Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?/References

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Cultural References

• This episode is a pun of Jesus' four last words on the cross "My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?".
• During the opening sequence, Ned has blueprints for Noah's Ark on his garage wall.
  • He later mentions this to Todd.
  • Ned also mentions Balaam and his talking donkey.
• Timothy Lovejoy, Jr. mentions he is replacing the organ player, Gertie, with Spotify.
• The song Praise God is a parody of the song "Doxology".
• The answer Bart gives to Homer after questioning him where all to bury all the survivors if a plane crashed on the state border to North and South Dakota bares resemblance to a similar question Rudy and Vanessa Huxtable asked their brother Theo about where to bury survivors if a plane crashed on the Canada-United States border on the 1988 Cosby Show episode "Trust Me."
• A sign in the first First Church of Springfield says "Bless-A-Me Street", with parodies of Elmo and Big Bird, a reference to the children's educational television show Sesame Street.
• Rod accidentally watched an episode of 30 Rock. Ned than stated it is okay just to watch to Kenneth Parcell.

Trivia

• Homer in this episode fully makes peace with his mother's death.
• The title gag makes light of Disney's acquisition of Fox.
• The answer which Bart gives Homer after asking him where to bury survivors if a plane crashed on the border of North and South Dakota bares resemblance to a similar question Rudy and Vanessa Huxtable asked their brother Theo about where to bury survivors if a plane crashed on the Canada-United States border on the 1988 Cosby Show episode "Trust Me."
• This episode was originally TV-14, but it was changed to TV-PG.
• Maggie isn’t with the Simpsons when Homer ends up in the hospital.
• It was revealed in this episode that Kearney believes in solipism.
• After Rod asks Ned a question, Ned breaks the fourth wall by shrugging at the audience.
• Not having a face may be a nod to Jack Stauber's "library", the short video of a person who's mother passed, and he forgets what she looks like.
• Ned says the word “ass” in this episode, even though in "Hurricane Neddy" he said he doesn’t curse. Later in the episode, he says to Rodd and Todd that he needs a swear break, then hides in the closet and says "shucks, shucks, shucks", then he puts money in the swear jar, even though they aren’t swear words.

  

  Ned breaking the fourth wall