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Cultural references

• Coach Pommelhorst and Coach Krupt perform a Texas two-step dance.
• Martin's nicotine rage is based on the Vince McMahon reaction meme.
• The children "exploding" out of the school is a reference to the Clicker rampage from The Last of Us.
• Willie refers to America as the "blighted land of Barnenheimmering wrestling believers", referring to Barbenheimer, a cultural phenomenon preceding and surrounding the simultaneous theatrical release of Barbie and Oppenheimer.
• "Good Day" by Nappy Roots from the album The Humdinger plays when Bart and Willie are bonding.
• Bart and Willie upload videos to TikTok.
• Planespotting Airlines is a reference to the book Trainspotting and movie Trainspotting, which take place in Edinburgh.
• Lisa rubbed the toe of a David Hume statue and climbed the Walter Scott Monument. She also ate a Scotch egg.
• The Proclaimers Dentists is a reference to the Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers. The slogan "I would fix 500 smiles" is a reference to their song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".
• Lisa goes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a real performance arts festival.
• Shows seen at the Fringe Festival include:
  • Eddie Izzard in: Pants
  • Musical: The Play
  • Stephen Fry is Hugh Laurie
  • Wordle: A Tragedy in Six Tries
  • Hamlet with Real Dogs
  • The Fourth Wall
  • Car Crash: A Love Story
  • Three Tall Men Eating Cereal
  • "The Play That Goes Wrong" Goes Wrong
  • Woke-lahoma, a reference to Oklahoma! and to Woke
  • Puppetry of the Uvula
  • Toilet Song Trilogy, a reference to Torch Song Trilogy
  • Sing-Along Black Mirror
  • Cunk on Parodies
  • Non-Improvised Shakespeare
  • Hugh Laurie is Stephen Fry
  • The Benny Hillbillies, a reference to Benny Hill and The Beverly Hillbillies.
  • Bad Rapping Tonight!
  • The Backwards Dickens Company
• Homer yelling "free time!" is a reference to the scene in Braveheart where William Wallace yells "freedom!"
• "If You Find Yourself Caught in Love" by Belle and Sebastian from the album Dear Catastrophe Waitress plays during the wedding activities montage.
• Marge says that Willie and Maisie are "like two Shreks in a swamp".
• Pa MacWeldon gives Bart a Cribbage board to play with.
• When Pa MacWeldon addresses Bart with the line "Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie[s]" he is quoting the first line of Robert Burns's poem "To a Mouse."
• Homer calls The St. Andrews Golf Club "the best golf course in the world." Willie's wedding is held there.
• Pa MacWeldon mentions George Clooney and Danny DeVito as celebrities who have their own scotch.
• During the credits the MacWeldon Distillery sign is replaced by one of "Danny Trejo Authentic Scotch Whisky"

Trivia

• Lisa ate a Scotch egg, which contains sausage meat, despite being a vegetarian. However, Lisa says that she regrets eating it.

Continuity

• Homer and Marge visit Ms. Mancuso-Gluckman. ("Treehouse of Horror XXVII")
• Marge mentions the fact that her and Homer made love in the windmill at "Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Centre". ("Natural Born Kissers")
• Scenes of the Bighorn Sheep chasing Lisa are shown when the song "Willie and the Dream of Peat Bogs" mentions Maisie thinking Willie was killed by a sheep. ("The Seemingly Never-Ending Story").
  • The song also includes footage of Willie cleaning the toilet and cleaning puke on the floor. ("Lisa Gets an "A"", "Bye Bye Nerdie")
• Homer and Marge have sexual activity on a golf course. ("I Married Marge" and "Natural Born Kissers")