Jaws Wired Shut/References

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.
 * 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.

Trivia

 * 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 MyPepsi?
 * 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. Patty later confirmed she was a lesbian, in Season 16's episode "There's Something About Marrying". However, there has been no official confirmation that Smithers is homosexual, although a long-running gag strongly implies that he is.

Continuity

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