Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story/References
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"Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story"
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Cultural references[edit]
- The title of the episode is a reference to the movie Capitalism: A Love Story.
- The concept of the episode, and LifeBoat, are based on Theranos, founded by Elizabeth Holmes.
- Persephone Odair followed in the footsteps of Bill Gates by dropping out of Harvard University, but surpassed him by never having gone there at all.
- The dramatic squirrel that Mr. Burns cut a forest down over is a reference to the Dramatic Chipmunk meme.
- Persephone once tried to clone technology executive Sheryl Sandberg for a school project.
- Mr. Burns asks Persephone if John Muir, Friedrich Engels, or Mike Doonesbury, the main character of the comic strip Doonesbury, had sent her.
- The oil executive says that the chemicals they use to put out fires turns alligators into Godzillas.
- Persephone's Financial Vision Board includes a picture of Shrek and Barack Obama.
- Persephone says that Burns funding LifeBoat will put him in the same pantheon as J. Paul Getty, Vanderbilt, and the Spanx lady.
- Mr. Burns' wealthy friends include George W. Bush, Guy Fieri, Jeff Bezos, Rupert Murdoch, and Bill Belichick.
- "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten plays multiple times in the episode.
- Other water brands seen on the bar graph include Dasani, Danone, and Aquafina.
- Mr. Burns and Persephone appear on the cover of Nintendo Power, with Burns parodying Mario and Persephone parodying Princess Peach from Mario.
- Mr. Burns' backless suit parodies one worn by Timothée Chalamet.
- Homer asks if the documentary is like The Office where he has to always look at the camera and do a "big take" so the audience knows when to laugh.
- He then looks at the camera and does a big take.
- Professor Frink said that working for LifeBoat was still better than working for Zuckerberg.
- Lisa has a LifeBoat poster that says "Mission: Potable" on it, a reference to Mission: Impossible.
- The cover of Lucre magazine has a headline that says "Scrooge McDuck: You Can't Dive Into a Pool of Bitcoin."
- People on Twitter complained about Persephone. Mr. Burns then bought Twitter for her.
- Burns says that the previous owner of Twitter had to sell it after his self-driving Mars rocket crashed into the International Space Station, a reference to Elon Musk and Tesla's self-driving cars.
- Peter Jackson has a poster of Kong vs. Smaug on his wall, a reference to the films King Kong and The Hobbit, both directed by Jackson. He also has a picture of the characters from the film Meet the Feebles doing a parody of The Beatles' album Abbey Road. Jackson also directed The Beatles: Get Back.
- Jackson had footage of The Beatles (and Yoko Ono) discussing drinking water.
- ESPN's 30 for 30 presented the documentary On Thin Ice: The LifeBoat Naming Rights Scandal.
- The LifeBoat stadium was previously branded under FTX, MoviePass, Quibi, and Bartles & Jaymes Wine Coolers.
- Carl has been to over 700 Jimmy Buffett concerts.
- Jab soda is a parody of Tab.
- Carl says that the water the LifeBoat machines make still has more salt than all the glasses in "Margaritaville", a song by Jimmy Buffett.
- In the Ken Burns' documentary, Peter Coyote says that LifeBoat employees had "drunk the Kool-Aid".
- Persephone's grandfather's hobby is fixing British spellings on Wikipedia.
- A corpse flower in bloom is seen behind Mr. Burns in his greenhouse.
- Bart only has 3 minor appearances on this episode but he has no speaking lines. However, Nancy Cartwright is still credited despite not voicing any of her characters on this episode. This makes Dan Castellaneta the only cast member to be heard in every episode of the series.
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