* AlanSmithee: Jon Vitti wrote the episode under the pseudonym "Penny Wise", because he did not want to be credited for writing a clip show. Director Creator/DavidSilverman used the pseudonym "Pound Foolish".
* DeletedScene: The episode showcases a lot of them -- all of which are real, according to the crew members, and most of which have appeared on deleted scene reels on the DVD or have been talked about in the DVDCommentary, such as the James Bond card game scene in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E10Springfield $pringfield]]", the Bollywood movie scene in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E13HomerAndApu Homer and Apu]]", the scenes in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]"[[note]]Homer's head being used as a bowling ball by a demon during his stay in Hell, Bart nearly selling his soul for a Formula-One racing car, and Lionel Hutz returning to the house, thinking he lost the case, and revealing that the pizza box he had was empty when Marge tells him that he did win[[/note]], and the robotic Richard Simmons scene.
* EditedForSyndication: Though Troy promises a look at clips cut from the syndicated run of the show in the introduction (over a brief clip of the WartimeCartoon from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E6ItchyAndScratchyTheMovie Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]", which indeed falls under this trope), no such segment actually turns up in this episode, raising the possibility that this was a deliberate joke to confuse viewers when ''it'' went into syndication.
** Played straight with some of the scenes from the Tracey Ullman shorts cut when the episode was put in actual syndication. The real end to the very first Tracey Ullman Simpsons cartoon (where Bart, Lisa, and Maggie rush to Homer and Marge's room and sleep in their bed) was cut so it ends on Homer and Marge congratulating themselves on being good parents and saying good-night to each other. Also cut was everything after Bart getting the vase stuck to his head on the Tracey Ullman short where Bart, Lisa, and Maggie play Space Patrol (Lisa breaks the vase and leaves Bart to be yelled at by Homer and Marge).
* MilestoneCelebration: Parodied with the title.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends:
** Several SarcasmBlind viewers were apparently unable to tell that the scanner in the opening credits reading "[=NRA4EVER=]" was a joke, as it has been repeated as fact by several reference guides about the show. (The ''actual'' display in the scanner is $847.63, which was the average monthly cost of raising a baby in 1989.)
** Some to this day still assume the cranky, right-wing version of Creator/MattGroening is who he really is in real life, instead of the left-wing hippie he actually is.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the reference to Sam Simon would've simply been a "No Photo Available" caption. Simon disapproved when he heard about this and personally drew himself as a frail, Creator/HowardHughes-esque caricature just so it can be used in the episode.
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