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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to The Moody Blues album Days of Future Passed, previously referenced in the episode "Holidays of Future Passed".
• Jerry appears to be based on the aliens from the Alien franchise.
• Cretaceous Park is a parody of Jurassic Park, as well as a reference to most of the dinosaurs used in Jurassic Park being from the Cretaceous era.
• The method of implanting memories is a parody of Total Recall.
• Jimbo Jones pulls out a miniature lightsaber from Star Wars when attempting to mug Lisa and Milhouse.
• The Real Housewives of Venus is a parody of The Real Housewives series.
• Women on Bart's Little Black eBook, from left to right, top to bottom:
  • Maria from Metropolis.
  • Marta from Star Trek.
  • Unknown humanoid.
  • Pris from Blade Runner.
  • EVE from Wall-E.
  • Lisa from Planet of the Apes.
  • Empress Zimzam, a parody of Queen Amidala from Star Wars.
  • Neytiri from Avatar.
• Homer becomes a disembodied head, similar to the heads in jars from Futurama, except he doesn't need to be in a jar to survive as it's his consciousness in a robotic head. His head can also be placed on a robotic body, similar to Richard Nixon's head, which goes on a robotic body in one episode. Another Futurama reference in the episode is that the Sea Captain can be seen with a Trisolian at the Guilded Truffle
• Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still appears in The Gilded Truffle as a waiter.
• After Bart's kids set fire to Homer's robot body, he resembles a Terminator skeleton from Terminator.
• Goody Gobble is a parody of Candy Crush.
• The scene during the credits is a parody of Mad Men.
• Homer's robot body and the way he acts at the end of the episode is a reference to C-3PO.
• Frink's quote that he wanted to clone sheep is a reference to Dolly the cloned sheep.

Trivia

• This episode is a sequel to both season 16 episode "Future-Drama" and the season 23 episode "Holidays of Future Passed".
• Names on Bart's contact list include:
  • Jamshed
  • Janey
  • Jenda
  • Jimbo Jones