| Antonio Salieri |    | When Lois' piano student hits a wrong note whilst playing Brahms' Lullaby, Stewie says "E-flat, Salieri, E-flat." |
| Back to the Future | | When the three men in Peter`s bar snatch Stewie`s blueprints for his time machine they point out that the time machine has a ``Flux Capacitor``, a reference to the popular time travelling trilogy, Back to the Future. |
| Barney | | Misty offers Stewie a Barney pen at the bar. |
| Brahms' Lullaby | | One of Lois' piano students attempts to play this popular classic. |
| Carol Haney / "Steam Heat" | | Lois sings Carol Haney's song "Steam Heat" in the basement bar. |
| Ella Fitzgerald's You'll Never Know | | Lois sings this song in the basement bar. |
| Field of Dreams | | Peter's vision of the Pawtucket Patriot is a reference to the film Field of Dreams. |
| Funny Girl / Don't Rain On My Parade | | Lois sings this song from the musical Funny Girl in the basement bar. |
| Homicide: Life On the Street | | |
| Jaws | | Reference is made to the movie Jaws when the drunken Stewie starts singing "Show me the way to go home…." |
| Judy Garland's You Made Me Love You | | Lois sings this song in the basement bar. |
| Leslie Uggams | | See "Lola Falana" reference. |
| Lola Falana | | “For the last time, I’m not Lola, I’m Leslie Uggams”. |
| Louise Woodward | | Stewie asks his mother to shake him like a British nanny. |
| Mentos | | Commercial. |
| Mind over matter | | Another possibility of the title's reference (see 'Mind Over Murder' reference) could be the old phrase 'mind over matter' |
| Mind Over Murder | | The title of this episode is probably a reference to the 1979 TV film Mind Over Murder. |
| Moby Dick | | |
| Musicals | | Lois becomes a lounge singer. |
| Narnia | | Peter falls into Narnia whilst sorting out the laundry. |
| Pajama Game / Steam Heat | | Lois sings this song from the musical Pajama Game in the basement bar. |
| Pong | | The surveillance guy monitoring Peter looks like he is playing a classic game of Pong. |
| Pornography / Art | | Peter makes a joke about the difference between pornography and art being a government grant. |
| President Abraham Lincoln | | Features in the Mentos commercial. |
| Rorschach Tests | | When Quagmire is shown the picture cards and he says what he sees, this is a reference to Rorschach Tests used to check mental health. |
| Seseame Street | | Bert and Ernie in Homicide. |
| Star Trek | | They parody the scientific jargon (which often never made real sense) from Star Trek when Stewie is explaining his time machine to Misty at the bar. |
| The Reverend Jerry Falwell | | The "Homicide:Life on Sesame Street" gig was based on Jerry Falwell's idea that Bert and Ernie are gay. |
| Tim Allen | | |
| Wimbledon | | Peter makes a reference to the UK's Wimbledon lawn tennis competition. |
