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Cultural references

• The episode's title is a pun on the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. A film of the same name was released in 1975.
  • The episode parodies elements from the novel and film, including the references to writer Ernest Hemingway, to Paris and to the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
• In the episode's couch gag, Lisa is reading The Comprehensive 20 Year Simpsons Episode Guide, which is a parody of the real-life The Simpsons guide book, Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20 in both appearance and name.
  • Moe mentions that FOX payed for the 499th episode celebration thinking it was the 500th.
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "Roses Are Red, Violence Is Due" is a pun on the phrase "Roses are red, violets are blue" from the love poem "Roses Are Red".
• The television show MythBusters is parodied throughout the episode's subplot, where Bart and Milhouse see the TV show MythCrackers and, inspired by the show, go on to test several myths on their own. Several of the myths they test are parodies of myths that were tested on MythBusters.

MythCrackers is a parody of MythBusters. One of the experiments shown features Jamie dropping a penny from the Empire State Building, which was done in a real episode of MythBusters

• The MythCrackers intro includes experiments on:
  • The soda geyser physical reaction, created with Buzz Cola and Mentos.
  • Light reflection in mirrors.
  • Debunking all religions except "the Jesus-based ones". Figures of Ganesha, Buddha, Zeus and Jesus can be seen.
  • The penny drop from the Empire State Building in New York City. This is a real episode from the 2003 season of MythBusters.
• When Adam and Jamie shoot the stuffed bear out of a cannon, its fur burns off in mid-flight, revealing a robot skeleton that resembles the Terminator's.
• The Yuk-ingham Palace store's name is a pun on Buckingham Palace, the primary residence of the British monarch.
• The Light Cavalry Overture by Franz von Suppé is heard when Homer and Bart spend time together at the Testoster-Zone.
• The arcade game Aunts vs. Zombies is a parody of Plants vs. Zombies while Triangle Wars uses the font of Star Wars.
• At Luigi's, Marge was worried that someone was about to put Thousand Island dressing into Vinaigrette.
• Nick is reading A Farewell to Arm, a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway. Nick later cites "the shortest answer is doing the thing", a phrase attributed to Hemingway.
• Nick would like to listen to Lisa's first name in some place he considers important, and mentions the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, or in the back of a vaporetto waterbus in Venice.
• The candy cigarettes are named "Licky Strikes", a pun on Lucky Strike, a well-known brand of cigarettes.
• The French song heard at Le Petite Appétit is an instrumental version of "La Vie en rose" by Édith Piaf. The hip-hop song is "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy.
• The Needle Exchange store name is a pun on the needle exchange program for injection drug users.

The running of the Bullies parodies the famous running of the bulls in Pamplona. The sequence hints The Sun Also Rises, which is partially set in that Spanish city

• Non, je ne regrette rien, another song by Édith Piaf, is heard when Lisa and Nick spend time together.
  • The running of the Bullies is a parody of the famous running of the bulls that takes place in Pamplona, Spain. The sequence hints at The Sun Also Rises, parodied in name, in which the running is a film highlight.
• Monuments and buildings at the minigolf include Mount Rushmore, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Eiffel Tower and the Pyramids of Giza.
• Marge is reading Peter Pan to Lisa. The character Tootles from the Lost Boys is mentioned by Marge.
• Nick would like to take Lisa to the "Doritos Nutrition Fair" held at the school gym.
• According to Abe, Lisa and Nick's relationship reminds him of Pyramus and Thisbe, a pair of ill-fated lovers from Babylon in Greek mythology. The Old Jewish man adds that Pyramus and Thisbe inspired William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which inspired West Side Story.
• The talking parrot in Disney's Pyramus and Thisbe is a reference to Disney's Aladdin, and more specifically, Iago.
• The legend of "Eleanor Mackie" is based on that of Bloody Mary.
• Nelson "smokes" a Twix biscuit cigar.
• Milhouse mentions the American Girl brand of dolls.
• Groundskeeper Willie is originally from Kirkwall, the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. Willie talks about his parents being "Uppies and Doonies", which refer to two rival groups Kirkwall Ba' Game, a traditional ball game played in Kirkwall.
• The elders at Springfield Retirement Castle are watching the talk show Maury, hosted by Maury Povich.
• Nick lied to Lisa by telling her he rowed up the Zambezi river without a guide.
• Homer misheard "Ultimate frisbee" when Abe was referring to the Greek lover Thisbe.
• At Mulberry Island, Lisa has visions of Ernest Hemingway's first wife Hadley Richardson and second wife Pauline Pfeiffer.
  • A mariln also appears in Lisa's vision, criticizing the writer. Hemingway was a well-known practitioner of Marlin fishing.

Trivia

• Abe's version of Pryamus and Thisbe is incorrect. Most of it is true except that Pyramus and Thisbe died not long after reaching the tree.

Goofs

• The driver that pulls up next to the Testoster-Zone is driving on the LEFT side of the road.
• When outside Le Petite Appetit, and when Nick says to the waiter "Perhaps we can try a little harder, for the lady?", there is a noticeboard (it says "MENU", but below it is nonsensical text) behind the waiter with the cafe logo and two columns of text. In the next shot (a close-up of the waiter), there is now a blue box with a line down the middle there instead, underneath "MENU".