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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the film The Banshees of Inisherin. Mrs McCormick appears in the episode.
• Nostra Drum-Bass is a reference to Nostradamus.
• Wolfgang Von Bassdrop is a parody of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Among Homer's old records:
  • Smash Mouth's album of the same name.
  • Thomas Dolby's album "She Blinded Me with Science".
  • Devo's album "Whip It".
  • Taco's album "Puttin' On the Ritz".
  • Bart starts mixing up with She Blinded Me with Science and Whip It.
• Homer creates A Quiet Place box from the mind of John Krasinski, mentioning both the movie and the director. Marge says she hates that guy.
• Lisa cites W. B. Yeats's poem The Second Coming.
• Lisa tells Homer he quoted the movie Point Break on his apology.
• Homer tells Judge Harm he hates Ned more than Tennessee Tuxedo hated the tedium of his life in the zoo, mentioning the story of the cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales. He also mentions Chumley the walrus.
• On U-completeamine allucinations, Homer and Ned start seeing each other as:
  • Itchy and Scratchy.
  • Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody from Toy Story.
  • The Muppets.
  • Batman and Robin.
  • Mr. Burns and Smithers.
  • Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
  • Chewbacca and Han Solo from Star Wars.
  • He-Man and Skeletor from Masters of the Universe.
  • Jesse Pinkman and Walter White from Breaking Bad.
  • Lucy Van Pelt and Charlie Brown from Peanuts, with the last one reenacting the usual scene with Charlie Brown slipping thanks to Lucy removing the ball.

Trivia

• Todd's voice has been changed for an unknown reason.
• This is the firs time since "Bart the Mother" where the voice of Phil Hartman is heard, in archive footage, after his death.

Continuity

• Scenes in Homer's shrine include:
  • A painting of Homer as an angel and a devil on clouds.
  • Drooling, D'ohing and angry Homer face plates.
  • A picture of Homer in his underwear drinking a beer.
  • A picture of Homer screaming after eating the Guatemalan Insanity Pepper. ("El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer")
  • A picture of the scene where Homer's eye is sucked out by the vacuum cleaner. ("Lard of the Dance")
  • A picture of Homer with a lampshade over his head. ("The War of the Simpsons")
  • A picture of Homer trying DIY. ("Mom and Pop Art")
  • A picture of Homer driving a shopping cart.
  • A picture of Homer disappearing into a hedge. ("Homer Loves Flanders")
  • A statue of Homer and Marge as Adam and Eve.
  • A picture of Homer in a suit.
  • A picture of Homer working from home. ("King-Size Homer")
  • A picture of Homer eating a sandwich.
  • A picture of Homer drinking beer from his hat.
  • A statue of Homer sleeping on the couch with a Duff Beer on his belly.
  • A picture of Homer taking a bath and eating in it.
  • A picture of Homer eating on the couch.
  • An adonis Homer statue with Maggie beneath him.
• Scenes in Ned's shrine include:
  • A Ned golden plate.
  • A picture of the Flanders family eating around the table.
  • A picture of Ned teaching Rod and Todd baseball.
  • A picture of Ned singing Stella! and a statue of him shirtless. ("A Streetcar Named Marge")
  • A picture of Ned praying.
  • A picture of the Flanders family hiking. ("Fland Canyon")
  • Four Ned busts.
  • A statue of Cyrus Manley. ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
  • A picture of Ned shoveling snow while Homer is exhausted on the floor.
  • A picture of Homer with the Nacho hat and Ned at the Pigskin Classic. ("Homer Loves Flanders")
  • A picture of Ned saving Homer from the house fire. ("Homer the Heretic")
  • A picture of the Flanders family singing Rise and Shine. ("Homer the Heretic")
  • A picture of the Jesus is watching scene. ("'Tis the Fifteenth Season")
  • A picture of Ned and Rod playing hoops, in the scene where Homer disappears in the hedge. ("Homer Loves Flanders")
  • A picture of Stupid Sexy Flanders. ("Little Big Mom")
• The Homer disappearing in the hedge is rappresented in both shrines, in Homer's, showing him disappearing, and in Ned's, showing what they're doing before it occurs.
• Scenes seen in the credits mashup (created by hoodinternet on Instagram):
  • Mr. Burns singing "See My Vest". ("Two Dozen and One Greyhounds")
  • "Señor Burns". ("Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)")
  • Goobie-Woo singing "That Was Marge, Bitch". ("Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass")
  • The Stonecutters singing "We Do". ("Homer the Great")
  • Lisa singing the "Union Strike Folk Song (Parts 1 & 2)". ("Last Exit to Springfield")
  • Homer singing the "Poochie Rap Song". ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show")
  • "Look at All the Lonely Barflies". ("Cremains of the Day")
  • "Stop the Planet of the Apes I Want to Get Off". ("A Fish Called Selma")
  • Lyle Lanley singing "The Monorail Song". ("Marge vs. the Monorail")
  • The "Do the Bartman" music video. ("Simpson Tide")
  • Funky-See, Funky Do lip syncing their song in The Soul Mass Transit System show. ("Radio Bart")
  • Lisa jazzing with Bleeding Gums Murphy. ("Moaning Lisa")
  • Quilloughby singing "Everyone Is Horrid Except Me (and Possibly You)". ("Panic in the Streets of Springfield")
  • The Flaming Moe's. ("Flaming Moe's")
  • Kirk Van Houten singing "Can I Borrow a Feeling?". ("A Milhouse Divided")
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic singing "Brain Freeze". ("That '90s Show")
  • Lisa playing the sax while Bart watches from afar. ("Lisa's Sax")
  • Homer singing "Shaving My Shoulders". ("Mom and Pop Art")
  • Dr. Hibbert, Reverend Lovejoy, Homer, Apu and Kirk performing as the band Sungazer. ("Covercraft")
  • Marge trying to cheer up Bart by dancing. ("Little Orphan Millie")
  • Homer singing "Mr. Plow". ("Mr. Plow")
  • Homer stopping the turntable. ("Homer's Phobia")