Marge's Son Poisoning/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Trivia

• During the talent show, Apu is singing Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone".

Cultural References

• The store Marge and Bart go to is called "The China Syndrome". A "china syndrome" is a catastrophic nuclear accident and a 1979 movie of the same name.
• The Tea Shop Marge and Bart go to, named "The Leaf Garrett Tea Shop" is a reference to Leif Garrett, a teen idol, actor and singer popular in the 1970s.
• In the "attack of the couches" couch gag, Professor Frink's couch loosely resembles a war machine from The War of the Worlds.
• At the tree house Marge shows a comic of Radioactive Man "side-by-side with Pelé", a famous Brazilian soccer player.