Homerazzi/References

Trivia/Previous Episode References

• The couch gag, Homer's Evolution couch gag, would remain the longest until season 23. It is now the second longest at 1 minute 10 seconds.
• In two other photos the family appears behind a background of Florida and France, referencing episodes Kill the Alligator and Run and The Crepes of Wrath respectively.
• Marge saying "it was nice of NASA to send you up again" is a reference to when Homer went to space in Deep Space Homer. Apparently for the re-staged photos Homer went back up.
• The celebrities Homer sees are
  • Paul McCartney from Lisa the Vegetarian
  • Gary Coleman from Grift of the Magi
  • Yao Ming from Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass
  • Mr. T from Today, I Am a Clown
  • Elton John from I'm With Cupid
  • Jimmy Durante (even though he never met Homer as he died in 1980)
  • José Canseco from Homer at the Bat

Cultural references

• The episode title is a spoof on the word "paparazzi".
• In the couch gag, the tyrannosaurus rex with Bart's face uses the roar of the T-Rex from Jurassic Park and the stegosaurus with Lisa's face uses Godzilla's roar.
• Sideshow Mel eating the flag is a reference to Futurama, when Dr. Zoidberg ate the flag.
• Paris Texan is an obvious parody of Paris Hilton.
• In one photo, which Marge takes after their family album was destroyed, Bart, Lisa and Homer look just like they were drawn in The Tracey Ullman Show.
• The song played during the sequence of Marge taking pictures is "Freeze-frame" by the J. Geils Band.

Goofs

• In one scene, the family vehicle colors were inverted: Homer's pink sedan was papaya-red while Marge's papaya-red station wagon was pink.
• Betty White asks Homer about his family, even though she never met them and therefore wouldn't know who they are.