Mobile Homer/References

Trivia

• The title is a reference to a "Mobile Home" or an RV.
• In the Spanish (from Spain) dubbed version, when Lisa reads Homer's Flintstones map, she says, "Dino, abreviatura de dinosaurio; consultarlo en la Wikipedia" (Dino, abbreviation of Dinosaur; search for it in Wikipedia). In the original English, she said "Dino, short for Dinosaur? Remember to Ask Jeeves."
• Among the vacation disasters: Homer impaled by a baguette in France, Homer getting assaulted by Mickey Mouse and Goofy at the Magic Kingdom, and Homer stuck in Lincoln's nose on Mount Rushmore.

Previous Episode References

• This is the Fourth time that the song Welcome To The Jungle is played on The Simpsons, making it the most-played pop culture song on the show. It was first played in "Marge on the Lam"; the second time in "Eight Misbehavin'" and the third time in "Skinner's Sense of Snow"
• Homer previously owned an RV in "The Call of the Simpsons. Cowboy Bob and his Bob's RV Round-Up also return. However, Cowboy Bob was not voiced by Albert Brooks in this episode instead he was voiced by Dan Castellaneta. Also Crappy RV/Homer's RV gets destroyed somehow. Also just like in the aforementioned episode Homer also bought himself a car that would get somehow destroyed in Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers".
• Homer previously locked himself out of a vehicle by accident and managed to enter it offscreen in "Marge vs. the Monorail".
• The last time Bart hit Homer with a chair occurred in "A Milhouse Divided".
• "Homer's Triple Bypass": The Merry Widow Insurance Company appears, Marge wants Homer to get insurance an Homer is uninsurable.
• Brake My Wife, Please - Someone drives a vehicle only to be (almost) about to land in an ocean.
• Saturday of Thunder - Homer avoids something because of something only to show how lazy he is.

Cultural references

• Songs in this episode: Vacation by The Go-Gos, Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses, I've Been Everywhere by Johnny Cash (parodied), and Istanbul (Not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants.
• The spider poison is called "Charlotte's Dead," an obvious parody of the children's book Charlotte's Web.
• The voice of Thomas Jefferson is based on that of James Cagney.

Goofs

• Actually, Kahramanmaraş hasn't got a coast line.
• The Turkish flag is wrong.
• Lisa was wearing her dress, so she didn't actually need to use the charity clothes.
• At the end of the gas station scene, when the man says “there you have it” his wife chuckles but her mouth doesn’t move.