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Cultural references

The Simpsons and the Flanders visit the horseshoe-shaped Grand Canyon Skywalk

Homer owns a fake Viza (under the name of "Hagwar Swanson"), a parody of Visa

• The title of the episode is a portmanteau combining "Flanders" with Grand Canyon National Monument in Arizona.
• Ralph is seen in the title screen wearing a Charlie Brown shirt, flying a kite, and saying "Take that, Kite-Eating Tree", all references to the Peanuts comic strips.
• The couch gag's style, character designs and music are based on Disney cartoons, in particular Mickey Mouse's black and white cartoons, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Jungle Book and Fantasia. It was animated by Eric Goldberg, who has been an animator for several Disney films.
• Homer sings to Maggie his rendition of Brahms lullaby by Jewel.
• Maggie holds the Little Red Riding Hood book for Homer to read.
• Homer tells Maggie that Luann Van Houten uses flavored Crisco instead of butter for shortbread cookies.
• The billboard of Batman v Batwoman when Homer did community service is a reference to Batman v Superman, which was released on the same year of this episode.
• A homeless thanks Homer for teaching him scripture.
• Julius Hibbert once ran over Kirk Van Houten in Cincinnati.
• Marge thinks the Grand Canyon is like "Disneyland for thin people".
• The book Lisa reads 10,000 Places to See Before You're 10, a parody of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.
• Lisa mentions the fact that the Grand Canyon was previously named "Big Canyon". American explorer John Wesley Powell baptized the place "Grand Canyon" in 1871.
• The Flanders sing "Go Tell It on the Mountain".
• The Simpsons and the Flanders go to the Grand Canyon Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge with a glass walkway.
• American billionaires mention Tom Cruise when they installed a cell phone tower.
• Ned tells Homer that God is omnipresent, and Homer asks if he can find him at the Omni Hotel. When Ned acknowledges, Homer says he prefers to stay at the Hyatt Regency.
• Homer owns a fake Viza, a parody of Visa.
• Two movements from the Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofe are heard:
  • "On the Trail" as the Simpsons and the Flanders ride their mules,
  • "Sunrise" as Homer gazes at the Grand Canyon,
  • Both are heard over the closing credits.
• The music heard as Homer and Ned look up at the stars is "Clair de lune" from Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy.
• TV companies camped in the Grand Canyon:
  • HBO.
  • The Car Chase Channel, in a tent with 2 side-by-side entrances.
  • Channel Ocho.
  • Netflix, their "tent" looks like the Taj Mahal, right down to the avenue approach and the minarets.
  • Tragedy Central, a parody of Comedy Central.
  • NBC, the only regular network channel among them, in a much-patched pup tent.
• Homer brings Ned and his family to the Springfield Postcard Museum. There can be seen postcards from many places around the world, and even fictitious ones, including: Yosemite, Paris, Miami Beach, Tahiti, Rigel Seven, Shelbyville, Brigadoon and Shangri-La.

Continuity

• Lisa is shown to be eating and enjoying bacon, and tells Maggie that it was before she becomes a vegetarian. ("Lisa the Vegetarian")
• One of the rangers who stops Homer mooning is Ranger McFadden. ("Mountain of Madness")
• Homer previously referred to Lisa as "Big Maggie" in "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken".

Trivia

• In the official synopsis, Bart goes with Ned instead of Homer to find supplies.
• Homer shows to Maggie real life-like toys of 8-Year-Old Bart and 6-Year-Old Lisa that says "as seen in this episode" and "collect every age".