The Ned-liest Catch/References

References/Trivia

Season 22 Episode References

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"The Ned-liest Catch"

Cultural references

The episode title is a pun on the Discovery Channel documentary/reality TV show Deadliest Catch.
During the montage of Ned and Edna dating:
- The music playing is "Heaven Must Have Sent You" by Bonnie Pointer.
- When they cross a creek, Ned parts the water with a staff, reminiscent of Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea.

Brunella Pommelhorst appears for the first time since announcing she was going to have a sex-change operation ("My Fair Laddy"). However, she looks exactly the same as before, so it would seem that she decided not to go through with the operation.

The coffee mug Homer borrowed from Ned Flanders is a right-handed mug, but Ned is left-handed.
- Not a goof. In a world designed mostly for righties, left-handed mugs aren't that easy to find. So it's highly likely that Ned has owned many right-handed mugs over the years.
  - Definitely a goof. Ned Flanders owns the Leftorium. I mean, they have left-handed combs for goodness sake, what are the chances of not having left-handed mugs.
Ned says he and Edna have never been "formally introduced" despite meeting and talking multiple times in previous episodes, including going on a date with each other in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" where Ned decides the two have nothing in common.

In UK airings, a note at the scene where Marge tells viewers to go to thesimpsons.com to vote says "Unfortunately, voting is not available in this area", and a voiceover is heard over the credits by Homer and Marge, telling viewers that in reruns or on DVDs it's too late to vote.