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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the idiom "{{W|my way or the highway}}", which is also a recurring lyric in the song "{{W|My Way (Limp Bizkit song)|My Way}}" by {{W|Limp Bizkit}} and could also be a reference to either "{{W|Highway to Hell (song)|Highway to Hell}}" by [[AC/DC]] or the TV drama series ''{{W|Highway to Heaven}}''.
*In [[Heaven]]:
**[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] appears, next to [[Tupac Shakur|Tupac]], playing his {{W|Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth Symphony}}.
**{{Ch|Tracy Morgan}} appears, and [[God]] asks him why he's there after getting better, a reference to his critical illness after his accident in 2014 caused by a {{W|Walmart}} trucker. In a future episode, "[[Baby You Can't Drive My Car]]", he'll actually play a tow-trucker.
**[[Jimi Hendrix]] appears.
**[[Maude Flanders]] is paired with [[Abraham Lincoln]], while [[Edna Krabappel]] is paired with [[George Washington]].
**[[Christopher Columbus]] appears, getting lost in the way to the bathroom, just like he got lost on his way to [[India]], and found America instead.
*The song "{{W|Cheek to Cheek}}" plays when the kids imagine getting to Heaven.
*[[Üter Zörker]] imagines himself in the chocolate factory from ''{{W|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory}}''.
*In [[Ned]]'s story:
**The {{w|Apollo 14}} moonlanding is shown.
**He mentions ''{{w|Gunsmoke}}'' and a short clip is shown of it on TV.
*In [[Marge]]'s story:
**The French nuns sing "[[Boogie Woogie Christian God]]", a parody of "{{W|Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy}}" by {{W|The Andrews Sisters}}.
**The people in the café sing "{{W|La Marseillaise}}", the national anthem of [[France]], by {{W|Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle}}.
**A wooden case is labeled {{w|Ark of the Covenant}}, containing the ghosts of the ark.
**During the fight in [[Café Meaux]], "{{W|Non, je ne regrette rien}}" by {{W|Édith Piaf}} plays.
*In [[Lisa]]'s story:
**Lisa introduces it as "The Princess Not Affiliated With Disney... unless we are now owned by Disney", referencing {{w|The Walt Disney Company}} acquiring of 21st Century Fox.
**Its the story of the princess [[Siddmartha]], a play to one of [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]]'s names, Siddhārtha Gautama.
**Siddmartha's brother, a Bart look-alike character, plays against a Milhouse look-alike character, a multiplayer game that is a parody of ''{{W|Clash Royale}}''.
**A deliver is made by {{w|Amazon (company)|Amazon}} to Siddmartha with a time machine from [[2018]] A.D..

== Trivia ==
*The elephant attendant says "Please, somebody think of the elephants", a reference to [[Helen Lovejoy]]'s "Won't somebody please think of the children?" line.

== Goofs ==
*In the credits, [[Aldrine Guerrero]]'s credit misspells "ukulele" as "ukelele".

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