E Pluribus Wiggum/References

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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.
• 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.

Previous Episode References

• The Joy of Sect: "Jerkass" is used in association with Homer (Homer yells, "Outta my way, jerkass!"/Homer apparently has a brand of cigars called "Jerkass Homer")
• Trash of the Titans: Moe is a registered sex offender.
• Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish and Sideshow Bob Roberts: A Springfieldianite (Mr. Burns/Sideshow Bob/Ralph Wiggum) becomes an unlikely political candidate.
  • Sideshow Bob Roberts only: Birch Barlow appears.
• Three Gays of the Condo: Julio appears.
• I Love Lisa and Another Simpsons Clip Show: Lisa and Ralph used to date.

Trivia

• 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?"

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.