Difference between revisions of "Baby You Can't Drive My Car/References"

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Cultural references[edit]

• The episode title is a reference to the song "Drive My Car" by The Beatles, specifically to the lyrics in the chorus, "Baby, you can drive my car".
• In the episode's title screen gag, Chief Wiggum's military jet pack design references the Martin Jetpack.
• Homer sings two parodies of "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)", one of Jim Croce's hit records:
  • The first parody, "Chicken Nugget", is sung by Homer in his car after buying chicken nuggets at Krusty Burger.
  • The second parody, "No Operator", is heard when Homer is working for CarGo.
• According to Mr. Burns, any "Joe Billionaire" can buy a Fabergé egg. Fabergé eggs are worth millions of dollars and have become symbols of luxury, with only 57 eggs existing today.
• Homer licks deodorant sticks as if they were Popsicles.
• Lisa was going to donate the money she obtained from her lemonade stand to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This independent agency offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. According to Lisa, her small business provided 80% of NEA's fundings, this refers to Donald Trump's proposal of defunding NEA in 2017.
• Homer's new hobby includes watching Korean soap operas, which have since the 1990s achieved significant international popularity.
• CarGo parodies Argo AI, the American autonomous driving technology company.
• Mayor Quimby mentions Toledo, Ohio.
• While being interviewed, Homer performs the famous chant U-S-A!.
• Homer and Maggie recreates her and Marge's honking movements from the opening sequence.

Homer eating what he wants with the song "Pure Imagination" in the background parodies the scene in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory where everybody was eating whatever they wanted

• The music heard when Homer raids the cafeteria is "Pure Imagination" by Leslie Bricusse. The scene itself is a parody of the "Pure Imagination" scene from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, where everybody was able to eat whatever they wanted.
• CarGo bought the "last affordable" housing in San Francisco. The city is well known for being the home of many high-tech companies. The prison of Alcatraz, also located in San Francisco, is mentioned.
• One of the cows at CarGo's cafeteria is named "Imported Guernsey". The British island of Guernsey is famous for its cattle.
• The Christmas song written by an AI is a real song written by an AI.
• One of the abandoned buildings was a Baskin-Robbins store.
• Marge once had the first number right on Powerball, the American lottery game.
• Mr. Burns and Smithers fake resumes include being fluent in the computer languages SQL, Python and JavaScript and also that they worked for three years in Google's AI department.
• The Hero Sandwich Shop is a reference to the Hero sandwich, a type of submarine sandwich.
• Marcel's Monkey Rentals is a hint to Marcel, a monkey that appears in the popular sitcom Friends, specifically in the episode "The One with the Monkey".
  • The monkeys play with a Rubik's Cube and a Newton's cradle.
• CarGo steals user data from Equifax, an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency.
• When Krusty wanted coke, referring to cocaine, he is taken to a soda machine and to a factory of coke, the coal-based fuel used for the production of steel.
• Homer and Marge have Amazon Alexa devices.
  • Homer's Alexa is only for cookies and Pop-Tarts.
• Mr. Burns is drinking from a cup of Yale University.
• The Nerf-a-torium is full of Nerf guns.
• The radio in Smitty's car plays "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene.
• Mr. Burns sings "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)" by Al Jolson, from the 1927 musical The Jazz Singer.
• Duff Mexicana talking tattoo parodies Popeye's toot tooting.

Trivia[edit]

• Homer and Maggie are seen both pretending to drive in the driverless car, referencing the opening sequence where Marge and Maggie are seen in the car together.

Continuity[edit]

• Chief Wiggum uses the military jet pack he received in the opening titles, though its colored orange instead of grey. ("Sky Police")
• Hans Moleman is seen driving the AMC Gremlin again. ("Treehouse of Horror V")
• The man in the sit-ups tutorial video Homer watches on his smartphone is Megan Matheson's personal trainer. ("Homer Is Where the Art Isn't")

Goofs[edit]

• Homer acts like he's never driven a self driving car before. In "Maximum Homerdrive", he and Bart drove Red Barclay's truck and it had an autodrive system.