Half-Decent Proposal/References

References/Trivia

Season 13 Episode References

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Music

"All I Have to Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers: Opens this episode.
"Suicide Is Painless" by Johnny Mandel: Known better as main theme of M*A*S*H, it plays while Marge is leaving Homer in the helicopter to meet Artie Ziff.
"Disco Inferno" by The Trammps: Played at Artie's '70s style prom.
"Precious And Few" by Climax: Also played at the prom.
"Georgy Girl" by The Seekers: When Artie is advertising his invention.
Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham: Heard when Dr. Hibbert smashes mailboxes with his golf club.
At the end of the episode, Artie's Snor-Converter alters Homer's snoring into the tune of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by the Eurythmics. Artie also supplies altered lyrics in which he tells Marge that Homer is a loser and that she should dump him.

Indecent Proposal - The film is punned in the title and referenced throughout the episode.
The point where Artie is flying Marge away in his helicopter, and Marge sees that Homer has written "KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON" in rocks, is a callback to the series finale of M*A*S*H ("Goodbye, Farewell and Amen"), in which Capt. Hawkeye Pierce, as his helicopter takes off to fly him homeward, sees that Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt has written out the word "GOODBYE" in rocks.
Moe says to Artie "I'm a spy, in the house of Moe." This is a reference to the lyric "I'm a spy, in the House of Love" from the song "The Spy" by The Doors.
The TV series "Nooky in New York" which Marge's sisters watch is a reference to the TV series "Sex and the City".
Among the paintings of Marge in the room by Artie Ziff we can identify one in the Andy Warhol style, one in the Botticelli style and one in the Roy Lichtenstein style.
The Baron Von Kiss-A-Lot Castle recalls the Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria.
The videotape that Homer leaves to Marge is a reference to the movie "Sex, Lies and Videotape".
- The way Homer explains in the videotape what he saw using Funzo and the dinosaur puppets is the technique used by psychologists to make children relive the traumatic scenes they experienced.
Comic Book Guy's room is full of Star Wars movies memorabilia, featuring two autographed photos of Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) one as a young man, one as an older one.
- Comic Book Guy's puppet at night is Jar Jar Binks.

This episode is a sequel to "The Way We Was".
Homer has a Funzo to illustrate Marge kissing Artie Ziff. ("Grift of the Magi")
Grampa brings up Homer's 300 game. ("Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder").
Homer is also shown to have a loud snore in the comic story Maggie's Crib 11.
Homer says he's being drinking for 25 years meaning he's being drinking since he was 14 years old. Previous episodes indicate Homer doing underage drinking.
Professor Frink has goldfish in his shoes much like Disco Stu did in "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"; however, unlike Disco Stu's fish, Frink's are very much alive.

When leaving the prom, Marge pulls open a fire-escape door, when the push bar is clearly on the inside.

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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