Jaws Wired Shut/References

References/Trivia

Season 13 Episode References

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Cultural references

The episode title is a reference to the film Eyes Wide Shut.
When Homer is twirling Maggie around by her pacifier, the music playing is the music from the tornado scene in The Wizard of Oz.
When Luann Van Houten leads Milhouse onto the set of Afternoon Yak (to appear in a segment titled "My Son Still Wets the Bed!"), Milhouse complains that she told him they were going to Red Lobster.
The scene at the end of the episode where Homer drinks some Duffs to power himself up and rescue Marge is a reference to Popeye cartoons, in which Popeye often rescues his love Olive Oyl by powering himself up with spinach.
The music playing in the formal ballroom is first, from symphonic poem Les préludes by Franz Liszt; then Eine kleine Nachtmusik by W. A. Mozart; then The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II

The movies playing at the Springfield Googolplex Theatres are Shenani-Goats!, Air C.H.U.D., Chocolate 2: The Vanilla-ing, Final Chapter: A New Beginning, Editor-In-Chimp, Too Many Premises!, Clone Me an Angel, and Dude, Where's My Pepsi?
There is a float on the gay parade called "Stayin' In The Closet" with a man and a woman peering out. Their faces are not seen, but they do speak, and thus seem to be Patty Bouvier and Waylon Smithers, Jr.. Patty later confirmed she was a lesbian, in the Season 16 episode "There's Something About Marrying". However, there has been no official confirmation that Smithers is homosexual, although throughout the series it has been strongly implied that he is.

Homer's X-Ray clearly shows the crayon that reduces his intelligence. It was first seen in "HOMЯ."

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Treehouse of Horror XII • The Parent Rap • Homer the Moe • A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love • The Blunder Years • She of Little Faith • Brawl in the Family • Sweets and Sour Marge • Jaws Wired Shut • Half-Decent Proposal • The Bart Wants What It Wants • The Lastest Gun in the West • The Old Man and the Key • Tales from the Public Domain • Blame It on Lisa • Weekend at Burnsie's • Gump Roast • I Am Furious (Yellow) • The Sweetest Apu • Little Girl in the Big Ten • The Frying Game • Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge