History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns

** "Just hook it to my veins!" is very commonly used a way of expressing enthusiasm for something based on it's premise. It's arguably the most popular meme from the episode.

** Mr. Burns demanding a Mexican Creator/StevenSpielberg-equivalent can be considered this, after the Academy Awards were dominated by Mexican directors, like Creator/AlfonsoCuaron and Creator/AlejandroGonzalezInarritu, during the 2010s. Back when the episode aired, having a Mexican director implied being low-rent, but after a series of critically-acclaimed productions made by Mexican filmmakers, it implies the complete opposite. Then again, Spielbergo is a ''non-union'' replacement.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Does Sherman exist to promote a tv show shamelessly? Or is he a character who brings his own charm and humor to the Simpsons universe?

* HarsherInHindsight: [=McBain=]'s horrible impression of Creator/WoodyAllen ("I'm a neurotic nerd who likes to sleep with little girls."), originally referencing Allen's marrying his girlfriend Creator/MiaFarrow's adoptive daughter Soon-Yi, became more cringe-worthy in 2014 when her stepsister Dylan Farrow accused Allen of molesting her as a child.

** Bart's movie is about Homer trying to put his pants on; he then realize the belt was buckled and ''still'' struggles to put them on. One of the ''Simpsons'' animators, Creator/BradBird, worked on ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', in which the teaser trailer has a FormerlyFit Mr. Incredible trying to tighten his belt.

** The trailer for ''[=McBain=]: Let's Get Silly''. After being heckled for bombing one joke, he [[DisproportionateRetribution opens fire on the entire audience]] and then when he gets heckled ''again'' for bombing another one, he kills the heckler with a grenade.

* CharacterShilling: The episode goes out of its way to make Jay Sherman seem smart, cool, and likable (at least in comparison to Homer and the rest of Springfield). Ironic, since on his own show, Jay is presented as pretentious, unattractive, and abrasive with those who don't share his opinions on movies (he outright calls people who enjoy blockbusters as "idiots").
** [[FridgeBrilliance Then again, that might be a joke in itself]]; that Springfield is so full of selfish idiots that a [[NormalFishInATinyPond pretentious unattractive critic in his hometown seems to be "better" by comparison.]]

** George C. Scott is depicted as staring in Hans Moleman's movie. Scott's death in 1999 it places this movie squarely in the 1990s.

** Burns, in this episode, tries to put a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity friendly face on his evil enterprise]] with a PropagandaPiece that fails ''miserably''. Come 2015, and [=FIFA=], another organization with a shady background, would try and put out [[Film/UnitedPassions a movie]] that glorifies [=FIFA=] President Sepp Blatter, only for it to be one of the worst received and worst grossing movies of all time.

** Burns, in this episode, tries to put a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity friendly face on his evil enterprise]] with a PropagandaPiece that fails ''miserably''. Come 2015, and [=FIFA=], another organization with a shady background, would try and put [out [[Film/UnitedPassions a movie]] that attempts glorifies President Sepp Blatter, only for it to be one of the worst received and worst grossing movies of all time.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Any attempt to discuss the episode tends to get bogged down in arguments as to the idea of a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', to the extent where staff writer Ian Maxtone-Graham (who didn't start working on the show until the season after this episode was made) was excoriated by many fans for attempting to defend it as a good episode if you take it purely on its own merits.

** Krusty's "said the quiet part loud" has been used frequently for politicians and other public figures who have made questionable statements without shame.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Jay Sherman's appearance became this when ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' was not renewed for the 1995-96 season. Though he has shown up in cameo appearances in later episodes.

* ValuesDissonance: Patty and Selma beat up Jay for insulting ''Series/MacGyver1985''. Except he didn't. All he did was [[DisproportionateRetribution tell them that MacGyver was gay]], which, by most accounts, is not a bad thing (and, as we will later learn, [[SuddenlySexuality Patty is herself gay]]). [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Although Patty and Selma could also interpret it as [=MacGyver=] having no chance in being romantically interested in them, which would still be a huge blow to them]].

* ValuesDissonance: Patty and Selma beat up Jay for insulting ''Series/MacGyver1985''. Except he didn't. All he did was [[DisproportionateRetribution tell them that MacGyver was gay]], which, by most accounts, is not a bad thing (and, as we will later learn, Patty is herself gay). [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Although Patty and Selma could also interpret it as [=MacGyver=] having no chance in being romantically interested in them, which would still be a huge blow to them]].

* ValuesDissonance: Patty and Selma beat up Jay for insulting ''Series/MacGyver1985''. Except he didn't. All he did was [[DisproportionateRetribution tell them that MacGyver was gay]], which, by most accounts, is not a bad thing. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Although Patty and Selma could also interpret it as [=MacGyver=] having no chance in being romantically interested in them, which would still be a huge blow to them]].

* ValuesDissonance: Patty and Selma beat up Jay for insulting ''Series/MacGyver1985''. Except he didn't. All he did was [[DisproportionateRetribution tell them that MacGyver was gay]], which, by most accounts, is not a bad thing. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Although Patty and Selma could also interpret it as [=MacGyver=] having no chance in being romantically interested in them, which would still be a huge blow to them]].

** "We did twenty takes, and ''that'' was the best one."