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== Cultural References ==
*The episode title is likely a reference to:
**The piracy-related plotine.
**''[[Steal This Book]]'' by {{w|Abbie Hoffman}}, which was a guide for followers of the countercultural movement of the 1960s and early 1970s.
*The fact that the suit that keeps {{Ch|Radioactive Man}} alive is slowly killing him references the arc reactor problem [[Tony Stark]] had in [[Marvel]]'s ''{{W|Iron Man 2}}''.
*In [[Marge]]'s letter, she mentions ''{{W|Are We There Yet? (film)|Are We There Yet?}}'' and ''{{W|Shrek 2}}''.
*[[Homer]], [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] talking at the water cooler is a reference to a forum's watercooler, a place for general chat about topics.
*The marquee at [[The Screens at the Shops at Citytown Shopping Village]] has several film references:
**''Zero Dark Thirty-One'' is a parody/sequel of ''{{W|Zero Dark Thirty}}''.
**''The #Hashtag Games'' is a reference to ''{{W|The Hunger Games (film)|The Hunger Games}}''.
**''[[The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy 3, Part 1]]'' is a reference to ''[[The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy]]'', a fictional book written by many people, including [[Homer]], and well as the trend of splitting the final book of literary franchises into two films such as  ''{{W|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1}}'', ''{{W|The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1}}'',  ''{{W|The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1}}''.
*[[Bootleg Bay]] is a parody of ''{{W|The Pirate Bay}}''.
*Several scenes from the {{W|Nascar}} {{W|2011 Tums Fast Relief 500}} are shown in the episode when characters are explaining about illegally downloading films.
*Lenny and Carl mention that they watched a new ''[[James Bond]]'' film where {{Ch|James Bond}} is ugly, has no gadgets, is not good at shooting, doesn't say any funny quips or do any James Bond stuff.
**The ''James Bond'' film ''[[Yesterday Never Tomorrows]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Tomorrow Never Dies}}''.
*Homer's line "and a website based in a country that is really just an offshore oil platform" is a reference to {{W|Principality of Sealand}} and {{W|HavenCo}}.
*The text in ''[[Cosmic Wars Episode VII: A New Take]]'' says that due to a rift in the space-time continuum, episodes I, II and III never happened. This is a reference to many fans of ''[[Star Wars]]'' disliking the prequel trilogy. The film is also a reference to the {{W|Star Wars sequel trilogy|unreleased seventh ''Star Wars'' film}}.
*In the [[Consulate of Sweden]], the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] sit on {{W|Ikea}} chairs.
*Homer asks why movie producers can't make a sequel to ''{{W|Taken (film)|Taken}}'' where ''{{W|The Hangover}}'' guys get taken and the only people who can save them is ''{{W|The Fast and the Furious|Fast and Furious}}''.
*[[Judas Priest]] sing a parody of "{{W|Breaking the Law}}" called "[[Respecting the Law]]".
*{{Ch|Judd Apatow}} says that he saw a bootleg DVD of ''{{W|The 40-Year-Old Virgin}}'' on sale at a car wash, without director's commentary or a blooper reel.
*One of the network executives said that {{W|Will Smith}}'s family wanted to play the Simpson family, with [[Bart]] saying that he'd be {{W|Jayden Smith|Jayden}}.

== Trivia ==
*A disclaimer from [[FOX]] comes up saying that they forbid step-by-step instructions on how to illegally download films. However, FOX has no say over what ''The Simpsons'' does or does not air. Therefore, it was the producers and writers of the show who didn't want to show the instructions and did this as a gag.
*The judge who appears in the film at the end looks very similar to the [[female judge]].

== Continuity ==
*The Radioactive Man film in this episode is said to be a reboot of the one from "[[Radioactive Man]]".

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