I doubt it was a reference to the fandom or anything. Given the premise of the story, the lines seemed to be results of natural storyline comedic progression. It's easy to read stuff into the cartoon, though. Like Marge looking like Tezuka's 'Bagi', or Marge and Homer being kind of like the cat and walrus in Meet The Feebles.
Incidentally, the film version of H.G. Wells' story they were poking fun of was also the origin of the phrase used by the band Devo, "Are we not men?"
I doubt it was a reference to the fandom or anything. Given the premise of the story, the lines seemed to be results of natural storyline comedic progression. It's easy to read stuff into the cartoon, though. Like Marge looking like Tezuka's 'Bagi', or Marge and Homer being kind of like the cat and walrus in Meet The Feebles.
Incidentally, the film version of H.G. Wells' story they were poking fun of was also the origin of the phrase used by the band Devo, "Are we not men?"