Editing I Won't Be Home for Christmas/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the song by [[Bing Crosby]] "{{w|I'll Be Home for Christmas}}" and to the song by [[Blink-182]] "{{W|I Won't Be Home for Christmas}}".
*''[[Cosmic Wars: Holiday Special]]'' is a parody of the ''{{W|Star Wars Holiday Special}}''.
*[[Comic Book Guy]] has [[Hulk]] and [[The Thing]] (from ''[[Marvel]]'') bookstops on his bookshelf.
*''[[Grounded]]'' is a parody of the [[2013]] computer-animated film ''{{W|Planes (film)|Planes}}''.
*Homer refers to [[Mr. Burns]] as Mr. Scroodge and Burns mentions his schedule says he'll be visited by 3 spirits; both references to [[A Christmas Carol]]
*Moe says to a mouse "Hey. It's the night before Christmas. Stop stirring." A reference to {{w|Twas The Night Before Christmas}}. The poem was previously parodied in the comic [[Twas the Eve Before Christmas]]

== Continuity ==
*[[Gil]] introduces Homer to his "family", namely [[Crazy Cat Lady]], [[Kirk Van Houten]] and the [[Hobo (Treehouse of Horror XVII)|Hobo]]. Gil celebrated St. Patrick's day with his "family" in "[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]".
*{{ap|Louie|Midnight Towboy}}'s tow truck is seen. ("[[Midnight Towboy]]")
**Louie's tow truck is subsequently flash frozen after it hits a fire hydrant. This happened to [[Ned]]'s car in "[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]".
*Several of the characters from the episode coming together at the end of the episode is reminiscent of "[[Burns, Baby Burns]]".

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