To Heir I$ Homer/References

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References/Trivia

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Cultural references

• The comic title is a reference to the phrase "to err is human" from An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope.
• Grampa says that Trixe Rutherford asked him to take her to the Sadie Hawkins dance.
• Grampa says that there's a Matlock in Mayberry special on at nine.
• Mr. Burns placing a beer nut underneath a giant stack of cushions for Homer to sleep on is a reference to "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen.
• Homer says that "us Rock'n'fella types got to stick together," a reference to the Rockefeller family.
• Homer brings in robots to work at the Duff Brewery, including animatronics of former presidents William Howard Taft, Millard Fillmore, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln.