The Way of the Dog/References

== Cultural References ==
*The title of this episode is references to the 1972 Hong Kong martial arts action-comedy film .
*Dr. Wolff does share similarities with Valka from the How to Train Your Dragon film franchise, which Cate Blanchett also voiced.
*Homer plays a parody of Jingle Bell Rock.
*Homer plays the mobile game on his myPad but then crushes real candies.
*Homer watches on his myPad, which is a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
*Melvin Van Horne drives a .
*Lisa is seen reading a book Looking for Mister Good Boy, which is a reference to the title of the 1975 novel .
**This novel had also been parodied in the Season 28 episode "Looking for Mr. Goodbart", which was also written by Carolyn Omine.
*At the Dognitive Behavioral Therapy Institute, one of the dogs holds a plush which resembles .
*Julius Hibbert wants to watch the teen drama tv series .
*She Biscuit is a reference to the horse .
*When Santa's Little Helper runs to his mother She Biscuit the song is played.
== Trivia ==
*Sideshow Mel drives a Mazda MX-5 Miata.
*Dr. Elaine Wolff has a degree from University of Springfield.
*This episode was dedicated to Little Richard who passed away a week before the episode aired. He guest starred in "Special Edna".
*When the lightning bolt struck the light pole Santa's Little Helper was sniffing, the chicken on Gil's TV turns into a roasted turkey.
*The 17 year and 14 day-gap between Old Yeller Belly and this episode turns Les Moore in the character with the biggest (up to date) gap between his second to last and last appearance with a speaking role out of any character voiced by any of the main six voice actors of the show.
*This is the last episode with the 20th Century Fox Television Logo with the 1997 Music.
== Continuity ==
* The dog racing scene from "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" is referenced in this episode.
* Four deceased of the family's pets appear the title screen which include:
**Snowball I from "Stark Raving Dad".
**Nibbles from "Lisa the Veterinarian".
**Bart's turtle that was found dead by Bart in "Don't Fear the Roofer".
**Pinchy from "Lisa Gets an "A"".
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