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Adventures in Baby-Getting |
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Cultural references
- The title is a reference to the 1987 comedy film Adventures in Babysitting.
- "Fudgerama" is a pun of Futurama, another series created by Matt Groening.
- Tissan is a spoof of Nissan.
- The Tracey Ullman Show characters appears underground when the drop of water is falling down.
- Crouching Panda Hidden Egg Roll is a parody of the 2000 wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Eggroll, the Chinese restaurant seen in "Postcards From the Wedge," was also a parody of the film making it the second time it was parodied.
- "Sink-O De Mayo" is a pun on the celebration Cinco de Mayo.
- "Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral" by Bing Crosby played when Father Mike appeared.
- Playdude is a parody of Playboy.
Trivia
- The opening sequence is also similar to the "Treehouse of Horror XIX" opening sequence, which was about the 2008 United States presidential election.
- The underground water cavern looks like (and drains like) a human bladder.
- The credits were done in cursive writing, the same writing style Lisa learned to write in this episode.
- Marge's new car's plate number is PABF18, which is the production code of this episode.
- This is the second episode where a sinkhole has caused part of Springfield to collapse, and the third time in the series. The first being "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)", and the second being "The Movie".
- This is the second episode where Marge gets a new car. The first being "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"."
- This is the second episode where a slob's sperm leads to multiple babies resembling them. The first being "Selma's Choice."
- This is the second episode which ends with Homer with someone resembling him. The first being "The Regina Monologues."
- This is the third episode where Homer's sperm appear. The first two being "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" and "And Maggie Makes Three."
- When Marge kicks Homer out of the hotel, he goes into a motel called "The Dog House", a visual pun on the phrase "in the doghouse". This was also parodied in "Brawl in the Family".
- Moe says he's adjusted to 'runaway monorails'.
Goofs
- In this episode, Marge is shocked to find that Homer has a low sperm count, but in "Eight Misbehavin'," Marge already knows that Homer is sterile from working at the nuclear plant for years (which was also mentioned on season three's "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?")
- A line of Kent Brockman's nose is missing when he is interview Moe, the line appears when Barney wakes up.
- The time the drop of water falls is exactly 20 seconds in that time Marge, Lisa and Bart could not get ready to school.
- In the first scene of Marge driving to school, Lisa and Bart are far away of each other. But in the next shot, they are close each other.