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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the movie Last Action Hero.
• The tableau of the Simpsons in the couch gag is an homage to the painting The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya.
• The Rich Texan refers to Mr. Burns as Davy Crockett.
• Mr. Burns blames the surface tension when he is bouncing on the water.
• "Mr. Big Stuff" by Jean Knight is heard when Homer takes advantage of Mr. Burns' belongings.
• The song the parrots sing in Mr. Burns' office is "Wiki-Waka Liki-Laka", written by Bill Odenkirk with lyrics by Chris Ledesma. The song is a parody of the theme for the Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room".
• Abe says he participated in the cast of the Shelbyville production of the musical Pippin.
• The song playing after the black and white scene with the puzzle is "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn.

Bart's throwing a sledgehammer at the screen showing Lisa's face as "Big Brother" is a reference to the Macintosh commercial "1984"

• The sequence that ends with Bart throwing a sledgehammer at the screen showing Lisa's face as "Big Brother" is a reference to the commercial "1984", aired during the Super Bowl XVIII that introduced the Macintosh computer.
  • It was referenced in "MyPods and Boomsticks" too.
  • The uniform she wears later as bus monitor is the same as the one she wore as the imagined "Big Brother".
    • The uniform is a reference to Tilda Swinton's character Minister Mason in the movie Snowpiercer.
• Mr. Burns tells his lawyers that being told to omit mention of his hounds is like telling pitcher Three-Finger Brown he can't play for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops, a now extinct baseball team.
• Marge mentions Princess Leia and C-3PO from Star Wars.
• Mr. Burns owned the Nuclear Power Plant that is famous for the Chernobyl disaster.
• The Tragic School Bus is a reference to The Magic School Bus.
  • The music heard during the "Tragic Bus" montage and again during the end credits is "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky.
• The book Callback Mountain is a reference to the book On Call Back Mountain by Eve Bunting.
• Lisa's American History answers to (inferred) questions at the end refer to:
  • 1848: the year gold was discovered in California, beginning the California Gold Rush.
  • Steward's Folly [sic]: Lisa misspoke: this would have been Seward's Folly, the purchase of Alaska from Russia.

Trivia

• As of this episode, Kevin Michael Richardson is credited as also starring, having been credited as special guest voice previously.
• The title of the episode is also a reference to the The Itchy & Scratchy Show's episode of the same name.
• Instead of on TV after the couch gag, the credits for the episode were shown on the Power Plant parking lot.
• When Homer sings sUe S.A. sUe S.A., he's holding an American flag with Damages written on it. In the trailer, for the episode it wasn't shown.

Goofs

• The sign "Reserved for Montgomery Burns" only appears when Carl mentions it.
• Bart's signature, "Father, good luck", on Homer's cast disappear between scenes.
• Skinner's filing cabinet misses drawers for I and J.