• Tabitha Vixx and Buck Mitchell both were to attend the ESPY Awards.
• The file photo of Homer and Marge is a reference to the Pietà.
• On Jock Squawk, the radio host explains why Lou Gehrig deserved to die.
• When Buck Mitchell calls the Duff Blimp crashing the "worst blimp crash ever", Grampa responds with "too soon!", a reference to the Hindenburg disaster.
• As Homer and Marge ride off in the baseball car, an instrumental version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Edward Meeker plays.

Trivia

• The things Homer throws at Buck are 1 AA battery, 4 D batteries and a cordless drill.
• Krusty's design on ‎The Inquisitor is how he looks in the future in "Lisa's Wedding" and "Bart to the Future".

Goofs

• On Lisa's 2nd Grade Spelling Champion certificate, Edna Krabappel's name is incorrectly spelled as "Edna Krabbappel".

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