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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the TV series ''[[Black Mirror]]''.
*[[Bart]]'s opening monologue is a parody of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''.

=== The Way We Wasn't ===
*The title of the segment is a reference to the [[Season 2]] episode "[[The Way We Was]]".
*[[Homer]] sings "[[Roar]]" by [[Katy Perry]].
*[[Lupé the Snoopé]] is a parody of ''{{W|Dora the Explorer}}''.
*The flashback to Homer in his [[70s Sports Car]] features him singing "{{ap|The Joker|song}}" by {{W|Steve Miller Band}}. Homer sings part of the song in the present.
*In the flashback, [[Principal Dondelinger]] refers to [[Homer]] and [[Barney]] as "[[Springfield]]'s answer to {{Ch|Cheech Marin|Cheech}} and {{Ch|Tommy Chong|Chong}}".
*"{{W|(They Long to Be) Close to You}}" by [[the Carpenters]] plays when Homer sees [[Lydia]].
*[[Lenny]], [[Carl]], and [[Barney]] went to see the ''[[Star Wars]]'' film ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]''. Lenny says that he can't believe the Empire struck back and asks if the Jedi will ever return, a reference to ''{{W|Return of the Jedi}}''.
*Homer has a poster for ''{{W|Rocky III}}'' on his bedroom wall, featuring [[Clubber Lang]] (played by [[Mr. T]]).
*Homer told Barney that he gets sad and cries over ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'' getting canceled.
*Costumes seen at [[Cartoon Con]] include:
**The {{W|Tenth Doctor|Tenth}} and {{W|Eleventh Doctor|Eleventh}} [[The Doctor|Doctors]] from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
**[[Headmaster Greystash]] and [[Angelica Button]], parodies of {{W|Albus Dumbledore}} and {{Ch|Harry Potter}} from ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
**[[Database]] is dressed in ''[[Minecraft]]'' armor.
**[[Yoda]] and a man riding a {{W|tauntaun}} from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
**{{W|Na'vi}} from ''[[Avatar]]''.
**[[Batman]], [[Robin]], and [[Shazam]] from ''[[DC Comics]]''.
**[[Wolverine]], [[Mantis]], [[Drax the Destroyer]], [[Groot]], [[Blade]], and [[Doctor Octopus]] from ''[[Marvel Comics]]''.
**Characters from ''{{W|Avatar: The Last Airbender}}''.
*At Cartoon Con, Homer resembles ''[[The Simpsons]]'' creator [[Matt Groening]].

=== I Have No Tablet but I Must Stream ===
*The title of the segment is a reference to the short story "{{W|I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream}}" by [[Harlan Ellison]].
*Chat K.I.D. by NSIDIA is a reference to {{W|ChatGPT}} and {{W|Nvidia}}.
*The Simpsons eat at [[The Loin King]], a reference to ''[[The Lion King]]''.
*A picture of [[Barney the Dinosaur]] is on Lisa's mirror.
*Homer got a message about winning [[Super Bowl]] tickets.
*Lisa gets a message about singer [[Taylor Swift]] being at the [[Springfield Town Hall]].
*Homer mentions the babysitter going home and only leaving half a lane of [[Oreo]]s.
*Lisa takes a burning stick and says that she's going to look at her Kindle, a reference to the [[Amazon Kindle]].

== Trivia ==
*After [[Bart]] cracks the chalkboard in the opening sequence, the classroom changes from the HD-era room to the pre-HD era room, with the picture of Homer changing to [[George Washington]] and other details changing.
*[[Mr. Seckofsky]], the woodshop teacher at [[Springfield High School]], makes his second appearance in the show, thirty-five years after his debut in [[season 2]]'s "[[The Way We Was]]". This marks the longest gap between appearances of any ''Simpsons'' character, breaking the record previously kept by [[B. F. Sherwood]], who appeared in the [[The Simpsons shorts|short]] "[[Family Therapy]]" and the [[season 23]] episode "[[How I Wet Your Mother]]", a gap of twenty-three years.

== Continuity ==
=== The Way We Wasn't ===
*The segment features flashbacks to before Homer and Marge met in "[[The Way We Was]]".
*Homer mentions [[Bart]] owning an [[Stampy|elephant]]. ("[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]")
*Homer mentions the episode "where Starsky eats blowfish and thinks he's going to die." ("[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]")
*One of the drawings Homer makes of his family is Marge as a police officer. ("[[The Springfield Connection]]")
*Scenes from ''[[The Sadsons]]'' include:
**Bart and [[Milhouse]] in wigs and dresses, jumping on the bed. ("[[Grift of the Magi]]")
**Lisa staying on [[Springfield's oldest redwood tree]]. ("[[Lisa the Tree Hugger]]")
**Homer and Marge hugging in the wild. ("[[Pixelated and Afraid]]")
**[[Maggie]] hitting Homer with a hammer. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]")
*{{Ch|David Silverman}} has a sketch of Homer as the [[Capital City Capitals]] mascot. ("[[Dancin' Homer]]")
*A drunken Homer sings the "{{ap|Spider-Pig|Yellow Mirror}}" song from ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', but with different lyrics.
*Homer has a picture of a [[Mr. Sparkle]] {{ap|Mr. Sparkle|product|box}} ("[[In Marge We Trust]]") and a picture of [[Kirk]]'s "dignity" drawing ("[[A Milhouse Divided]]") on his wall.

=== I Have No Tablet but I Must Stream ===
*The Simpsons eat at [[The Loin King]]. ("[[The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants]]")

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