Boyz N the Highlands/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The title is either a reference to the song "Boyz-n-the-Hood" by Eazy-E, or the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood.
  • The title is also a reference to Season 5 episode "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood".
• Bart's story in the episode is based on the black comedy film Get Duked!
• Dolph says that the name "Axel" is reserved for Axl Rose.
• Martin says the Satanists will slaughter every hair on Axel's "chinny chin chin", a reference to "The Three Little Pigs".
• Martin has a FatBit, a parody of the Fitbit.
• Suffragette Monopoly is a parody of Monopoly and a reference to Suffragette.
  • The $100 note has a picture of Lucretia Mott on, while the $50 note has a picture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton on.
• Never Sorry! is a parody of Sorry!.
• Pranksters of Catan is a parody of Settlers of Catan.
• Soda-Land is a parody of Candy Land.
• Connect One is a parody of Connect Four.
• Nelson quotes the Walt Whitman poem "Song of Myself" with the line "I contain multitudes."
• Nelson and Dolph find an Airbnb.
• "Everybody's Jumpin'" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, from the album Time Out, plays in the Airbnb.
• Martin says that he watches Caillou.
• The descending pendulum blade is a reference to The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.
• Martin says that the movement of the pendulum swings in the pattern of "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II. The song plays in the waltz scene.
• Madison sold essential oils on Facebook.
• Over the weekend, Homer, Marge and Lisa watched Little Women on TV.

Trivia

• Martin's parents are revealed to be named Gareth and Gloria.
• This episode reveals a darker side to Martin's life. Specifically, that his parents force him to be an overachiever to the point where he sees two therapists and takes three different medications.

Continuity

• Homer wrote a poem called "Another Rapping Tomato", a sequel to his poem "Rapping Tomato" from "Moe'N'a Lisa".
• One of the medications that Martin takes is Focusyn. ("Brother's Little Helper")

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