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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.

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.
  • "Deep Space Homer": A Simpson (Homer/Lisa) contacts Bill Clinton back when he was U.S. President (over where to get some Tang around here/over the battle of the bands results).
  • "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.
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The chocolate stream in the magic jockey land.

Goofs[]

  • Duncan has the number 5 written on his sides in the first race. The number disappears a few times in different shots.