Cultural References
The episode's title is a reference to the film Natural Born Killers, directed by Oliver Stone. The alternate title is a reference to the film Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? The airplane restaurant "Up, Up and Buffet!" is based on a submarine shaped restaurant that was near the Fox studio named "Dive". A supposed alternate ending to the 1942 film Casablanca is shown in the episode, and the Old Jewish Man gives Bart and Lisa a copy of It's A Wonderful Life with a "killing-spree ending". The song "Spanish Flea" plays during the radio commercial for Divorce Specialists. The song "Rock the Casbah" by The Clash plays over the end credits.
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