Coincidentally, one of the hippos in the game is named "Homer Hippo".
In the episode's chalkboard gagBart writes "Temptation Island was not a sleazy peace of crap", referring to the American TV series Temptation Island, which got mixed to negative reviews from critics.
Blockoland is a parody of Legoland, the famous chain of family amusement parks focusing on the Lego building toy brand. Bart mistakes Blocko with Lego.
When Marge gets streaks in her hair, it resembles the Bride of Frankenstein's hair; tall white with two black streaks.
Homer's attempt to alert the press of the move by showing them a room of evidence, only to find nothing incriminating is inside, is a likely reference to the film Moonraker, where James Bond discovers that Hugo Drax is operating a lab making deadly gas. When Bond takes M and his superiors to investigate the lab, he finds it has been replaced with a dining room.
The scene where Bart sees Homer lying on top of the red dog house is a direct reference to Charlie Brown and Snoopy from Peanuts. Bart even utters Charlie Brown's signature line "Good Grief!".
When Kent Brockman says that Mr. Duff is insisting that Homer is a liar, they show footage of Homer with his pants on fire. This is a nod to the classic chant "liar liar pants on fire".
Lisa mentions musician Bob Dylan and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez as examples of people who could get the public on their sides.
According to the book, Farrell hated actor Wayne Rogers. Both Farrell and Rogers worked on the medical comedy-drama M*A*S*H, although not at the same time.
The ghost of César Chávez visits Homer during his hunger strike, but takes the appearance of Cesar Romero, an American actor and activist.
Homer says on the microphone "Me so hungee" in a way similar to when the Da Nang prostitute (Papillon Soo Soo) says "Me so horny" in the 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket.
