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Cultural references[edit]

• Don Bookner always felt something special in Homer, and compared it with what fans feel towards the Chicago Cubs.
• During his retirement, Don compares himself to Fred Flintstone, and says he would be "at the end of the dinosaur tail". This is a reference to The Flintstones opening.
• Homer has a stomachache when he realizes that he must do his job for the first time. Marge tells him that there is a word in Yiddish for what he feels (shpilkes), and Homer replies there are a lot of funny Yiddish words used in English for not so funny things.
• Attractions at the circus:
  • Freaks and Geeks, a reference to Freaks and Geeks.
  • Drillbit Taylor, a reference to Drillbit Taylor.
  • Funny People, a reference to Funny People.
  • Superfat, a reference to Superbad.
  • The 400-Year-Old Virgin, a reference to The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
  • World's Longest Fingernails
• Celtic Charms are a parody of Lucky Charms.
• Sven Golly's name is a pun on Svengali, a manipulative character which was featured in the novel Trilby.
  • It may also be a pun on the hosted horror movie show Svengoolie.
• The ride attraction at Itchy & Scratchy Land where they were flying through Springfield is a reference to Mystery Science Theater 3000.
• A hypnotized Cletus proves the Zorn's lemma.
• "Buddy Ebsen died here" can be read on the Springfield General Hospital board. Ebsen was an actor who played Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies died on July 6, 2003 at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California.
• The saxophone riff that Lisa plays for Homer is from the 1978 song "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty.
• The Shawshank Redemption: Bart spray-paints "El Barto was here" on a wall, and Homer follows suit with "Homo too". The scene is a callback to the halfway house apartment to which both Brooks and Red are paroled. Brooks finds himself unable to adjust to life outside of prison and hangs himself from a support beam, first carving "BROOKS WAS HERE" into the beam. Years later, after Andy's escape, Red is paroled and lives in the same apartment. Red also struggles with adjusting to the outside world, but rather than killing himself, he decides to take Andy up on his invitation to join him in Mexico. Before he leaves, he carves "SO WAS RED" into the support beam next to Brooks's graffiti.

Charlie Hebdo shooting tribute

• There is a tribute to the Charlie Hebdo shooting: Just before the closing credits, Maggie appears on a screen card holding a flag that reads "Je suis Charlie". Maggie's appearance resembles that of the woman in Liberty Leading the People.
• Soarin' Over Springfield is a parody of Soaring Over the Horizon, a ride that can be found in several Disney parks.
• The final scene, where Sven Golly is in an underground prison under the police station and Chief Wiggum plays chess with him:
  • Is a reference to the X-Men film series. Magneto is locked in a plastic prison at the end of X-Men and the beginning of X2. Golly's prison bears a very strong resemblance to Magneto's.
  • Loki appearing in the prison may be a reference to The Avengers where Loki was locked in a glass prison.

Continuity[edit]

• Itchy & Scratchy Land appears again. ("Itchy & Scratchy Land")
• In "Homer the Father" and "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing", Homer previously stopped from strangling Bart ever again.
• Marge mentions the time she cut off Homer's thumb. ("Trilogy of Error")
• Homer spray paints his graffiti tag [El] Homo. ("Large Marge")
• When Bart and Homer go fishing, Bart is wearing his overalls and straw hat. ("E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)")