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== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a reference to the 1984 novel ''{{W|The Unbearable Lightness of Being}}'', later adapted into a {{W2|The Unbearable Lightness of Being|film|film of the same name}}.
*In the episode's [[The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby/Gags#Title screen gag|title screen gag]] the bald eagle [[Squawky]] holds a suitcase with ''Canada or bust'' written on it. This is a reference to the newspaper comic strip ''{{W|Candorville}}'', specifically to its {{W|Candorville#Collections|9th collection}}, named ''Canada or Bust!''.
*The episode's [[The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby/Gags#Chalkboard gag|chalkboard gag]], "School Online", refers to schools adapting the online learning methodology during the {{W|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
*The episode's couch gag, [[The Extremesons]], was created by Polish animator [[Michał Socha]]. The song that plays during the couch gag is "We Can Make the World Stop" by {{W|The Glitch Mob}}.
*The name of the playground [[Sand Tropez]] is a pun on {{W|Saint-Tropez}}, a commune in southern France known for being a resort for the European and American {{W|jet set}} and tourists.
**The slide's floor was made of {{W|Pirelli}}'s recycled tires.
*The double-G logo in {{ap|Courtney|The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby}}'s purse is similar to that of {{W|Gucci}}, the famous Italian fashion brand. 
*The vaccinations Courtney wants to check on [[Maggie]] are {{W|tuberculosis}} (TB), {{W|DTaP|diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis}} (DTaP), and {{W|measles, mumps and rubella vaccine}} (MMR).
*[[Lisa]] mentions the {{W|Apollo 11|Moon landing}} and the {{W|Fall of the Berlin Wall}}.
*"{{W|The Blue Danube}}" by {{W|Johann Strauss II}} plays when [[Homer]] is driving to work.
*The song that [[Cletus]] sings, "[[The Ballad of Cletus Spuckler]]", is a parody of "{{W|The Ballad of Jed Clampett}}", the theme song for ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''.
**Famous actor and martial artist {{W|Jackie Chan}} is mentioned in the song.
*[[Mr. Burns]] goes undercover in the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Power Plant]] as "Chip Incognito", a reference to ''{{W|Undercover Boss}}'', a show in which senior executives are working undercover in their own companies to investigate how their firms really work and to identify how they can be improved, as well as to reward hard-working employees.
*According to [[Smithers]], Mr. Burns is a "Fortune 500 CEO". ''{{W|Fortune 500}}'' is an annual list that ranks 500 of the largest US corporations by total revenue for their fiscal years.
*The two squirrels in the broken TV at [[Cletus's farm]], make a reference to the cartoon duo {{W|Chip 'n' Dale}}.
*The intoxicants Mr. Burns has drank go from beer from [[Yale University]] to water from {{W|Flint, Michigan}}. From 2014 to 2019, Flint faced a {{W|Flint water crisis|public health emergency}} due to lead contamination in parts of the local water supply.
*Courtney told [[Marge]] that the floor in her house was installed by 99-year-old {{W|I. M. Pei}}. Pei was a famous Chinese-American architect who made notable designs such as the {{W|Louvre Pyramid}} or the {{W2|Bank of China Tower|Hong Kong}}. He died at the age of 102.
[[File:Mario and Donkey Kong at Courtney's house.png|300px|thumb|[[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong]], the characters from {{W|Nintendo}}, are "working" at {{ap|Courtney|The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby}}'s house]]
*[[Mario]] and [[Donkey Kong]], characters from {{W|Nintendo}} appear at [[Hudson]]'s house, with Mario working on the plumbing, Mario's job, and Donkey Kong throwing barrels at him, his main attack from the {{W2|Donkey Kong|video game|original arcade game}}.
*The pacifier disinfectant [[Babycide]] is a parody of {{W|Barbicide}}, a disinfectant solution used by barbers and cosmetologists for disinfecting grooming tools.
*Hudson is registered in a junior version of [[Tiffany & Co.]]. 
*[[Cletus]] has an {{W|iPhone X}}.
*The contract Cletus signs mentions cosmology concepts such as the {{W|multiverse}} and {{W|Einstein's static universe}} relativistic model.
*Maggie and Hudson enter the playhouse to the song "{{W2|Wedding March|Mendelssohn}}" by {{W|Felix Mendelssohn}}.
*Homer and Cletus sing a parody of "[[You're My Best Friend]]", the famous hit by [[Queen]].

== Trivia ==
*[[Bart]] appears in this episode but doesn't have any lines. However, [[Nancy Cartwright]], his voice actress voices [[Nelson Muntz]], who even so is only heard briefly doing a variation of his trademark laugh.

== Continuity ==
*Squawky appears in the title screen. ("[[The Musk Who Fell to Earth]]")
*[[Hudson]] appears. ("[[Playdate with Destiny]]")

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