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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the fast-food chain Burger King.
• A Yodel is heard during the couch gag.
• McDonald's Mac Tonight sings the introduction of the story and Homer's dreams.
  • Mr. Burns painting is a parody of Saturn Devouring His Son by Spanish artist Francisco Goya.
  • A special issue of Forbes, "100 most evil people over 100" with Mr. Burns on the cover is seen.
• Mr. Burns mentions James Lewis Kraft and his famous Kraft cheese.

Mr. Burns and the hamburger parody several scenes from James Cameron's Titanic

• Mr. Burns and the hamburger reenact "draw me like one of your French girls" and the scene on the raft from Titanic.
• Mr. Burns mentions no-one living forever, except Dick Cheney, wondering what his deal is.
• When Mr. Burns takes a bite of the meatless burger, he smiles like the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.
• "Yes Ve-Gan" is a parody of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogan/chant,, "Yes We Can."
• Mr. Burns mentions Thomas Edison, and the night he invented the electric chair, while Smithers mentions him inventing the light bulb.
• A statue of Mr. Burns resembling Big Boy is seen outside the model of the X-Cell-Ent Burger restaurant chain.
• Portraits of Mr. Burns resembling the fast food mascots Colonel Sanders, Jack Box, The Burger King, Wendy and Mayor McCheese are seen.
• The book that Daphne Burns is reading, Lady Chatterly's Banker, is a parody of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence.
• Homer having a hamburger on a beam with the city in the background is a reference to the photo Lunch atop a Skyscraper.
• Marge uses Amazon Alexa and mentions Siri. Alexa fakes switching to Siri and gets angry, shooting her in the hair with a laser beam.
• Smithers and Burns mention Sully Sullenberger and Rudolf Hess.
• Homer reads the book Harry Potter and the Apologizing Author, a reference to the Harry Potter franchise and the controversies around J. K. Rowling's anti-trans views.
• The song that plays during the "Burger Wars" animation is "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by Patrick Gilmore.
• Pachelbel's Canon can be heard when Mr. Burns arrives to the Beloved Billionaires Club.
• People at the Beloved Billionaires Club are Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.
  • Mark Zuckerberg is seen throwing rocks at the club and divulges information on the person managing the club, referencing the accusations of stealing information on his platform Facebook.
• Facelook is a parody of Facebook.

A Demogorgon chases and then eat the kids from Stranger Things

• A Demogorgon chases and then eat the kids from Stranger Things. The theme song is seen as they appear on screen.
• The man killing the plants is Anton Chigurh, a character from the 2007 film No Country for Old Men who was played by Javier Bardem.
  • He executes the plants using a captive bolt pistol, his weapon of choice in the film.
• Lisa uses Oogle, a parody of Google, to look for the endangered Amazon rainforest plants.
• The TV program Crazy Cash is a parody of Mad Money.
  • Assets seen include Bitcoin, GME, FOX and TSLA.
  • The GME stock rising 1 trillion and dropping 2 trillion shortly after is a reference to the GameStop short squeeze.
• Marge reads the Wall Street Journal, Barron's and has a E-Trade mug.
• The song "Pure Imagination" by Gene Wilder, from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, plays during Homer's dream.
• The mascots in Homer's dream include: Colonel Sanders, The Burger King, Jack Box, Wendy, Little Caesar, Bob's Big Boy and Cheesy McMayor.
• Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" plays at the end of Homer's dream.
• Mr. Burns mentions Chick-fil-A as the only franchise Jesus may have owned, a reference to its founder's Christian beliefs.
  • The protesters call it "Jesus Chicken".

Trivia

• Mr. Burns weighs 42 pounds, which is triple his usual weight. This would put him at 14 pounds normally.
• Thomas Edison did not invent the electric chair, but he was largely responsible for its use in the first execution of a person.

Continuity

• In Mac Tonight's song still of different episodes are seen:
  • Maggie shooting Mr. Burns. ("Who Shot Mr. Burns?")
  • Reclusive Mr. Burns. ("$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)")
  • Mr. Burns threatening a seal with a stick only for it to hit him in the head with it.
• Mr. Burns has his Bobo stuffed bear in the hospital. ("Rosebud")
• Mark Zuckerberg appears. ("Loan-a Lisa")
  • He uses the Facelook app. ("Blazed and Confused")

Goofs

• In the scene of the people cheering about Burns dying, Principal Skinner's hair is brown rather than grey.