Alone Again, Natura-Diddily/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Continuity

• Ned and Edna drink Chateau Maison wine ("The Crepes of Wrath") at their date.

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the Gilbert O'Sullivan hit, "Alone Again (Naturally)". It was also parodied in the episode, "No Loan Again, Naturally".
• Words Ned spells out while playing Scrabble by himself: Solitary, Alone, Forever, Horny, and Flanswered.
• The video game Billy Graham's Bible Blaster, played by Bart with Rod and Todd Flanders, is a spoof of the unlicensed NES game, Bible Adventures.
• The background music during Flanders' dating tape is "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.
• Kovenant's name is based on the German thrash metal band Kreator.

Trivia

• Ned's ATM pin number is 5316.
• Gravestones appear at the cemetery during Maude's funeral of deceased people who died earlier in the series (however, Dr. Marvin Monroe would later be seen alive in the season 15 episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife").
  • Bleeding Gums Murphy
  • Monroe
  • Beatrice Simmons
  • Frank "Grimey" Grimes
• Ned and Edna finish their dinner at approx. 8:20.
• Maude's death had been conceived because her voice actor, Maggie Roswell, left the series in 1999 after a pay dispute.