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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to Frankenstein's monster.
• Bend It Like Buffett is a reference to Warren Buffett.
• How to Succeed in Business by Trying is a parody of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying: The Dastard's Guide to Fame and Fortune.
• The work interview is done on Zoom.
• Professor Frink mentions the Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, the Nobel Prize, the Oscar and the Time magazine.
  • Frink, Sam, Larry, Barney, Lenny and Carl all show their Oscars.
• When Homer asks the Viking masseuse what Vikings can't do, the masseuse says "Win the Super Bowl", a reference to the Minnesota Vikings NFL team never winning one.
• Life in Hell-Sinki is a reference to Matt Groening's Life in Hell comic. The character from the comic appears on the cover.

Continuity

• Carl mentions Homer being responsible for the dome placed over Springfield. ("The Simpsons Movie")
• List of Homer's jobs in his résumé and in Lisa's lament:
  • Being an astronaut. ("Deep Space Homer")
  • Being a World Cup referee. ("You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee")
  • Working as Mr. Plow. ("Mr. Plow")
  • Toothpaste cap screwer.
  • Owner of the Denver Broncos. ("You Only Move Twice")
  • Captain of SpringShield. ("Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge")
  • Working as head crossing guard. ("Homer's Crossing")
  • Working as Sanitation commissioner. ("Trash of the Titans")
  • Working as a Newspaper food critic. ("Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?")
  • Working as a volunteer fireman. ("Crook and Ladder")
  • Took cannon balls in stomach. ("Homerpalooza")
  • Hosted cable access show. ("Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson")
  • Homer as a member of The Be Sharps. ("Homer's Barbershop Quartet")
  • Working as a voice actor. ("The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", "Angry Dad: The Movie")
  • Working as a carny. ("Bart Carny")
  • Working as a manure salesman. ("Springfield Up")
  • Being a Town crier. ("Lisa the Iconoclast")
  • Working as a Mall Santa. ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire")
  • Working as a used car salesman. ("Diatribe of a Mad Housewife")
  • Being a Krusty impersonator. ("Homie the Clown")
  • Working as a stand-up comedian. ("Simprovised")
  • Working as a Springfield Women's Prison guard. ("Orange is the New Yellow")
  • Being a Roadie. ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")
  • Working as a grease collector. ("Lard of the Dance")
  • Being a prank monkey. ("Homer vs. Dignity")
  • Being a fish gutter. ("Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo")
  • Being a one man band. ("Bart Gets Famous")
• Other scenes in Lisa's lament:
  • Working as a bodyguard for Quimby. ("Mayored to the Mob")
  • Working as a safety salamander. ("See Homer Run")
  • Working as a dancing mascotte for the Springfield Isotopes. ("Dancin' Homer")
  • Working as a football coach. ("Bart Star")
  • Working as Duffman. ("Waiting for Duffman")
  • Working as a boxer. ("The Homer They Fall")
  • Homer in "Brick Like Me".
  • Working as a Monorail conductor. ("Marge vs. the Monorail")
  • Making a movie with Krusty. ("The Clown Stays in the Picture")
  • Pie Man Homer. ("Simple Simpson")
  • Selling quack medicine with Grampa. ("Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy")
  • Being a Rockstar. ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation")
  • Selling tomacco plants. ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)").