The Fat and the Furriest/References

== Cultural References ==
*The title is a parody of the movie The Fast and the Furious.
*Sprawl-Mart is a parody of Walmart, the largest retail chain in the world.
*A video shown at hypermarket is a parody of an American series for children, VeggieTales.
*Homer's suit is a parody of the documentary Project Grizzly.
*Homer in this episode has similarities to .
*The song that plays when Homer builds the Bear Buster 5000 is by .
*Lenny, Carl and Bart sing and dance to the song by .
*The hunter mentions that the bear is heavier than a .
*The Mexican song played by the Care Bear at the end of Homer's nightmare is Jarabe Tapato.
==Trivia==
*20 years after the episode depicted Winnie the Pooh as a bear that had intent to attack Homer, a horror film depicting Winnie the Pooh as a bloodthirsty killer would be released called Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.
*In Homer's nightmare fantasy about bears coming to get him include: Winnie-the-Pooh, Paddington Bear, Gummi Bears, Teddy Grahams, Smokey the Bear, Snuggle the Fabric-Softener Bear, two large bears wearing Chicago Bears uniforms and a seven-foot tall Care Bear with a crowbar. As the fantasy is going on a more horrific version of The Teddy Bears' Picnic plays as they march angrily towards Homer.
*This is the second episode where a Simpson bonds with a bear. The first was "The Call of the Simpsons".
*This is the second episode where Homer continually carries and eats a big piece of food which gets less edible before he can finish it. The first was "Selma's Choice".
*Homer apparently developed arkoudaphobia (fear of bears) following his encounter with the bear, since he had a nightmare about them going to get him.
*This is one of only 5 or 6 episodes to feature the Simpsons rumpus room. 
*The hunter eats his eagle sandwich in quite similar fashion to Nibbler from Futurama.
==Goofs==
*Although the bear attacks Homer throughout the episode, the tracking clip is only seen right before they become friends.
*In the scene where the bear corners Homer in the cave, in most shots, Homer's barefoot, but in other shots, he has shoes on.
*Homer's tie disappears when his coworkers laugh at him.
*In Homer's fantasy, he says the "intensive Care Bear" is holding a crowbar when he's really holding a tire iron.
*On the closing Credits, Joel H. Cohen is Credited as Executive Story Editor making Andrew Kreisberg the Story Editor and Matt Warburton the Staff Writer.
==Premiere==
*The premiere of this episode was watched by 11.7 million people in the United States.
== Production Notes ==
* The final draft for this episode is dated October 10, 2002.
Category:Trivia
Category:Goofs
Category:Cultural references