Gone Boy/References

Cultural references

 * The title of the episode is a parody of a and a film .
 * On the title screen, "" plays.
 * "" plays during the couch gag.
 * Milhouse mentions.
 * When the 1962 film clip begins to play in the bunker, "" song plays.
 * The general in the clip says that casualties of 200 million are an acceptable loss, a number greater than the entire population of the United States at that time.
 * 1962 was the year of the, during which imminent thermonuclear was a real fear.
 * Grampa recognizes the sound of the ignition sequence of the missile.
 * The vinyl collection in the bunker has:
 * Frank Sinatra's Sinatra Ruins Dylan, a reference to Bob Dylan's  album, in which he sings covers of Frank Sinatra's songs.
 * Elvis Presley's Doin' It for the Money, a reference to his song "".
 * Calvin and the Hipmunks, a reference to both  and their robotic dopplegangers Calvin and the Hip Munks. The Hipunks then sing "" by.
 * Squeaky-voiced teen brings Sideshow Bob The New Yorker. Bob also mentions the .
 * Sideshow Bob mentions.
 * Sideshow Bob sings "I Have a Song to Sing, O!" from  by Gilbert and Sullivan.
 * Homer mentions that has a Superman tattoo on his arm.
 * The picture on the wall behind the Prison psychiatrist is of the.
 * When Sideshow Bob tells the psychiatrist "Evil is not a choice," he is alluding to the same statement made regarding homosexuality.
 * Renter-Prise Dent-a-Car is a reference to.

Opening sequence

 * Milhouse is dressed as from Peanuts.
 * Patty and Selma are dressed like Elsa and Anna from Frozen respectively.
 * Mr. Burns is dressed as the White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia.
 * Tom Petty appears as an angel playing a guitar. He died 2 months before the airing of the episode on October 2nd, 2017.

Trivia

 * The fibers of the mophead in the bunker form the shape of Sideshow Bob's hair.

Continuity

 * Bart loses his lucky red hat again. ("Bart Gets Famous")
 * Sideshow Bob steps on a rake repeatedly by himself. ("Cape Feare")
 * In the shrine to Bart that Marge makes is a picture of a young toddler Bart banging pots together. ("Lisa's First Word")
 * Also, a picture of little Lisa putting an adhesive bandage on little Bart's knee. ("Lisa on Ice")
 * A pillow with Mr. Sparkle's image is on Lisa's bed. ("In Marge We Trust")

Opening sequence

 * The Grand Pumpkin appears. ("Treehouse of Horror XIX")
 * The Gnome in Your Home appears. ("The Nightmare After Krustmas")

Goofs

 * It's still snowing six months after Christmas outside Springfield Penitentiary.