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Cultural references

• The episode is a sequel of the season 4 episode "Kamp Krusty".
  • Onscreen text references to the episode.
  • At the end of the episode, it is stated that this episode will have another sequel titled "Kamp Krustiest" on Season 52.
• Air Force One and Vladimir Putin riding a winged horse are seen in the title screen gag.
• In Bart's treehouse, Homer makes the Tarzan yell. Instead of using it for Homer's, Dan Castellaneta, Homer's voice actor, did the yell in his Homer voice.

Chief Wiggum approaching the treehouse makes drinks shake like in the T-Rex scene from Jurassic Park

• Chief Wiggum approaching the treehouse makes drinks shake and stomping noises like in Jurassic Park, where some scenes of the film have loud stomping noises that causes drinks to shake.
• One of the children seen exiting the Kamp Krusty bus has the voice and mannerisms of late comedian Rodney Dangerfield who voiced Larry Burns in "Burns, Baby Burns".
• Lisa mentions that at Kamp Krusty, every night, they showed The Parent Trap. The child therapist also mentions Disney.
• The Child therapist owns a Toyota Corolla and blocked Seymour Skinner's car.
  • When he says, "I wish eyes were smiling" he is parodying When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.
• Homer and Marge try to imitate American entertainers Penn & Teller.
• The title of the The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "Dancing with the Scars", is a parody of Dancing with the Stars.
  • The hosts Tomcat Bergeron and Alleycat Deeley's names are references to the host of Dancing with the Stars Tom Bergeron and Cat Deeley, who hosts So You Think You Can Dance.
  • Itchy hurls sabres at Scratchy to the music of Aram Khachaturian's Sabre Dance from his Gayane ballet.
  • A Buffalo Sabres player is thrown by Scratchy to Itchy. The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. Khatchaturian's Sabre Dance has become their unofficial anthem.
• Lenny references red beans and rice, an emblematic dish from Louisiana.
• Lenny equates the unlikelihood of Homer not wanting to screw around to that of Aquaman moving to Phoenix.
• I Love Lucy: During his "smart" phase, Homer sorts nuggets of U-235 and U-232 as they pass by him on a conveyor belt. When he can't keep up with the flow, he starts eating the nuggets — a sight gag on the scene in the "Job Switching" episode where Lucy and Ethel wrap chocolates in a candy factory.
• Half-Dozen Flags is a parody of Six Flags.

The Grunions Ride parodies the Minions from Despicable Me

• The Grunions Ride is a parody of the Universal Studios ride, "Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem", and features the characters Minions from Despicable Me.
• When Homer was too focused on his job, Marge says "I'm too tired to get my groove back", a reference to the film How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
• The unbelievable things men have accomplished according to Homer are: the Pyramids of Egypt, the Duomo and Microsoft.
• Homer mistakes "Therapy" for a Theremin.
• William Masters and Virginia Johnson from Masters of Sex give advice to Homer and Marge. They are voiced by Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, who also portray them in the real-life series.
• The Kids at the Kids Klub in Klub Krusty sing "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?".
• Sideshow Mel and other people at Kamp Krusty did a play of The Phantom of the Opera.
• The songs one of the Homers in his brain play plays are Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber, Boléro by Maurice Ravel and the "First call".
• Charlie worked for Departures magazine.
• During the end credits, Kevin Michael Richardson sings a cover version of "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" by Barry White.
  • The Homers sitting on a girder is a reference to the famous photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper.
• When Ralph Wiggum says he has "lemon lime disease", he actually means Lyme disease.
• At the end, Homer sits on the couch with Duff and remote, blankly watching TV as the announcer says "Next on FOX", further illustrating that his brain has indeed stopped working.

Continuity

• Vladimir Putin flying on a horse is a reference to his appearance in Homer Votes 2016.
• The episode is a sequel to the episode "Kamp Krusty" and Kamp Krusty is shown in its destroyed state, including the totem. Later in the episode, the Simpson family returns to it, but it changed to an adult spa, Klub Krusty.
• The first line of "Hail to Thee, Kamp Krusty" is sung by the children in Kamp Krusty.