Editing The Girl on the Bus/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode name is a reference to the novel ''{{W|The Girl on the Train (novel)|The Girl on the Train}}'' by {{W|Paula Hawkins (author)|Paula Hawkins}} and the {{W|The Girl on the Train (2016 film)|movie of the same name}} based on the book.
*[[Marvel]]'s {{w|Thanos}} shows up on the couch gag with his Infinity Gauntlet and proceeds to vaporize the [[Simpson family]] except for [[Maggie]].
*The three belts are reference to:
**WLBA: the {{w|World Boxing Association}} (WBA).
**Federación Internacional de Lunch-Boxeo: the spanish name, ''Federación Internacional de Boxeo'', for the {{w|International Boxing Federation}} (IBF).
**WLBO: the {{w|World Boxing Organization}} (WBO).
*One of [[Bart]]'s lunch boxes is one of {{w|Eeyore}} from {{w|Winnie-the-Pooh}}.
*U.S. Ninja Ultimate Beast Blaster is a reference to [[Netflix]]'s {{w|Ultimate Beastmaster}} and {{w|NBC}}'s {{w|American Ninja Warrior}}.
*Books at [[Sam Monroe|Sam]]'s house:
**''[[The Collected]] by [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'.
**''[[Doorknobs of Denmark|Doorknobs]] of [[Denmark]]''.
**''[[Francisco Goya|Goya]]'s [[Stabbiest Paintings]]''.
**''[[European Train Menus]]''.
**''[[Klimt und Koons Eine Retrospective]]'', a book talking about {{w|Jeff Koons}}'s Gazing Ball (Klimt Kiss).
**[[The Big Book of Glass]] by Maurice.
*Authors of the Russian novels in Sam's house:
**{{w|Alexander Pushkin}}.
**{{w|Ivan Turgenev}}.
**[[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]].
**[[Leo Tolstoy]].
**{{w|Boris Pasternak}}.
**{{w|Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn}}.
*Sam mentions the {{w|Great Pacific garbage patch}} and listening to ''{{w|The Dolphin (album)|The Dolphin}}'' by {{w|Stan Getz}}.
*Sam's parents play ''{{w|It Had to Be You (song)|It Had to Be You}}'.
*[[Homer]] textes Lisa his hiding in the bush meme.
*Rollercoaster Romance is a reference to the 2016 independant italian movie ''Rollercoaster Love''.
*[[Homer]] mentions {{w|Charles Roach}}.

==Continuity==
*[[Terry Gross (character)|Terry Gross]] reprise her role as radio host. ("[[The Debarted]]")
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