Havana Wild Weekend/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a reference to the British movie .
 * In the couch gag, Homer is dressed as Zeus, Marge as Hera, Maggie as Cupid, Lisa as Athena and Bart as Hermes.
 * Lisa springs from Homer's forehead, in armor, like Athena was said to have sprung from the brow of Zeus, in armor.
 * Lisa is reading 50 Shades of 'A', a reference to.
 * Vulture's Nest is a reference to, which Homer also references when he slips up and refers to the show as Shark Tank.
 * Mr. Burns's nickname "Mr. Excellent" is a play on 's nickname "Mr. Wonderful."
 * V.A. Hospital is a reference to the.
 * Grampa mentions and.
 * The Che Gue-Ferry is a reference to the Ferry El Che Guevara.
 * I Love Lucy characters Fred Mertz and Ricky Ricardo are seen on the ferry when the Simpsons ride on it to Cuba.
 * The book Cuban Escapes by Elian Gonzales is a reference to 's custody and immigration controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States.
 * One of the legal reasons to visit Cuba is "really love ".
 * Marge and Homer references and her grandfather Ernest Hemingway, and.
 * The car Grampa drive in is a 1958 (JOBS).
 * The song "" by the Cuban group plays during Grampa's car ride through the town.
 * The car owner mentions a study made by professor about aging called "Counterclockwise", where old people who were exposed to late '50s culture were more active than the ones who weren't.
 * The scenes in the hotel with two women smoking and then stuffing their mouth with cigars in front of 2 men is a reference to .
 * The song sung on Skyhawk Air airplane is Y en eso llego Fidel by.
 * The Skyhawk Air logo is similar to that of.
 * The song in the credits is "" by.

Trivia

 * Bart tags his "El Barto" tags in Cuba as "The Bart".
 * The 1958 car's license plate is VABF19, the production code of the episode.
 * Grampa plays The Simpsons' Theme Song on the guitar.

Continuity

 * In the couch gag, Homer, Marge and Lisa reprise their greek roles from the comic Greek to Me.
 * This is the second time that the Simpson family travels to Cuba. The first being in "The Trouble with Trillions", but only with Homer, Mr. Burns and Smithers.
 * Lisa is reading a book called Homer's Odyssey, a reference to the episode Homer's Odyssey and the book.
 * The Black Hole appears in the title screen, and afterwards Homer closes the hole in his head with Maggie's pacifier, the same way Maggie closed the Black Hole in Treehouse of Horror XXIII.
 * A vulture lands on a pile of money and transforms into Mr. Burns, a reference to the vulture that looks like him. Afterwards vultures are seen pecking Kirk and Milhouse. ("Last Exit to Springfield")
 * The blackboard text "Being right sucks" is a reference to the supposed prediction that Donald Trump would become a president. ("Bart to the Future")
 * Sideshow Bob wears his Italian tenor outfit. ("The Italian Bob")

Goofs

 * Homer's car disappears when Chief Wiggum leaves Skid Row.
 * When the plane took off, everyone on board (excluding Isabella and Grampa) was standing up or didn't have a seat belt on, meaning they would be severely injured or even killed.