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Trivia[]
- It is revealed Milhouse is (or was) lactose intolerant. This has also been mentioned in the flashback episode "Lisa's Sax" in which Milhouse tells Bart that he has to drink soy milk because real cow's milk could kill him.
- Homer shows Marge a picture of him punching former president George Bush, a reference to the seventh season episode "Two Bad Neighbors", and then shows a picture of him punching then current president, George W. Bush. This is the first appearance of George W. Bush and now every living president has made an appearance on the show. The most recent Presidents who have not been shown in animated form are Herbert Hoover.
- During the credits, Homer claims that Danny Elfman is only there because he's friends with Richard Sakai.
- The opening gag 'I will not leak the plot of the movie' is a reference to the then-upcoming Simpsons movie.
- At the hospital, the word "jogging" is said five times. In Marge's case, "jogging" would stand for trying to remember things before the amnesia gets worse.
- According to Dr. Hibbert, Marge is revealed to have suffered retrograde amnesia. Homer then jokingly says he'll make Marge's amnesia go to sramnesia.
- Homer calls the sun for different names: ball of fire, Apollo's lantern, day moon, and old glazy.
- Bart's scheme of painting house numbers on curbs to make money is possibly based on the real childhood of longtime Simpsons writer George Meyer.[1]
- During the tour of the town, the family sees Sideshow Mel and the Sea Captian fighting over bing cherry and maraschino being better. Sideshow Mel is on top of Bumblebee's shoulders while the Sea Captain is on top of Duff Man's shoulders.
- Mel argues that maraschino is a way of preserving cherries.
- Marge's amnesia is neutral as she can remember everything but one person.
- She remembers Maggie by her sucking the pacifier, Lisa by an educational sentence (sound sending a primal mneumonic response in her brain), Milhouse by mention of lactose tolerance, Bart by saying Milhouse's best friend, Ned Flanders by his cat's birthday, and Homer by beer. She doesn't remember Homer until towards the end of the episode, though.
- Homer's groan to Marge remembering Ned instead of him is the same groan that was first heard in "The Italian Bob".
- One of the guys Marge chooses to have a date with has twin siblings like her, albeit males.
- After Marge closes the door upon Homer calmly saying "Boo", Lisa and Bart aren't seen again for the rest of the episode, but along with Maggie are indirectly mentioned before the man leaves in his car.
- This is the only episode of the season to use the season 3 intro.
Cultural References[]
- The title and episode plot is a reference to the movie Regarding Henry, in which Harrison Ford plays a man with amnesia.
- The scene where Marge and Homer go to a wedding uninvited is similar to various scenes from Wedding Crashers.
- Homer writes on the sidewalk that the '74 Oakland A's are the best team ever. Soon after, several members of the team drive by and thank Homer for remembering them. Sal Bando and Gene Tenace, two members of the actual team, make cameo appearances.
- Marge's amnesia is caused when she passes out and hits her head on a stool, a reference to the film Million Dollar Baby.
- Marge's quote, "Et tu Zud?" is reference to 'Et tu Brute,' from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare.
- When Ned holds the comics for Bart and the others, the one on top is called Little Jesus, a parody of the Little Lulu comics.
- One of the cleaning products Marge used was Mop 'n' Brag, a spoof of the product Mop 'n' Shine.
Goofs[]
- Homer states that he and Marge first had sex in the "Plywood Castle" at the mini-golf, but an earlier episode shows them in the "Windmill", although they both look similar. However, in the episode where they first do it, Homer (idly) promises Marge he'll buy her a real castle one day.
- When we first see Otto, the right side of the bus shows a shrub. After Marge calls him a drug addict, the camera goes to Otto still showing a clear blue sky from the bus's right windows. Finally, when Otto looks back to see the children missing, the right side of the bus now shows buildings as if it was in the actual city.
- It's actually lethal if you mix various cleaning solutions into one blend, so Marge would have died rather than lose her memory if the show followed reality.
- When Dr. Hibbert is holding up the fingers, the nails are facing away from Marge but in the next scene the nails are facing towards her.
- When Marge is having her first speed-date and says "Oh, that's so sad!" a person can be seen behind her, but then she reaches behind her for the air horn.
- Marge kicked Homer out of the house but he owns it outright, she has no legal right to live there without him or kick him out.
- When Bart says his grades will suffer, he is in front of Marge. When he says "In fact...", he is now next to her.
- In some FXX reruns, after the fade out of the Simpson house kitchen, it goes straight to commercials.
- Even more interesting, per the most recent update of adding black dots for commercials on Disney+, this episode has the most with a total of 4 and still treat the fade out of the kitchen. There are also two dots literally close to each other, so another add would show up about 40 seconds after the first one.
- Before the couple drive home, there are stars in the sky when they kiss. During the drive home, it goes back to a bright sunset with clouds.