Alone Again, Natura-Diddily/References

==Cultural references==
* The title of the episode is a reference to Gilbert O'Sullivan's hit song Alone Again (Naturally). It was also parodied in the episode "No Loan Again, Naturally".
* Words Ned spells out while playing Scrabble by himself: Solitary, Alone, Forever, Horny, and Flanswered.
* The video game Billy Graham's Bible Blaster, played by Bart with Rod and Todd Flanders, is a spoof of the unlicensed NES game, Bible Adventures.
* The background music during Flanders' dating tape is I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred.
* Kovenant's name is based on the German thrash metal band Kreator.
* The shape of Maude's body on her half of the bed is a reference to Norma Bates (Norman Bates's mother) from Psycho.
* Ned quotes the "Shpadoinkle" number from Cannibal! The Musical, mentioning that he is "about as exciting as a baked potato".
==Trivia==
* Ned's ATM pin number is 5316.
* Gravestones appear at the cemetery during Maude's funeral of deceased people who died earlier in the series (however, Dr. Marvin Monroe would later be seen alive in the season 15 episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife").
** Bleeding Gums Murphy
** Monroe
** Beatrice Simmons (Grampa Simpson's temporary girlfriend from the season two episode "Old Money")
** Frank "Grimey" Grimes
* Some of the events that Reverend Lovejoy mentions at Maude's funeral are Apu's marriage and 8 children ("The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons") and ("Eight Misbehavin'"), and the Van Houten's divorce ("A Milhouse Divided").
* Ned and Edna finish their dinner at approximately 8:20 PM.
* This episode parodies a real life incident at an when flying tires killed three spectators.
* When Maude is fed up with Homer's antics she tells Ned she is going for hot dogs to which Ned replies "no footlongs" which would be the last words he says to her before she dies.
* Homer catching a T-shirt at Maude's funeral is a callback to an earlier scene when he misses out on catching one to pick up a bobby pin leading to her death.
* Homer mentions the girls he and Ned married in Vegas in "Viva Ned Flanders".
* Maude's death had been conceived because her voice actor, Maggie Roswell, left the series in 1999 after a pay dispute, which was often cited as one of the reasons why the series jumped the shark.
* The sign on the Springfield Nature Preserve only allows outdoor sex by permit only.
* Ned and Edna drink Chateau Maison wine ("The Crepes of Wrath") on their date.
* This episode is one of the two episodes that shows God's face.
* When Lisa says, "Why do jerks think everyone wants to see their stupid name?," the words "Written by Ian Maxtone-Graham" appear in large lettering. All other opening credits are normal size.
* After Ned got away from his last date in a swan boat, he parked the boat on the Simpsons‘ driveway.
*The Simpsons went to Maude's funeral, even though in The Funeral, Homer said they would never go to a funeral again. It may be possible that the punishment was lifted.
*On September 19, 2022, a repeat of this episode was aired on Channel 4's sister channel 4seven during the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
*During the credits, right after Rachel Jordan's song, the season 3 end credits theme plays, but edited.
==Goofs==
* In the opening scene, Maggie is not wearing her bow at first, but then it appears.
*After the audience watches a racecar narrowly avoid a crash, one of the blue pants legs on the man at the top left turns green for a frame.
* Homer makes the dating video and changes scenes with star wipes, but in the actual movie there are no star wipes. He may have edited and changed it after that scene or not know what he was talking about.
* Ned and Edna date again in the season 22 finale, "The Ned-liest Catch", although Ned states in the episode that he has never met Edna before.
*Homer claims that he prevented any chance of Maude's recovery by parking in the ambulance spot. However, Dr. Hibbert confirmed Maude was dead seconds after she hit the ground, meaning there would have been no time for an ambulance to come anyway.
*When Apu's family sits at the funeral, part of one of the octuplets' hair repeatedly turns blue-gray like another octuplet's shirt.
* Moe claims Ned has a "fear of drinking", but Ned has his private bar.
*For some reason half of the citizens, such as Eddie, Lou, and especially Helen Lovejoy and Agnes Skinner didn't attend Maude's funeral, despite they were best friends.
*When Ned is complaining about the church chocolate he bought, the hair on the back of his head disappears for a frame.
*Homer's wristwatch disappears when his car is on the racetrack.
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