Moms I'd Like to Forget/References

References/Trivia

Season 22 Episode References

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Cultural references

The episode title is a reference to the slang term MILF.
During the couch gag, the couch reads a newspaper with the headline "OTTOMAN EMPIRE COLLAPSES", a pun on "Ottoman" referring to its being both a past empire and a piece of furniture.
West Side Story: When Bart challenges the fifth grade to a rumble, Milhouse says it'll be just like "that movie where the Jets fought the Sharks."
The fight in the teachers' lounge parodies the typical "saloon fight" scene, a staple of many old Western movies.
In Bart's dream, he parodies Superman, taking the asteroid dodgeball and throwing it back at the alien spacecraft.
Comic Book Guy refers to Born on the Fourth of July as "Tom Cruise's last good movie."
When Chief Wiggum drops Ralph on his head as a baby and he becomes unable to put his bottle in his mouth, the joke about dumb people being dropped on their heads as babies is being visualized.

When Bart talks to the bullies, the car they are sitting on has the tag number NABF03, which is this episode's production code.
In Sky1 broadcasts of this episode, the scene where Bart blows up the bunch of fireworks is cut.

Homer looks at his clock on his bedside table, but in later shots his clock has disappeared.
When Groundskeeper Willie is about to take a bath in the dumpster and opens his robe, his stomach is flabby rather than muscular as it is in other episodes where Willie is seen shirtless.