Love is a Many Strangled Thing/References

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Love is a Many Strangled Thing

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the song Love is a Many-Splendored Thing based on the 1955 hilarious Oscar Award-winning film.

• Homer has a nightmare with three pop culture references to parental abuse in the media, but Homer is the abused victim and Bart is the abuser:

1. Homer is a young Michael Jackson in the Jackson Five. And Bart is Joe Jackson, Michael's father. .
2. A scene from the 1979 feature-length film The Great Santini which directed by Lewis John Carlino, where Bart is Wilbur Meechum and Homer is Ben.
3. A parody of the 2009 film Precious, which is also based on the Sapphire novel Push, with Bart as Mary and Homer as Precious.

• When the dream finishes Homer exclaims "No, no Star Wars parodies!", a nod to the parodies of the Star Wars parody films done by the Simpsons' fellow FOX animation Family Guy.

• Beginning with this episode, the Springfield Atoms Stadium is modeled after Cowboys Stadium, featuring a retractable roof and large video board mounted above the field.
• A Green Bay Packers fan and a Minnesota Vikings fan are seen coming out of the "Museum of Tolerance"; the two teams are rivals in the NFL's NFC North division.
• The following animals in the "Mascot Zoo" represent the following teams:
  • Raven - Baltimore Ravens
  • Panther - Carolina Panthers
  • Bear - Chicago Bears
  • Tiger - Cincinnati Bengals
  • Horse - Denver Broncos
  • Lion - Detroit Lions
  • Dolphin - Miami Dolphins
  • Eagle - Philadelphia Eagles
  • Ram - St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams (the Rams were in St. Louis when this episode first aired; team was in Los Angeles prior to 1995 and returned to L.A. in 2016)

• When Homer tries to shoot Mr. Burns, he makes reference to the rituals performed by Private Jackson from Saving Private Ryan before he takes a shot.

• The Alice Cooper song "No More, Mr. Nice Guy" is playing as Homer first starts to get strangled.

• After Bart pees himself when the screen shows the words, "Got urine?", it makes a reference to "got milk?"

Trivia

• This is the first episode where a Mercedes-Benz GLK can be seen. It can be seen when Mr. Burns's hot air balloon lands.
• Allegedly, this episode explains why its important to strangle Bart as his evil tendencies are actually kept in check by Homer's strangling.

Goofs

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  Apu’s clothes are the same color as Sanjay’s.

  After everyone, including Sideshow Mel that pointed out, saw Bart pee himself, Apu is in Sanjay's clothes.