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Cultural references[edit]

• The episode's title is a pun on Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
  • The painting was previously punned in the episodes "Moaning Lisa", "Moe'N'a Lisa" and "Mona Leaves-a".
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "P.U." is a parody of the 2009 Disney-Pixar film Up, specifically it recreates the iconic Up opening sequence where Ellie and Carl's relationship through time is shown.
  • The "Wedding March" and "Married Life" (by Michael Giacchino) play during the episode.
  • The clouds resemble Pixar characters Mike Wazowski from the Monsters, Inc. franchise, Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story franchise and WALL-E from WALL-E.
  • Scratchy and Mrs. Scratchy are seen putting money into a jar labeled "Parody Falls", a reference to "Paradise Falls", the place Carl wanted to visit in Up.
• Abe invested most of his savings in a Broadway musical based on the real-life story of Eddie Gaedel. Gaedel was the smallest player to appear in a Major League Baseball game weighing 60 pounds (27 kg) and standing 3 feet 7 inches (109 cm) tall.
  • Abe also wrote a song for American League president Will Harridge. Harridge was widely known for canceling Eddie Gaedel's contract with the St. Louis Browns for considering it "a mockery of baseball".
• The Real Housewives of Ogdenville parody The Real Housewives reality show franchise.
• Lisa listens to Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance.
• Nelson calls himself "Nelson Mandela" Muntz, referencing the South African anti-apartheid activist and politician.
• Mrs. Muntz mentions White Castle, an American hamburger restaurant chain.
• The name of Nelson's small business, Snot Wheels, is a parody of the toy car company, Hot Wheels.
• Nelson thought he was sent the 50 dollars by "someone cool" like the brand of cookies Famous Amos or American radio producer Baba Booey.
• One of Homer's idea is to go to work using an umbrella like Mary Poppins.
• Milhouse sings the nursery rhyme "Hot Cross Buns".

Homer bought a five-hundred-dollar Gucci carpet for the front door of 742 Evergreen Terrace

• Homer bought a five-hundred-dollar Gucci carpet for the front door of 742 Evergreen Terrace.
• Lenny says that, due to the lining on the TV, he can't be sure if he's watching a rerun of Seinfeld or The New Adventures of Old Christine.
• The suitcase Homer wants to return has a tag with the code "MSY", which corresponds to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
• At the entrepreneur expo:
  • The stands include:
    • King Thong, a pun on King Kong.
    • Stiff-In-A-Box, a pun on Jack-in-the-box.
    • Mextel Cellular, a pun on the now defunct American wireless service operator Nextel.
    • Jiffy Boob, a pun on the popcorn brand Jiffy Pop.
    • Ohm Depot is a pun on Home Depot and the sacred sound ohm used in several Indian religions.
  • Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, mentioned his drop out of Harvard College. He also mentions other business magnates that dropped out of college, including:
    • Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.
    • Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Atlantic.
• Abe mentioned he once gave a dollar to a homeless and he used the money to buy an Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
• Nelson created a The Wizard of Oz themed bicycle for Dewey Largo.
• The waltz "Les Patineurs" by Émile Waldteufel is heard when Lisa and Nelson are skating together.

Continuity[edit]

• Lisa and Nelson talk about the time they used to date. ("Lisa's Date with Density")
• Facebook is shown for the first time, although it was previously mentioned in "Father Knows Worst", "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" and "Bart Gets a "Z"", and "Coming to Homerica" in the Chalkboard Gag.
• Itchy previously vacuumed up Scratchy's ghost in "Remembrance of Things Slashed".
• Several characters from previous episodes are friends with Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook.
  • Tattoo Annie from "Marge in Chains".
  • Hollis Hurlbut from "Lisa the Iconoclast".
  • Hank Scorpio from "You Only Move Twice".
  • Lucius Sweet from "The Homer They Fall".
  • Steve Mobbs from "MyPods and Boomsticks"
• When Marge is looking at purses, she points out a Princess Penelope purse. "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"

Goofs[edit]

• Grampa previously gave the Simpson family their inheritance in "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", meaning he has now given them their inheritance twice.
  • Though Grampa is senile so probably forgot. This could also be why Lisa asked if he's sure about it.

International premieres[edit]

• "Loan-a-Lisa" premiered on 14 October 2010 in the UK.
• The episode was broadcast two days after the theatrical release of The Social Network, a film on Mark Zuckerberg's founding of Facebook.