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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
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*The title of the episode is a wordplay on the movie ''{{w|La La Land (film)|La La Land}}''.
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*The episode's title is wordplay on the 2016 American musical ''{{W2|La La Land|film}}''. Some elements from the film are parodied during the episode:
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**[[Lisa]] falls in love with jazz pianist [[Brendan Beiderbecke]]. In the film, Mia Dolan ({{W|Emma Stone}}) falls in love with Sebastian Wilder ({{W|Ryan Gosling}}), a struggling jazz pianist.
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**The opening sequence parodies that of ''La La Land'', with the song "[[Another Springfield Day]]" being a parody of "{{W|Another Day of Sun}}".
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***[[Pope Francis]] appears in the {{W|Popemobile}}.
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[[File:The Science of Wonder Woman.png|300px|thumb|Pictures of Wonder Woman's {{W|Lasso of Truth}} and the {{W|Invisible Plane}} are seen in the "The Science of [[Wonder Woman]]" booth]]
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*Booths at the [[STEM Conference]]:
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**[[Database]] is seen hosting a "The Science of [[Wonder Woman]]" booth. Pictures of Wonder Woman's {{W|Lasso of Truth}} and the {{W|Invisible Plane}} are exhibited.
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**[[Mr. Burns]] gives [[Professor Frink]] a pamphlet stating that cigarettes stop {{W|Concussions in American football|NFL concussions}}.
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**"Meth-amatics" is a pun on {{W|meth}} and mathematics.
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**The "Solar Fracking" stand is a pun on {{W|solar power}} and {{W|fracking}}, which are sources of energy with notably contrasting characteristics.
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**There is a picture of the ''{{W|Vitruvian Man}}'' by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] at the "Dr. Nick's 3 Minute Sex Change" booth.
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**[[Insta-Grandma]] and its logo are a reference to {{W|Instagram}} and its old logo.
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**A robot says ''[[Stranger Things]]'' suffers from Season 2 fatigue.
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**There is an {{W|IMAX}} version of former vice president [[Al Gore]].
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*Lisa compares the STEM Conference to the famous music festival [[Woodstock]].
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*Brendan mentions having read a review by [[Gary Chalmers]] about [[Springfield Elementary School]] on {{W|Yelp}}, the online advertising company.
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*Lisa paraphrases "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine", a famous line from ''[[Casablanca]]''.
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**Lisa mentions the {{W2|K-6|education}}, the grades which are traditionally grouped together in American elementary schools.
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*[[Homer]] says the hotel bar is beautiful, just like the one in ''[[The Shining]]''.
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*Homer refers to himself as the [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]] of banging on the walls.
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*Homer asks [[Bart]] if he's making drugs by asking him if he's "breaking bad", a reference to the TV series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.
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*[[Cletus]]' company name, "Meth Life", is a pun on the insurance company {{W|MetLife}}.
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*[[Nelson]] sings a parody of the song "[[My Funny Valentine]]" from the {{W|Rodgers and Hart}} musical ''{{W|Babes in Arms}}'' to Lisa.
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*[[Groundskeeper Willie]] explains to Lisa that once two queens were fighting over [[Scotland]]. He is referring to a dramatic period in Scottish history during the 16th century involving {{W|Elizabeth I of England}} and {{W|Mary, Queen of Scots}}, with the latter being found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth in 1586 and beheaded the following year.
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*Willie mentions the {{W|thistle}}, Scotland's national flower.
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*Bart and [[Milhouse]] wrote the chemical equation for the combustion of {{W|propane}} in the back of the Talent Show paper.
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*[[Martin]] is reading ''[[Mama's Boy's Life]]'', a parody of ''{{W2|Boys' Life|magazine}}'' magazine. Its cover depicts [[Prince Charles]] sitting on the lap of his mother, [[Elizabeth II]].
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*Nelson says "don't be a dingus, I'm the next {{W|Charlie Mingus}}".
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*[[Dewey Largo]] introduces Bart as "Dennis the Chemist", a pun on ''[[Dennis the Menace]]''.
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*[[Chief Wiggum]] calls Bart "Screwy Pasteur", a reference to chemist {{W|Louis Pasteur}}.
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*[[Marge]] says the episode was going to be a parody of ''{{W2|Moonlight|2016 film}}'' instead of ''La La Land''. This is a reference to the mixup at the {{W|89th Academy Awards}} where ''La La Land'' {{W|89th Academy Awards#Best Picture announcement error|was originally announced as the winner of the Best Picture award}} even though ''Moonlight'' had actually won.
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*Homer mentions that he wants to watch ''{{W|X-Men: Apocalypse}}''.
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== Continuity ==
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*[[A9000 Robots|The robot]] from "[[Them, Robot]]" and "[[Pork and Burns]]" appears.
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*[[LadyBot]] appears. ("{{LIITA}}")
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*Lisa's relationship with Nelson is seen again. ("[[Lisa's Date with Density]]")
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*Bart once again floods a school with foam from a chemical reaction ("[[Bart the Genius]]"), only this time it's deliberate.
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== Trivia ==
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*''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'''s Sky Finger, later revealed in the "The End of the Beginning" video during the {{TOCU|Winter 2015}} event to be [[Maggie]], appears crushing people and cars.
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*A box of props from [[couch gag]]s is present in the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson House]] garage.
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== Goofs ==
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[[File:Haw-Haw Land Gary goof.png|thumb|Gary incorrectly colored.]]
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*{{ap|Gary|nerd}} is seen incorrectly colored at the STEM Conference.
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*In the [[Springfield Elementary]] playground, [[Wendell]]'s head extends out too far, filling in the gap between him and [[Sophie Jensen]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:05, February 24, 2026

References/Trivia


Season 29 Episode References
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"Haw-Haw Land"
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Cultural references[edit]

Pictures of Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth and the Invisible Plane are seen in the "The Science of Wonder Woman" booth

Continuity[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Goofs[edit]

Gary incorrectly colored.
Season 29 References
The Serfsons • Springfield Splendor • Whistler's Father • Treehouse of Horror XXVIII • Grampy Can Ya Hear Me • The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be • Singin' in the Lane • Mr. Lisa's Opus • Gone Boy • Haw-Haw Land • Frink Gets Testy • Homer Is Where the Art Isn't • 3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage • Fears of a Clown • No Good Read Goes Unpunished • King Leer • Lisa Gets the Blues • Forgive and Regret • Left Behind • Throw Grampa from the Dane • Flanders' Ladder