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 *In the War of Art update dialogue, [[Janey]]'s name is misspelt as "Janie".
 *In the Superhero event, [[The Collector]]'s lightsaber has green blades when they should be red.
 === Glitches ===

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-'''Note: '''This are only some of the references in the game, as in every update the game brought references, old stories, characters and items from the series' past, and making a conclusive list is impossible.
+'''Note: '''This are only some of the references in the game, as in every update the game brought references, old stories, characters and items from the series' past, and making a conclusive list is impossible. Most references for various elements can be found on the pages for the tasks themselves, or the media of origin's reference pages.
 == Cultural references ==
 *When talking about planting trees to deal with their carbon footprint, Lisa says "the ''Inconvenient Truth'' is this place looks dull", a reference to [[Al Gore]]'s ''{{W|An Inconvenient Truth}}''.
 *When you level up to level 5, [[Barney]] says "It's always level 5 somewhere". This is a reference to the Alan Jackson song "{{W|It's Five O'Clock Somewhere}}".
 *[[Homer]]'s animation when he's dealing with ghosts in the Treehouse of Horror XXIV event shows him gobbling donuts lined up in a row in front of him, then when he eats a large one, he grows and swallows a ghost. This is a reference to [[Pac-Man]].
 *[[Akira Kurosawa]] calls [[Comic Book Guy]] a "kaiju", the Japanese word for giant monster (i.e. [[Godzilla]], [[Gamera]] and [[Rodan]]).
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 == Continuity ==
 *One of Moe's jobs is to smuggle endangered species. He then runs to his tavern with a panda on his back, a reference to "[[Cape Feare]]".
 *During the "[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out Treehouse of Horror 2015 content update|2015 Halloween update]]" [[Selma]] and [[Barney]] are mentioned to have hooked up during "Grown-up Halloween" (from "[[Halloween of Horror]]"), Selma and Barney previously dated in "[[Principal Charming]]".
 *A character group introduced in the 'Wild West' update is comprised of [[Agnes Skinner]]'s past relationships.
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpsons: Tapped Out/References, The}}
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+'''Note: '''This are only some of the references in the game, as in every update the game brought references, old stories, characters and items from the series' past, and making a conclusive list is impossible.
 == Cultural references ==
 *After building a road, [[Lisa]] says she feels "like {{W|Robert Moses}} in that giant book that took me two years to read." She is probably referring to ''{{W|The Power Broker}}'', which has 1,336 pages.

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 *In the quest [[The Nose Knows#Pt. 2|The Nose Knows Pt. 2]], Lisa searches all the Wikis created by fans.
 *In the quest [[Taps#Pt. 6|Taps Pt. 6]], Lisa refers to fan site TSTOAddicts.
-*Homer's animation when he's dealing with ghosts in the Treehouse of Horror XXIV event shows him gobbling donuts lined up in a row in front of him, then when he eats a large one, he grows and swallows a ghost. This is a reference to [[Pac-Man]].
+*[[Homer]]'s animation when he's dealing with ghosts in the Treehouse of Horror XXIV event shows him gobbling donuts lined up in a row in front of him, then when he eats a large one, he grows and swallows a ghost. This is a reference to [[Pac-Man]].
 *[[Akira Kurosawa]] calls [[Comic Book Guy]] a "kaiju", the Japanese word for giant monster (i.e. [[Godzilla]], [[Gamera]] and [[Rodan]]).
 == Trivia ==
 *In the game, characters [[Breaking the fourth wall|break the fourth wall]] frequently.
-*[[Homer]] suggest he and [[Lisa]] move to [[Miami]] instead of rebuilding [[Springfield]].
+*Homer suggest he and Lisa move to [[Miami]] instead of rebuilding [[Springfield]].
 *There are four cutscenes in the video game, that were uploaded to YouTube on March 11, 2012. The first cutscene is shown when you play the game for the first time. The second cutscene is shown once Homer completes his first shift at the Power Plant, the third cutscene is shown once the player has bought [[Bart's treehouse]], and the fourth cutscene is shown once the player has built [[Moe's Tavern]].
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 *After building a road, [[Lisa]] says she feels "like {{W|Robert Moses}} in that giant book that took me two years to read." She is probably referring to ''{{W|The Power Broker}}'', which has 1,336 pages.
 *When talking about planting trees to deal with their carbon footprint, Lisa says "the ''Inconvenient Truth'' is this place looks dull", a reference to [[Al Gore]]'s ''{{W|An Inconvenient Truth}}''.
-*When you level up to level 5, Barney says "It's always level 5 somewhere". This is a reference to the Alan Jackson song "{{W|It's Five O'Clock Somewhere}}".
+*When you level up to level 5, [[Barney]] says "It's always level 5 somewhere". This is a reference to the Alan Jackson song "{{W|It's Five O'Clock Somewhere}}".
 *In the quest [[Feeding the Trolls]], JoshJeerer refers to JoshSherer, a troll user on EA Forum, Lamezino refers to the [https://www.reddit.com/r/tappedout/comments/1jzre0/new_tapped_out_blog_from_the_writers_and_readers/ Gamezino] fiasco, and SpAndex refers to spAnser, the owner of the now defunct TSTONews.
 *In the quest [[Herb Stomp#Pt. 1|Herb Stomp Pt. 1]], [[Herb Powell]] references the fact that [[User:LetsPlayNintendoITA|LetsPlayNintendoITA]] leaked him being in the files since The Homer update in March 2015 in both Wikisimpsons' {{TOCU|The Homer|The Homer content update}} and [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out unreleased content|Unreleased Content page]] and TSTOTopix.
-*In the quest [[The Nose Knows#Pt. 2|The Nose Knows Pt. 2]], [[Lisa]] searches all the Wikis created by fans.
+*In the quest [[The Nose Knows#Pt. 2|The Nose Knows Pt. 2]], Lisa searches all the Wikis created by fans.
 *In the quest [[Taps#Pt. 6|Taps Pt. 6]], Lisa refers to fan site TSTOAddicts.
 *Homer's animation when he's dealing with ghosts in the Treehouse of Horror XXIV event shows him gobbling donuts lined up in a row in front of him, then when he eats a large one, he grows and swallows a ghost. This is a reference to [[Pac-Man]].

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 *When you level up to level 5, Barney says "It's always level 5 somewhere". This is a reference to the Alan Jackson song "{{W|It's Five O'Clock Somewhere}}".
 *The usernames JoshJeerer, Lamezino and SpAndex for the {{TOCU|Season Premiere 2013 "Homerland" episode tie-in|Season 25 premiere update}} is a references to the users, JoshSherer, Gamezino and spAnser.
-*In [[Feeding the Trolls]] Pt. 1, [[Herb Powell]] references the fact that [[User:LetsPlayNintendoITA|LetsPlayNintendoITA]] leaked him being in the files since The Homer update in March 2015 in both Wikisimpsons' {{TOCU|The Homer|The Homer content update}} and [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out unreleased content|Unreleased Content page]] and TSTOTopix.
+*In [[Herb Stomp#Pt. 1|Herb Stomp Pt. 1]], [[Herb Powell]] references the fact that [[User:LetsPlayNintendoITA|LetsPlayNintendoITA]] leaked him being in the files since The Homer update in March 2015 in both Wikisimpsons' {{TOCU|The Homer|The Homer content update}} and [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out unreleased content|Unreleased Content page]] and TSTOTopix.
 *Homer's animation when he's dealing with ghosts in the Treehouse of Horror XXIV event shows him gobbling donuts lined up in a row in front of him, then when he eats a large one, he grows and swallows a ghost. This is a reference to [[Pac-Man]].
 *[[Akira Kurosawa]] calls [[Comic Book Guy]] a "kaiju", the Japanese word for giant monster (i.e. [[Godzilla]], [[Gamera]] and [[Rodan]]).