Dangerous Curves/References

Episode	References	Gags	Appearances	Gallery	Quotes	Credits

◄ Treehouse of Horror XIX

Dangerous Curves

Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words ►

Premiere

• The premiere of this episode was watched by 8.16 million people in America.

Cultural References

• Toucan Sam, Trix Rabbit, Cap'n Crunch and Count Chocula are all featured on Bart's "Cereal Killer" game; they are, respectively, the mascots for Fruit Loops, Trix, Cap'n Crunch and Count Chocula breakfast cereals.
• The non-linear plot showing various points in Homer and Marge's relationship is very similar to the film Two for the Road, starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney.
• During the limbo scene, the song "Limbo Rock" by Chubby Checker can be heard in the background, along with Homer singing it.

Trivia

• During this episode, Lisa wears a kerchief. While she is wearing it, part of her hair is exposed, which is supposed to evoke her bangs sticking out of it. However, since she lacks a visible hairline (as noted in "The Blue and the Gray"), whenever she faces the camera while turning her head, her hair is fully covered.
• This is the second time in a which a flashback shows a younger Homer falling into mud. The first was "The Blunder Years".
• Marge emerging from the water with her hair covering her face is visually quite similar to Sideshow Bob emerging from the water with his hair covering his face in "Cape Feare".
• This is the final SD episode to use the season 3 intro, but it returns in the season 28 episode "A Father's Watch", which is the only HDTV episode to use the season 3 intro.

Goofs

• Alberto's shirt changes from blue to tan when he is thanking Marge.
• In "Lisa's First Word", we see that Homer met Ned Flanders when the Simpsons first moved into 742 Evergreen Terrace, yet in this episode, the Simpsons' and the Flanders' met while Homer and Marge were still dating.
• In "When Flanders Failed", Marge tells Homer that he can't hate Ned just because they have a better lifestyle. She seems to have forgot that he made them sleep in separate rooms.
  • Marge either forgot or didn't care about it, seeing as it was a long time ago.
  • Also, that episode was released before this one, so it may have not been in the storyline yet.
• In the flashback scene when Homer and Marge are picked up by Ned and Maude, Ned is driving a 1992 Honda Civic sedan. If this flashback indeed took place 20 years earlier from the episode's present-day setting of 2008, then the flashback would be from 1988. So Ned's Honda Civic would not have existed yet.