Strong Arms of The Ma - Cultural References

Cultural References

• The episode spoofs the film The Godfather, as Marge attacks her mugger and then kicks him to under a fire hydrant before onlooking spectators in a manner similar to Sonny Corleone beating up Carlo Rizzi for physically abusing his sister Connie.
• The bar where Marge meets Ruth Powers is named 'Let's hear it for the Soy', a reference to the Deniece Williams song "Let's Hear It for the Boy".
• As Marge gulps down steroids in the manner of Popeye eating spinach, the Popeye theme plays.
• After drinking the steroids and remarking over how there will be no repercussions, Marge's eyes turn green. Much like the famous transformation sequence in The Incredible Hulk.
• Marge's license plate reads the code for this episode.
• The scene where the mailman is about to read "Twilight Zone magazine" and finds out his glasses are broken is a spoof of The Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last"; the theme music plays during this scene.
• As Marge attacks the bar patrons with a jukebox, three songs play, each changing as Marge hits a patron: they are, in succeeding order, "Love Is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar, "At Last" by Etta James and "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
• In the scene when Marge fought all the bar lions, and is about to hurl Lenny, the song "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber, a song which is known for heard in the movie Platoon, plays in the background.
• At the beauty contest, the announcer introduces the muscular women as the "Iron Maidens", a reference to rock band Iron Maiden.
• At the beauty contest, the cowgirl contestant sings the Frankie Lane song, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence," which was a theme to the 1962 movie of the same title.
• When the Sailormen leave Moe's badly beaten, Anchors aweigh sounds, in a reference to 1941.
• When Marge runs down the street she screams "I'm not afraid", which is a reference to the movie Home Alone.
• When Marge begins her training sequence, the song "Gonna Fly Now" plays during the montage. This song is well known from another famous training montage in Rocky.
• The mugger in this episode is wearing a Goofy cap.
• When Homer is arranging the stuff he bought from Wolfcastle's garage sale as well as the family, the famous "Song A" from the Game Boy game Tetris plays, as well as the "Game Over" jingle when he fails to get himself in the car.