The box of Hal's Roach Spray says" Kills the Little Rascals". Hal Roach developed the Little Rascals comedy series.
When Tonya smashes Bender's knee, he cries out "why, why?!" This is what professional figure skater Nancy Kerrigan shouted after fellow skater Tonya Harding hired someone to take a baton to Kerrigan's knee. This was in an attempt to keep Kerrigan from competing in both the 1994 Ladies U.S. Figure Skating Championship and the 1994 Olympics, Kerrigan won the 1993 Championship, beating Harding. The plan was to break her right knee, but the assailant struck too high and only caused severe bruising, it prevented Kerrigan from competing in the Championship, which Harding won, but she was able to compete in the Olympics. After Harding plead guilty to her role in the attack the United States Figure Skating Association stripped Harding of all her titles, including the 1994 Championship title, and banned her from competition for life.
The flower shop/cart that Marianne owns is called 'The flowering inferno' after 'The towering inferno', a 1974 film directed by John Guillermin.
The title episode is named after 'Sense and sensibility', a novel written by Jane Austen in 1811.