The Frying Game/References

Cultural References

 * The epsode title is a pun on the 1992 movie The Crying Game.
 * Homer's and Marge's insistence that the Man with the Braces murdered Mrs. Bellamy is a reference to Richard Kimble's saying that the one-armed man is the real killer in the 1993 movie The Fugitive, based on the 1960s TV series.
 * When Homer is on his way to the electric chair, the prisoner who asks him to "Take my hands, boss" is a parody of John Coffey in The Green Mile.
 * The TV show Frame Up may be a reference to, and parody of, reality television in general.

Trivia

 * The Simpsons also find themselves at odds with the EPA in The Simpsons Movie.