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*[[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and {{Ch|Robert Parker}} appear at the [[Gavelby's Auction House]]. | *[[Francis Ford Coppola]], [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and {{Ch|Robert Parker}} appear at the [[Gavelby's Auction House]]. | ||
**[[The Rich Texan]] asks Francis if he made the 2019 film {{W2|Cats|2019 film}} and why does he love it. | **[[The Rich Texan]] asks Francis if he made the 2019 film {{W2|Cats|2019 film}} and why does he love it. | ||
| − | *The [[Alca-shiraz Wine Jail]] is a reference to | + | *The [[Alca-shiraz Wine Jail]] is a reference to the {{W|Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary|Alcatraz prison}}. |
*The [[Springfield Wine Court]] was inspired by the trial in the film ''{{W|Anatomy of a Fall}}''.<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/rlazebnik.bsky.social/post/3leioqx4onc22 Rob LaZebnik's Bluesky - "Court scene"]</ref> | *The [[Springfield Wine Court]] was inspired by the trial in the film ''{{W|Anatomy of a Fall}}''.<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/rlazebnik.bsky.social/post/3leioqx4onc22 Rob LaZebnik's Bluesky - "Court scene"]</ref> | ||
*The person on the right at the gay bar is designed to look like [[Johnny LaZebnik]].<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/rlazebnik.bsky.social/post/3leioojapi222 Rob LaZebnik's Bluesky - "Johnny LaZebnik"]</ref> | *The person on the right at the gay bar is designed to look like [[Johnny LaZebnik]].<ref>[https://bsky.app/profile/rlazebnik.bsky.social/post/3leioojapi222 Rob LaZebnik's Bluesky - "Johnny LaZebnik"]</ref> | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to bottle episode term.
- "I Want to Break Free" by Queen plays during the lackey tasks montage.
- Smithers taking out the trash using a plane is a reference to Taylor Swift's climate change meme on her private jets trips.
- Mr. Burns proposes celebrating by cracking open an Amontillado.
- Smithers drinks a Baron Cadet Bordeaux.
- The bottle bought by Mr. Burns and brought in a safe is a special Gevrey-Chambertin once owned by Napoleon. Smithers adds he fought the Battle of Austerlitz just for the bottle.
- When Mrs. Vanderbilt tries to christen The Upper Decker and is stopped by Homer, she says that it happened before, referencing to what people think happened during the christening cerimony of the Titanic, but the cerimony itself didn't actually happen.
- At the swingers party, they use the bottle for the Spin the bottle game.
- Professor Frink uses 14 CC of Manischewitz wine.
- Marge proposes Smithers to be become wine-forging Robin Hoods.
- Segments animated in the style of the 1973 Disney Robin Hood animated film are seen. In them several characters play the role of the ones from the film:
- Smithers is Robin Hood.
- Marge is Maid Marian.
- Mr. Burns is Prince John.
- Milhouse is Toby.
- Ralph is Skippy.
- Lisa is Lady Kluck.
- Bart is Alan-a-Dale.
- Segments animated in the style of the 1973 Disney Robin Hood animated film are seen. In them several characters play the role of the ones from the film:
- Francis Ford Coppola, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Robert Parker appear at the Gavelby's Auction House.
- The Rich Texan asks Francis if he made the 2019 film Cats and why does he love it.
- The Alca-shiraz Wine Jail is a reference to the Alcatraz prison.
- The Springfield Wine Court was inspired by the trial in the film Anatomy of a Fall.[1]
- The person on the right at the gay bar is designed to look like Johnny LaZebnik.[2]
- Mr. Burns has a parody of Johannes Vermeer's painting Girl with a Pearl Earring, the Girl with a Pearl Nose Ring, and a Bible signed by Jesus.
- "Dont Stop Me Now" by Queen plays during the final montage.
Continuity
- Smithers has pictures of him and Michael de Graaf, and a picture of him on holiday, on his office wall. ("Portrait of a Lackey on Fire")
- The Springfield Children's Hospital is evicted and transformed into a chandelier storage. ("Simple Simpson")
- Barbara Belfry appears. ("A Serious Flanders (Part 1)")
- Items in Homer's safe:
- An original cell of Poochie. ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show")
- A Ribwich. ("I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can")
- The Inanimate carbon rod. ("Homer's Odyssey")
- The Homer bowling ball. ("Life on the Fast Lane")
- Marge and Smithers auction the wine at the Gavelby's Auction House. ("All About Lisa")
- Andrew Lloyd Webber appears in it. ("Elementary School Musical")
- Marge was sent in prison before. ("Orange Is the New Yellow")
- César and Ugolin appear at the Alca-shiraz Wine Jail. ("The Crepes of Wrath")
