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Trivia[]
- Maggie does not appear in this episode.
- Some international and domestic reruns of the episode (barring the season 11 DVD set, the Disney+ version, and the reruns on FXX and Freeform) have an instrumental version of Cake's "The Distance" rather than the actual song with music and lyrics.
- This is the final episode ever released before Ned's wife Maude Flanders is killed off.
Previous Episode References[]
- "Lisa's Pony": The Simpsons had a horse for a pet and Homer had to work two jobs just to afford its care and keep Lisa happy.
- "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)":
- Marge has a gambling problem.
- An overly-long gag involving someone laughing (Mr. Burns laughing at the memory of crippling an Irish carnival worker/Homer laughing at the idea of being in a pearl-based cloud world where he eats pearl cereal and breaks his teeth, and Marge laughing at the thought of George Foreman and Lynda Carter having a baby).
- "Bart Gets an Elephant": The Simpsons get a pet that they can't afford.
- "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds": The Simpsons get a pet that becomes a racing champion (only Bart and Homer actually help Duncan the horse be a racing champion. In the former episode, Mr. Burns helped Santa's Little Helper's puppies become racing champions).
- "Bart Sells His Soul":
- Bart wears different pajamas (blue pajamas/cowboy-themed pajamas).
- Homer wants something deep-fried (a buffalo/his T-shirt).
- "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show": A meta episode making fun of the show's quality, with The Comic Book Guy as a stand-in for the audience who feels the show's quality has fallen.
- "Bart's Dog Gets an "F"" and "The Way We Was": Marge sets something on fire as part of a demonstration (her finger to show Lisa her sewing callus/a bra as part of a women's rights protest/the curtains to show Lisa how to use the fire extinguisher).
- "Homer to the Max", "Bart Gets an Elephant", "Treehouse of Horror VII" ("Citizen Kang"), and "Lady Bouvier's Lover": Bill Clinton appears.
- "Homer the Great": Homer discovers a secret society (The Stonecutters/the jockey elves).
- "Dumbbell Indemnity": Moe falls in love with a woman.
- "Homer's Triple Bypass": Someone's heart behaves cartoonishly (the inside view of Homer having a heart attack as Mr. Burns yells at him/Moe's heart beating out of his chest and him declaring it a serious medical condition).
- "Whacking Day" and "Treehouse of Horror IV": Homer obnoxiously uses an airhorn.
Cultural References[]
- Battlestar Galactica: The episode title is a pun on this show.
- Tex Avery's MGM cartoons and The Mask: Moe's heart beating out of his chest when he sees a pretty woman is reminiscent of the wild takes used in Avery's cartoons and the Jim Carrey movie from 1994.
- The chocolate stream may be a reference to Charlie.
Goofs[]
- Duncan has the number 5 written on his sides in the first race. The number disappears a few times in different shots.