Moonshine River/References

Cultural references

 * The episode has many references to the 1961 romantic comedy film :
 * The title is a reference to the song "", which is from the film. The song is also played during the credits, which was also dedicated to who died of bladder cancer on September 25, 2012.
 * In two scenes, Mary is dressed as Holly Golightly:
 * In one, she is wearing the same black dress and hat with the white ribbon around the hat.
 * While playing guitar, Mary is dressed similarly to Holly while she plays guitar, albeit with a red bandanna as opposed to Holly's white.
 * In the film, Holly left her "family" to set up a new life in New York, much like Mary does here, though her dad comes to get her, not her husband like in the film.
 * The couch gag is a reference to the The Longest Daycare.
 * Pappa Pia! is a reference to the musical .
 * Death of a Salesman: The Seussical is a parody of the 1949 play  and the films.
 * Samsun is a parody of.
 * LC is a parody of.

Trivia

 * The patterns on Simpsons family wings (they were butterflies in a couch gag) were:
 * Homer's - donuts
 * Marge's - vacuum cleaners
 * Lisa's - notes and saxophones
 * Bart's - slingshots
 * The items in Bart's box of "precious junk" include:
 * Photos of his old girlfriends
 * His slingshot
 * A Krusty the Clown ashtray
 * A square piece of in a ziplock bag labelled "Ravioli that looks like me"
 * The banner on the theatre's Pappa Pia! advertisement reads "The story continues, because ABBA has more songs."
 * The names that appear in the listing of Mary Spuckler's apartment include:
 * T. Bickle
 * Mary Spuckler
 * H. Golightly (the same name character was in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Continuity

 * Bart's previous girlfriends:
 * Jessica Lovejoy from "Bart's Girlfriend" (Who was on one of his photos)
 * Darcy from "Little Big Girl"
 * Jenny from "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"
 * Gina Vendetti from "The Wandering Juvie"
 * Nikki McKenna from "Stealing First Base"
 * Mary Spuckler from "Apocalypse Cow"
 * Adverts that are seen from previous objects featured in the show:
 * Canyonero Hybrid from "The Last Temptation of Krust"
 * MyPad from "Holidays of Future Passed," "Them, Robot" and "Lisa Goes Gaga"
 * Burly paper towels from "The Blunder Years"
 * The Khlav Kalash and the Khlav Kalash vendor from "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" appear again as a restaurant in New York City.

Goofs

 * In the queue for the Romeo and Juliet play, many of the people standing in line appear in the line more than once.