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Cultural references
- The episode title is a wordplay on the labor law term "hostile workplace".
- The storybook telling of the story is a parody of Dr. Seuss books.
- Barney is seen puking in a blue version of the hat from The Cat in the Hat.
- Groundskeeper Willie reads Weeder's Digest, a parody of Reader's Digest.
- The fuse box in Springfield Elementary has a "Vote Aye on Scottish Independence" badge in, a reference to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.
- Kirk tells Milhouse than Grandpa Van Houten prepared a Caesar salad for Dean Martin.
- The Spray-On Music can plays The Price Is Right losing horns sound.
- Kirk demands that the school bans "Critical Brace Theory", a reference to critical race theory.
- Superintendent Chalmers mentions missing the new episode of The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah.
- Kirk speaks to Tucker Carlson on Fox News.
- "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" plays at the Springfield Egg Nog Days festival.
- Kirk says "with great power comes great 'you have to like me'", a parody of the phrase "With great power comes great responsibility" from Marvel Comics.
Continuity
- Bart is seen reading The Death of Radioactive Man. ("Married to the Blob")
- The people in the Great Springfield Gazebo sing "I Will Always Be True" from The Christmas That Almost Wasn't But Then Was. ("Skinner's Sense of Snow")
- Gloria Prince mentions "darkest chapters" in Springfield's history, such as the Springfield Monorail ("Marge vs. the Monorail") and Lady Gaga's visit. ("Lisa Goes Gaga")
