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Cultural references

• The title of the episode refers to the Saga, which is a prose story and history composed in Iceland, and a main element in this episode.
• The Eastern Europe tennis players on the Woman's Doubles Final have names similar to those of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Petra Kvitová.

The Ninja from the Black Lagoon is a reference to the 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon

• Bart and Lisa watched Ki-Ya Karate Monsters instead of Planet Jackson and the Earth Brigade, a parody of the animated TV series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
  • Kung Fu Werewolf is a reference to the Werewolf.
  • Judo Mummy is a reference to The Mummy.
  • Taekwon Dracula is a reference to Bram Stoker's Dracula.
  • The Ninja from the Black Lagoon is a reference to the 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon.
  • Blob Jitsu is a reference to The Blob, a 1958 sci-fi film.
  • Franken Samurai is a reference to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
  • Mixed Martial Medusa is a reference to Medusa.
  • Krav-Ma Golem, which is similar to the Male Golem, is a reference to Der Golem.
• An exhibit titled "Myth Punchers" is seen at the Science Museum, a reference to MythBusters.
• A demonstration experiment of the binomial distribution is seen in the Hall of Probability at the Science Museum.

Blaise Pascal made notable contributions to the probability theory. Pascal's calculator can be seen at his office

• Bart and Lisa watch Take a Chance on Probability! hosted by Blaise Pascal, who made notable contributions to the probability theory. Pascal's calculator, an abacus and a weighing scale are seen in Pascal's office.
  • The film also features the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, and the Notre-Dame de Paris, three of Paris' most famous landmarks.
• On the lottery ticket
  • Moe bet for the number 3 in the lottery as it was "the number of brothers and sisters Hunger Games-ed in the womb", a reference to the book and film series.
  • Homer picks 69, stating he does not know why people laugh at the number, a reference to the number being used to refer to a sex position.
• An angry Moe says he was going to turn Carl into ice cubes and drop them in urinals at the Gathering of the Juggalos, the annual festival of rap artists.
• The Strokkur Geysir was seen in the reflection of Carl's glasses.
• Lisa reads about the geyser on Wikipedia.
• Homer thought Iceland was "Superman's Superman Cave". Homer is referring to the Fortress of Solitude, typically depicted as being in frozen tundra and away from civilization.
• Lisa highlights Iceland's genealogy. Iceland's genealogical records date back to the late 17th century with some records dating back even to the 9th century.
• On the Valhalla Air plane (a reference to Valhalla), Moe is reading Let's Go Get Revenge... Iceland, a parody of the Let's Go travel guide series.

In Reykjavík, The Sun Voyager sculpture (Sólfar) and the Perlan are seen.

• The Icelandic Museum of National History has the shape of the Perlan building, a landmark in Reykjavík.
• A statue of famous Icelandic artist Björk is seen inside the museum. She is wearing the iconic swan dress she wore at the 73rd Academy Awards.
• The Fjord Fjiesta rental car is a play-on-words of the Ford Fiesta and fjords.
• Some trolls and fairys are seen dancing around the car during the auroras night.
• Carl's car is a parody of a Mercedes-Benz.
• The song "Olsen Olsen" by the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós is heard when Homer, Lenny, Carl and Moe spend time together.
• The comedy film The Hangover, and later its sequel, The Hangover Part II, are seen playing at the Aztec Theater.
• The Sun Voyager sculpture (Sólfar) by Jón Gunnar Árnason is seen when Homer, Lenny and Moe travel by bus.
• The friends forgive Carl in front of the Hallgrímskirkja, the iconic Lutheran church in Reykjavík. The Leif Eriksson Memorial is also seen.
• Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is seen among the public and Homer mentions her sexual identity. Jóhanna is well known for being the first openly LGBT world leader. She served as the Prime Minister of Iceland from February 1, 2009 to May 23, 2013.
• At the end, the four friends spend time together at the Blue Lagoon, a geothermal spa in southwestern Iceland.

Trivia

• The statue of Björk in the Icelandic Museum of National History was seen blinking.
• The number plate of the Fjord Fjiesta that Homer, Moe, and Lenny rented in Iceland is RABF14, the production code for the episode.
• When Homer, Lenny, and Moe are studying Old Icelandic, one of the words they learn is "Forvitinn", meaning "nosy". Upon their arrival in the country, an Icelander described his fellow citizens as "very nosy".
• Carl's family tree says nothing about Carlotta Carlson. This may have been because his sister wasn't adopted by his adoptive family and he may have met her at a later period, when he had moved to the USA.

Continuity

• In the season 14 episode "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky", Carl said, when it was bright in the middle of the night, that it reminded him of his Icelandic boyhood.