Springfield Splendor/References

Cultural references

 * The story is inspired by Alison Bechdel's graphic novel .
 * The story of a writer-artist collaboration was inspired by the life of Harvey Pekar in , which is also referenced by the episode title.
 * Sad Girl is inspired by Daniel Clowes' .
 * Homer references Netflix.
 * Little Lulu comics are sold at the The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop.
 * Comic Book Guy has bookends of The Hulk and The Thing.
 * There is a statue of Krusty frozen in, similar to from Star Wars in the Android's Dungeon.
 * The theme song of  ("The Fishin' Hole") is heard when Homer and Bart go fishing.
 * Guthrie Frenel references , the stage musical based on the Peanuts comic strip.
 * Kipp Lennon performs a parody of "" by.
 * Lisa mentions .
 * Guthrie Frenel mentions .
 * Guthrie Frenel mentions the.
 * The music playing during the Sad Girl musical is the score of .
 * Guthrie Frenel mentions .
 * The episode was dedicated to Tom Petty who passed away on October 2nd, six days before this episode aired.

Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con

 * A person is dressed as.
 * A person is dressed as Groot and has Rocket Raccoon on a lead.
 * Cosmic Wars is a parody of Star Wars.
 * Klingon is a reference to the race in Star Trek.
 * A poster of is seen.
 * Restroom of the Apes is a reference to Planet of the Apes.
 * In the "Build a Girlfriend Workshop" booth, the "girl" is posed like , a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
 * A person is cosplaying Aquaman, dragging a tank with a person cosplaying as another Aquaman inside.
 * The TARDIS from Doctor Who can be seen.
 * A poster for Guts of War XVII is seen, a parody of .
 * Chicks With Pix is possibly a reference to "Chicks With Dicks", referring to s.
 * Roz Chast is holding a panel, showing her comics, joined by Lisa, Marge, Alison Bechdel, presenting her novel Fun Home and the, and Marjane Satrapi, presenting her comic Persepolis.

Continuity

 * The Simpson family goes to the Springfield Community College. ("Brush with Greatness")
 * Badgerine, a parody of Wolverine, appears in the Android's Dungeon again. ("Married to the Blob")
 * The celebrities who appeared on the walls in Springfield Sardi's are:
 * Lucille Ball ("Little Big Mom")
 * Fox Mulder and Dana Scully ("The Springfield Files")
 * ("Bart Gets Famous")
 * ("Homer and Apu")
 * ("When You Dish Upon a Star")
 * Humphrey Bogart ("Natural Born Kissers")
 * ("Krusty Gets Kancelled")
 * ("Radioactive Man")
 * (The Simpsons Movie)
 * ("Marge vs. the Monorail" and "The Springfield Files")
 * Barney Fife ("Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" and "Pranksta Rap")
 * ("The Last Temptation of Krust")
 * ("The Front")
 * John Travolta ("Itchy & Scratchy Land" et al)

Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con

 * The Coolsville Comics & Toys shop appears. ("Husbands and Knives")
 * A poster for an Angelica Button movie is seen. ("The Haw-Hawed Couple")
 * Danger Dog and can be seen. ("I Am Furious (Yellow)")
 * People dressed as Trans-Clown-O-Morphs characters are seen. ("Apocalypse Cow")