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Cultural references[edit]

• The episode is a reference to the American music festival Lollapalooza.
  • The early working title "Homer Simpson in: Let Your Freak Flag Fly!" is in homage to an old saying that means embracing and expressing your unique personality without fear of judgment, celebrating individuality and nonconformity.
• The radio announcer mentions ABBA and Led Zeppelin.
• In the car, the radio plays "Shinin' On" by Grand Funk Railroad and "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain.
• Homer mentions the bands Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, The Alan Parsons Project and Hovercraft.
• At Suicide Notes music shop Homer finds a Styx album at the "Oldies" section. He was surprised to find it there as he had just listened to them on the King Biscuit Flower Hour, a former American radio show. The album Boston by the band of the same name is also seen at Suicide Notes' "Oldies" section.
• Homer critiziced bands that were unknown to him, such as Sonic Youth and Nine Inch Nails.
• When teenage Homer approaches the van with cool kids, "Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group plays.
  • This scene is a parody of the film Dazed and Confused.
• A teenage Homer and Barney sing "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer.
• Teenage Homer had posters for Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd on his wall.
• Homer said that he "used to rock and roll all night and party ev-a-ry day" a reference to the song "Rock and Roll All Nite" by KISS.
• The Hullabalooza ticket mentions Clark Bar and Jostens.
• One of the attendees has The Scream on his shirt. Another has a parody of The Great Gazoo on his shirt.
• Cypress Hill mentions Blockbuster Entertainment.
• Cypress Hill perform the songs "Throw Your Set in the Air" and "Insane in the Brain".
• Homer's strut is a parody of Keep on Truckin'.
• The Smashing Pumpkins perform the song "Zero".
• Peter Frampton says he got his inflatable pig at Pink Floyd's yard sale.
• Homer's first cannonball stunt on the Hullabalooza tour is a near frame-by-frame replica of footage of Frank "Cannonball" Richards, a vaudevillian of the 1930s, performing the same stunt.
• In the crowd scene at Hullabalooza, one of the teenagers has a picture of Dr. Zaius from Planet of the Apes on his t-shirt.
• The Animal Hospital has Jimi Hendrix's puppy, Rover Hendrix.
• Peter Frampton performs the song "Do You Feel Like We Do".
• When Homer is doing his last cannonball performance, he says "don't fear the reaper", a reference to the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult.
• Homer says "it's hip to be square", referencing the song "Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News.

Trivia[edit]

• The establishing shot of Springfield High School is reused from "The Way We Was".

Continuity[edit]

• Several of the Hullabalooza attendees reappear in "Weekend at Burnsie's" and The Simpsons Movie.

Goofs[edit]

• At Hullapalooza, One of the audience members has orange peace signs on their pants. One of the holes in a peace sign repeatedly is filled in.
• After dodging the cannonball, Homer is wearing a helmet, goggles, blue shorts and tennis shoes, but when he steps off the stage, the helmet and goggles disappear and he is wearing his blue flannel pants and his gray shoes.