Editing There Will Be Buds/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the film ''{{W|There Will Be Blood}}''.
*[[Kirk]] made a CD for the trip on the van with {{W|Big Bad Voodoo Daddy}} songs in it.
*During the trip, they're listening to the song "You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)" by {{W|Big Bad Voodoo Daddy}}.
*Kirk's chat mentions ''[[The Godfather]]'' and ''[[Halo]]''.
*Kirk mentions {{W|The Blues Brothers}} while singing and has created a website called ''Blues Buddies'' at bluesbuddies.com. He is also dressed as a Blues Brother.
*{{W|WXPO}} 470AM "The Pipe" is the show commentating the Lacrosse match against Capitol City.
*At the end of the episode, drunk Kirk says that "Jet fuel can't melt steel". This is a reference to a famous {{W|World Trade Center controlled demolition conspiracy theories|conspiracy theory}} around the {{W|September 11 attacks|9/11 terrorist attacks}} that claims that the planes alone would not be able to take down both towers.
*[[Marge]] references {{W|Jim Harbaugh}} when Homer says Kirk is a sport genius that everybody hates.
*After Kirk's hand injury, {{W|Joe Theismann}} is shown throwing up into his hat. Joe Thiesmann suffered a compound fracture of his leg in a Monday Night Football game, considered to be one of the worst and most horrifying injuries ever shown on live TV.
*The title of the song [[Homer]] and [[Kirk]] sing about each other, called [[Pas de Dude]], means "No bud" in French.
**When Kirk says "Behind every succesful man is his assistant coach." he references the saying "Behind every successful man is a strong woman."

== Trivia ==
*The episode was dedicated to [[Kevin Curran]] who passed away on October 25th, 1 week before this episode aired.
*This is the last episode to be produced by [[Film Roman]], before Fox Television Animation take over the series, starting with "[[Dad Behavior]]".
*Wunder Bread is a parody of {{W|Wonder Bread}}.

== Continuity ==
*A [[Strupo]] poster is seen. ("[[The War of Art]]")
*A [[Royalty Valhalla]] poster is seen. ("[[A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again]]")
*Kirk's mentioned to have gone to [[Gudger College]] again. ("[[A Milhouse Divided]]")
*[[Clancy Wiggins]] is seen at the game at the beginning. ("[[Sky Police]]")

== Goofs ==
*The place of some of the people at the town meeting change between scenes.
*There are 12 kids at the Lacrosse team, but {{W|Field Lacrosse}}, the one being played in the episode, has a 10 player limit per team.
**Furthermore, Apu's two children are not old enough to play either football or Lacrosse.
*Kirk is surprised of Homer being his friend, but they were already friends in some previous episodes, like "[[The War of Art]]" and "[[A Milhouse Divided]]".

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