Sweets and Sour Marge/References

==Cultural references==
*“The Duff Book of World Records” and its origin are references to Guinness World Records, which was originally used to settle trivia arguments in bars.
*When Homer falls down the Pyramid, he holds on to one of the people, only with one hand and then twists his body around to reach another part to hold on. This resembles the opening scene of Mission:Impossible 2, where Tom Cruise climbs up a mountain in the Rockies.
*When Agnes Skinner and Hans Moleman run away from the giant ball of people, it strongly resembles the scene where Indiana Jones runs away from the giant rock at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
*Count Fudgula is a parody of the General Mills cereal mascot Count Chocula.
*The song that is played when the city bans candy is Bow Wow Wow’s “I Want Candy”. The song played during the end credits is "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies ("Sugar Sugar" was last heard on the Season 5 episode "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" when Homer daydreams about dancing with lollipops and ice cream cones on a desert island).
*As the chocolate figure of Johnny Depp melts in the bonfire, it strongly resembles the famous painting, .
*A movie entitled Erin Brockovich, starring Julia Roberts, was mentioned in this episode for many times as the episode's plot was modeled by the movie's script. Bart, however, refers to the movie as "the prostitute with the heart of gold" which is actually a reference to another Julia Roberts movie, .
* When Apu is leading Homer to the secret meeting, a sound-alike version of Axel F can be heard.
* Chief Wiggum chasing Homer in a boat is based on many scenes from the TV show Miami Vice and Jan Hammer's theme for the show is also played.
* When Homer sits next an obese man and says that he could be the world's fattest man, the guy claims he is actually there for "Greatest Living Actor". This is a reference to Marlon Brando, who is thought by many to be the greatest actor of all time, as well as gaining a lot of weight in his later years.
==Goofs==
* Hans Moleman and Agnes Skinner were seen running away from the ball of people, but when the scene is played in slow-motion, Moleman and Agnes can be seen already in the ball of people.
*Lou's complexion is yellow when he throws the Johnny Depp-shaped chocolate into the fire.
* While the cops were throwing the sugar products into the fire, Krusty's clown nose is seen to be white instead of red.
*At one point on the ship, Homer is missing the hair on the top of his head.
== Previous Episode References ==
* "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge": Marge protests against something (cartoon violence/sugar) and gets it successfully banned until the end of the episode.
*"Krusty Gets Busted": The town has a public burning to get rid of something (Krusty merchandise/sugary snacks and foods)
* "'Round Springfield": Bleeding Gums Murphy (or, in the case of this episode, the actor who voiced him [Ron Taylor]) dies.
* "Dumbbell Indemnity", "Faith Off", "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo", and "The Parent Rap": Homer wears black stealth clothes
*"The Mansion Family": Mr. Burns has a boat christened "Gone Fission".
**Homer uses Mr. Burns' boat to commit a crime (sailing out to international waters to sidestep Sunday drinking laws/selling contraband food items).
*"They Saved Lisa's Brain": Someone has a bad reaction to eating sugar (Carl is diagnosed with diabetes after eating the Grandma Plopwell sugar-packed pudding/Lenny loses his teeth after drinking sugar-tained water).
*"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment": Homer becomes a smuggler after a food item (alcohol/sugar) is banned from Springfield.
*"Lisa's Rival": Homer illegally obtains and sells sugar.
*"Boy-Scoutz n the Hood": "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies plays.
==Trivia==
*This episode was "Dedicated to the memory of Ron Taylor", the voice of Bleeding Gums Murphy, Lisa's saxophone muse and jazz hero. Oddly, his dedication is removed in some syndicated versions and on the DVD and Blu-Ray versions.
*The scene where the Butterfinger bars don't catch fire and Chief Wiggum says, "Even the fire doesn't want them" pokes fun at them because for a long time, The Simpsons characters starred in Butterfinger commercials, which helped the series get launched by earning revenue from the commercials. Around the time "Sweets and Sour Marge" was written, the series contract with Butterfinger was terminated, and the staff therefore decided to make fun of it. "If it had still been in existence, we wouldn't have done it", Al Jean said in the DVD commentary for the episode. The Butterfinger scene was cut for time when reruns of this episode were shown during syndication (though the cable reruns have aired this uncut and the scene is shown on DVD and streaming).
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