Jaws Wired Shut/References

== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the film Eyes Wide Shut.
*When Homer is twirling Maggie around by her pacifier, the music playing is Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov.
*The scene at the end of the episode where Homer drinks some Duffs to power himself up and rescue Marge is a reference to Popeye cartoons, in which Popeye often rescues his love Olive Oyl by powering himself up with spinach. Marge is even animated like Olive, and Homer's speech resembles that of Popeye's.
*Pie Times is a parody of High Times, a pro-cannabis magazine.
*A movie "Dude, Where is My Pepsi" is a parody on the movie Dude, Where's My Car?
*In this episode, there are shown some parts of classic music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart and Strauss.
*The show Afternoon Yak is a parody on the talk show The View.
*First episode to use 2 Unlimited's "Get Ready for This" for the opening of the Gay Pride Parade.
== Trivia ==
* The movies playing at the Springfield Googolplex Theatres are Shenani-Goats (the one Marge said is rated PG-13 for brief rudeness and a scene featuring Gary Shandling), Air C.H.U.D., Chocolate 2: The Vanilla-ing, Final Chapter: A New Beginning, Editor-in-Chimp, Too Many Premises!, Clone Me an Angel, and Dude, Where's My Pepsi?
* The "Stayin' in the Closet" float have a man and a woman who sound like Smithers and Marge's sister, Patty. Both would come out as gay in later episodes: Patty on "There's Something About Marrying" and Smithers on "The Burns Cage" (though "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples, and Teens and Gays" has Smithers as the "Gays" in SSCCATAGAPP).
* Originally, a Queer Duck balloon (from the adult animated comedy of the same name, created by Mike Reiss) was supposed to fly over the gay pride parade, but the scene was cut from the episode.Reiss, Mike. Springfield Confidential. HarperCollins, 2018
== Previous Episode References ==
* "HOMЯ": The crayon in Homer's head that made him dumb is still there in the X-ray.
* "Colonel Homer": Homer causes trouble at a movie theater.
* "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken": A joke about an actor from Married...With Children starring in a bad sitcom/movie (David Faustino [Bud Bundy] starring in Talk to the Hand/Ed O'Neill [Al Bundy] starring in Soccer Mummy).
* "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy": The Simpsons go to a gay pride parade
* "Homer's Phobia": Homer is uneasy around homosexual men
* "I Married Marge": Dr. Hibbert gives a Simpson family member a pamphlet called "So You've Ruined Your Life?" (the one on "I Married Marge" was about unplanned pregnancy while the one in this episode is about having a broken jaw).
* "Children of a Lesser Clod": Homer gets severely injured and it makes him a better person (torn his ACL and became the town babysitter/broke his jaw and became a better listener).
== Goofs ==
*One of the men on Fab Abs float of the pride parade has pants with green and grey stripes that briefly switch places with each other.
*While Homer laughs at the trailer for Soccer Mummy, the red and yellow stripes on his popcorn container switch places with each other.
*The film should have projected onto Homer when he stood in front of the movie screen.
*Arnie Pye, who can be seen in the audience at the theater, has gray hair instead of brown hair.
== References ==
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