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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a wordplay on Canada's national anthem "O Canada".
• The couch gag parodies the sets of various sitcoms: The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch and Cheers. It's also a repeat of "How the Test Was Won"'s.
• The Simpsons pass by:
  • a Toys R Us store, with the mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe attempting to hang himself but failing because his neck is too long for him to "hang."
  • a bankrupt Sears and Roebuck.
  • Circuit City overrun by wild dogs.
• Homer holds a pendant for the Buffalo Bills.
• The Simpsons drive by a Kodak plant that is demolished.
• In Homer's song, a parody of "New York, New York" from the musical On the Town, he mentions that Benedict Arnold fought in Upstate New York.
• Second Best Western is a reference to Best Western hotels.
• Lisa's foster family mention the following Canadian restaurant chains: Harvey's, Swiss Chalet, Mr. Sub, Earls and Humpty's.
• The Alanis Morissette Elementary School is named after Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette.
• Students at the school can Skype with prime minister Justin Trudeau.
• Lisa asked Justin Trudeau about the SNC-Lavalin affair, which allegations started almost three months before broadcast of this episode.
• When Lisa's teacher says that they're doing a play based on a Canadian novel, Oliver asks if it's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler.
  • The play is actually The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
  • Lisa asks if she can try out for the role of Offred.
• Marge crosses the Detroit River on Ambassador Bridge.
• The sign outside Lisa's foster home says "Give us your Alec Baldwins and Lena Dunhams."
• The Newfie sings "Islander Forever", written by Arthur O'Brien of The Navigators.
• The American Consulate says "Coming Soon - Julian Assange."
• Marge said that the last vote Homer cast was for Quisp. Homer then held up a box of the cereal, a reference to politician: Felipe Quispe
• The drink Molson's Jr. is a reference to Canadian politician John Molson Jr.
• When Lisa imagines famous Americans, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe plays.
• Lisa imagines Abraham Lincoln, Dumbo, Aretha Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Seabiscuit, Watson (the computer that won Jeopardy!), Judy Blume and Louis Armstrong.
• The Canadians getting Marge and Lisa across the river said that for every Martin Short there's no shortage of William Shatners.
• When Lisa returns to Springfield, "America the Beautiful" by Samuel A. Ward plays.
• Lisa's Canadian class watches an episode of The Beachcombers.
• During the end credits, "O Canada" by Calixa Lavallée plays.

Trivia

• Mr. Largo mentions that the Springfield Elementary School Band have been working on the same song for 30 years, a reference to the opening sequence.
• The vehicles on Ambassador Bridge all have license plates of production codes:
  • DABF11 - "Weekend at Burnsie's".
  • PABF1? - a season 23 episode.
  • JABF02 - "The Haw-Hawed Couple".
  • YABF14 - "D'oh Canada".
• Ned Flanders' passport number starts off with "YABF14", the production code for the episode.

Continuity

• The Simpsons go to Mt. Splashmore. ("Brush with Greatness")
• The newfie destroys a Robopet. ("Replaceable You")
• Lisa said she missed Princess, the pony she only had for a week. ("Lisa's Pony")
• A portrait of Gordie Howe is seen in the classroom, in Alanis Morissette Elementary School ("Bart the Lover")