P.S., I Hate You/References

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P.S., I Hate You

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Cultural References

• The title comes from the song "P.S. I Love You" by The Beatles.
• Dollar Troll is a parody of Dollar Tree. Some of the items for sale:
  • Hawaiian Paunch (a knock-off of Hawaiian Punch fruit juice and a paunch is another word for a protruding belly)
  • Government Cheese-It (a combo of Cheez-It and government cheese) with Uncle Sam shrugging his shoulders on the box.
  • Circle-Os (knock-off of Cheerios)
  • Crustee-Os (a knock-off of Frosted Krusty-O's) with a sad faced Krusty-lookalike clown on the box.
  • Scoff Toilet Tissue (a knock-off of Scott) with the tag "Now with a half ply!" while lowest standard for toilet paper would be 1-ply or singly ply.
  • Bottled hose water.
  • Loose Tylenol.
  • Brainy Paper Towels (a knock-off of Burly Paper Towels which itself is a parody of Brawny Paper Towel)
  • Sir Loves-a-Lot stuffed teddy bear
  • Funzo animatronic toys
  • The exterior has signs for "4 Quarters $1" "Chicken Fat $2/lb" "Malk 99¢ per/gal" and "Rotten Bananas $1.99" on the windows.
• Tim Meadows left Saturday Night Live in 2000 after 10 seasons, which at the time was the longest tenure of any cast member (and the first time an African-American cast member stayed on the show for longer than five years). One of Meadows' hateful letters is addressed to Lorne Michaels who runs Saturday Night Live.
• Teenage Marge has a copy of the magazine Teen Ladies Home Journal which is a reference to real magazine Ladies Home Journal and the trend at the time of "teen" version of magazines such as Teen Vogue or Teen People.
• Shauna's collection of "goth romance novel" is a pun on "gothic romance novel". Some of the titles are:
  • Black T-Shirt, Blacker Heart
  • The Banshee and the Bassist
  • Corpse-Paint Casanova
  • The Synth and the Yearning

Previous episodes referenced

• The Dollar Troll has a sign for "Malk 99¢ per/gal." ("The PTA Disbands") Food products include Circle-Os ("Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?") as well as toys of Sir Loves-a-Lot ("Trash of the Titans") and Funzos ("Grift of the Magi") are on the shelves.
• During the flashbacks of Marge writing "hate letters", she is seen with "The Rachel" hairdo. ("That '90s Show")