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== Cultural references ==
*[[Homer]] says that he bets [[C-3PO]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' was from [[India]]. [[Apu]] tells Homer that C-3PO was from [[England]] instead. C-3PO's actor, {{W|Anthony Daniels}}, is English.
*When Homer drops the teleportation device, Apu exclaims "by the six arms of [[Shiva]]!"
*When Apu is falling toward [[Rigel 7]], he prays to [[Vishnu]].
*After [[Smithos]] tells Burnzak "You make a great dictator," Burnzak responds by telling Smithos not to interrupt him "and don't call me Tator!" This is a reference to the famous "and don't call me Shirley." line from the 1980 comedy ''{{W|Airplane!}}''.
*When Apu is trying to get Kang to open his eye, he exclaims "by the six arms of [[Ganesha]]."
*[[Mr. Burns]] has [[Walt Disney]]'s head in his office. This is a reference to the conspiracy theory that Disney's body was cryogenically frozen after his death.
*Walt Disney's head is in a jar with a nameplate, similar to the {{IS|head jars}} from ''[[Futurama]]''.

== Continuity ==
*[[Burnzak]] took over Rigel 7 due to his superior fighting skills with his "board and nail" technique. Later, [[Kang]] and Apu use boards with nails to defeat Burnzak. ("[[Treehouse of Horror II]]")
*The [[Rigellians]] hold democratic elections, likely a reference to the "Citizen Kang" segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]".

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 == Cultural references ==
 *When [[Mr. Burns]] was young, he won a bet with {{W|Catherine the Great}}, the Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.
-*[[Homer]] says that he bets [[C-3PO]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' was from [[India]]. [[Apu]] tells Homer that C-3PO was from [[England]] instead. C-3PO's actor, {{W|Anthony Daniels}}, is English.
+*[[Homer]] says that he bets [[C-3PO]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' was from [[India]] because he knows over 71,000 languages. [[Apu]] tells Homer that C-3PO was from [[England]] instead. C-3PO's actor, {{W|Anthony Daniels}}, is English.
 *When Homer drops the teleportation device, Apu exclaims "by the six arms of [[Shiva]]!"
 *When Apu is falling toward [[Rigel 7]], he prays to [[Vishnu]].

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 == Cultural references ==
 *[[Homer]] says that he bets [[C-3PO]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' was from [[India]]. [[Apu]] tells Homer that C-3PO was from [[England]] instead. C-3PO's actor, {{W|Anthony Daniels}}, is English.
 *When Homer drops the teleportation device, Apu exclaims "by the six arms of [[Shiva]]!"
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 *After [[Smithos]] tells Burnzak "You make a great dictator," Burnzak responds by telling Smithos not to interrupt him "and don't call me Tator!" This is a reference to the famous "and don't call me Shirley." line from the 1980 comedy ''{{W|Airplane!}}''.
 *When Apu is trying to get Kang to open his eye, he exclaims "by the six arms of [[Ganesha]]."
-*[[Mr. Burns]] has [[Walt Disney]]'s head in his office. This is a reference to the conspiracy theory that Disney's body was cryogenically frozen after his death.
+*Mr. Burns has [[Walt Disney]]'s head in his office. This is a reference to the conspiracy theory that Disney's body was cryogenically frozen after his death.
 *Walt Disney's head is in a jar with a nameplate, similar to the {{IS|head jars}} from ''[[Futurama]]''.