The Very Hungry Caterpillars/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

	Season 34 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
• Professor Frink is said to be director of the CDC, the Center for Disgusting Caterpillars. This is a parody of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Lisa mentions using Twitter.
• Steak, Cake or Fake? is a parody of the game show Is It Cake?
• A contestant on Steak, Cake or Fake? had won a million dollars for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
• Ned imagining himself as an ant and Homer as a grasshopper is a reference to the Aesop's Fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper".

Continuity

• During Ned imagining Homer stealing food from his family, "The Land of Chocolate" song plays. ("Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk")
• Homer's Mr. Plow jacket is seen in the attic. ("Mr. Plow")

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