How I Wet Your Mother/References

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How I Wet Your Mother

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References

• The episode title is a reference to the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
• The aspect of the Simpson family going into Homer's dreams, one at a time, is a parody of the film Inception. Further references to the film include:
  • A dream involving skiing on a snowy mountain.
  • Entering a dream within a dream to slow their descent.
• In a dream, The Simpsons appears in The Tracey Ullman Show shorts style.
• One of dreams reminds The Simpsons short Family Therapy.
• While monitoring the Simpsons in the real world, Professor Frink reads Scientific Springfieldian, a reference to the magazine Scientific American.
• In the crowd of women supporting drunk driving in Homer's dream, one can see Maude Flanders.
• When Homer and Bart are fishing in Lake Springfield, if you look closely you can see Plopper's waste silo.
• The movie trivia stored in Homer's memory include:
  • Stanley Kubrick wanted Robin Williams to star in The Shining.
  • Ronald Reagan was originally going to star in Casablanca.
  • There was a Grease 2 and Jon Travolta was not in it.
• When Smithers goes into the supply closet, 2 'turrets' from the hit game Portal come out to shoot him, Smithers quickly uses a Portal Gun (also from the game) and portals them away.
• The ride in Homers dream has cardboard cutouts featuring different versions of him from different episodes such as:
  • Obese Homer from King-Sized Homer.
  • King Homer from Treehouse of Horror III
  • Angry Dad
  • Pie Man

Smithers and the turrets

Smithers with the Portal Gun