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Censorship[]
- The episode was banned in Argentina and pulled from airing on Fox Latin America until 2016 due to the scene where Carl mentions Juan Domingo Perón as a dictator would make a good U.S. President and confusing his wife, Eva, for American pop singer, Madonna (who played Eva Peron in the movie, Evita).
Cultural references[]
- The episode name is based on e pluribus unum, Latin for “one out of many”, one of the traditional mottos of the United States.
- While Homer is eating at the many fast-food restaurants during his farewell tour, the song "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran plays.
- The name of the cigars Homer smokes is "Jerk-Ass Homer brand Cigars," a reference to Homer's characterization during the Mike Scully-produced episodes, in which Homer was childish, obnoxious, and had little to no remorse for others. The word "jerkass" originated on the season nine episode "The Joy of Sect," when Homer yelled, "Out of my way, jerkass!" while talking to the Blisstonians.
- Ralph mentioned Elmo from Sesame Street.
- One of the restaurants on Fast Food Boulevard is named Dead Lobster, a pun on the seafood chain Red Lobster.
- Former Governor Vincent Aleppo is named after the Governorate and City of Aleppo in Syria.
Trivia[]
- It is heavily implied in this episode that Moe Szyslak can't vote as he is a registered sex offender ("Trash of the Titans" from season nine also implied that Moe is a registered sex offender).
- Homer destroys Fast-Food Boulevard by dumping an old battery pack and lightning a cigar that lands in a hole in the gas pipe, blowing it up completely. It is also shown that the boulevard was created in 1972.
- This is notably one of the few episodes where Homer's perspective on a concept actually proves to be correct, as he imagines quite correctly what a Think Tank is when Lisa suggests it. This fact is even noted in the episode when, shortly after imagining it, sees his family staring at Homer as if completely shocked, and Homer says "What? Not allowed to get one right?"
- In the couch gag, Rod and Todd are in the windows of the Realm of Les Flanders, while Snowball II and Santa's Little Helper are in the windows of the Realm of Les Simpsons.
- One of the people at Trader Earth's is Julio the gay man from Three Gays of the Condo.
- Lisa mentions that she and Ralph used to date. ("I Love Lisa")
- Fred Thompson appears in the episode as one of U.S. president candidates. He is thrown out from the Simpson family house by Homer.
- This is the first episode to be aired in 2008.
- In the episode, the political map shows shows that the U.P. of Michigan is white (neutral), while the lower part of Michigan is blue (Democrat). This is one of several episodes where the U.P. is identified on a map as a separate state.
- After Springfield's State holds its primary, it is mentioned that 49 states still have to hold a primary. As always, the episode does not mention which state Springfield's State replaces. Also, according to the political map, there are (at least) 51 states if the upper peninsula of Michigan is counted as a separate state, which it isn't in real life.
Goofs[]
- Why didn’t Homer tell the mayor that he didn’t realize that he accidentally destroyed the restaurants due to not knowing about the toxic pipe, a cigar making a bad mix? He probably forgot to do so.
- Some people in the crowd in the town hall switch places.
- In the Republican Party Hq, Mr. Costington is wearing Superintendent Chalmers’ clothes, then back to his original color when the Rich Texan started to speak.