To Cur, with Love/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 24 Episode References
← 515 "The Day the Earth Stood Cool"	516 "To Cur, with Love"	"Homer Goes to Prep School" 517 →

Cultural references

• The episode name is a reference to the film To Sir, with Love.
  • The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "To Surveil With Love" from Season 21.
• Ralph Wiggum was named after Ralph Abernathy.
• Homer sticking his hand into his crotch is a reference to Al Bundy from the television sitcom, Married... with Children.
• Abraham Simpson was watching Mannix, a real TV show.
• A Farewell to Arm is a reference to A Farewell to Arms.
• i, Bully is a reference to I, Robot. The lowercase "i" in the title is possibly a reference to iPods.
• Postcards from the Hedge is a reference to Postcards from the Edge.
  • The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "Postcards from the Wedge" from Season 21.
• The song during the Bongo-Homer bonding montage is "Me and My Arrow" by Harry Nilsson.

Trivia

• This episode was never shown on the intended air date in the East Coast due to a Fox News Special Report on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which also interrupted The Cleveland Show during a commercial break.

Continuity

• Waylon Smithers' father, Waylon Smithers, Sr., appears in the flashback to Homer's childhood. ("The Blunder Years")
• Homer has three toes in the flashback while he was a baby.

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Moonshine River • Treehouse of Horror XXIII • Adventures in Baby-Getting • Gone Abie Gone • Penny-Wiseguys • A Tree Grows in Springfield • The Day the Earth Stood Cool • To Cur, with Love • Homer Goes to Prep School • A Test Before Trying • The Changing of the Guardian • Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing • Hardly Kirk-ing • Gorgeous Grampa • Black-Eyed, Please • Dark Knight Court • What Animated Women Want • Pulpit Friction • Whiskey Business • The Fabulous Faker Boy • The Saga of Carl • Dangers on a Train