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*Marge says that Willie and Maisie are "like two [[Shrek]]s in a swamp". | *Marge says that Willie and Maisie are "like two [[Shrek]]s in a swamp". | ||
*[[Pa MacWeldon]] gives Bart a {{W|Cribbage}} board to play with. | *[[Pa MacWeldon]] gives Bart a {{W|Cribbage}} board to play with. | ||
| − | *When Pa MacWeldon addresses Bart with the line "Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie[s]" he is quoting the first line of {{W|Robert Burns}}'s poem "{{W|To a Mouse | + | *When Pa MacWeldon addresses Bart with the line "Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie[s]" he is quoting the first line of {{W|Robert Burns}}'s poem "{{W|To a Mouse}}." |
*Willie's wedding is held at [[The St. Andrews Golf Club]], a real golf club. | *Willie's wedding is held at [[The St. Andrews Golf Club]], a real golf club. | ||
*Pa MacWeldon mentions [[George Clooney]] and {{Ch|Danny DeVito}} as celebrities who have their own scotch. | *Pa MacWeldon mentions [[George Clooney]] and {{Ch|Danny DeVito}} as celebrities who have their own scotch. | ||
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Cultural references
- Coach Pommelhorst and Coach Krupt perform a Texas two-step dance.
- Martin's nicotine rage is based on the Vince McMahon reaction meme.
- The children "exploding" out of the school is a reference to the Clicker rampage from The Last of Us.
- Willie refers to America as the "blighted land of Barnenheimmering wrestling believers", referring to Barbenheimer, a cultural phenomenon preceding and surrounding the simultaneous theatrical release of Barbie and Oppenheimer.
- "Good Day" by Nappy Roots from the album The Humdinger plays when Bart and Willie are bonding.
- Bart and Willie upload videos to TikTok.
- Planespotting Airlines is a reference to the book Trainspotting and movie Trainspotting, which take place in Edinburgh.
- Lisa rubbed the toe of a David Hume statue and climbed the Walter Scott Monument. She also ate a Scotch egg.
- The Proclaimers Dentists is a reference to the Scottish rock duo The Proclaimers. The slogan "I would fix 500 smiles" is a reference to their song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".
- Lisa goes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a real performance arts festival.
- Shows seen at the Fringe Festival include:
- Eddie Izzard in: Pants
- Musical: The Play
- Stephen Fry is Hugh Laurie
- Wordle: A Tragedy in Six Tries
- Hamlet with Real Dogs
- The Fourth Wall
- Car Crash: A Love Story
- Three Tall Men Eating Cereal
- "The Play That Goes Wrong" Goes Wrong
- Woke-lahoma, a reference to Oklahoma!
- Puppetry of the Uvula
- Toilet Song Trilogy
- Sing-Along Black Mirror
- Cunk on Parodies
- Non-Improvised Shakespeare
- Hugh Laurie is Stephen Fry
- The Benny Hillbillies, a reference to Benny Hill and The Beverly Hillbillies.
- Bad Rapping Tonight!
- The Backwards Dickens Company
- Homer yelling "free time!" is a reference to the scene in Braveheart where William Wallace yells "freedom!"
- "If You Find Yourself Caught in Love" by Belle and Sebastian from the album Dear Catastrophe Waitress plays during the wedding activities montage.
- Marge says that Willie and Maisie are "like two Shreks in a swamp".
- Pa MacWeldon gives Bart a Cribbage board to play with.
- When Pa MacWeldon addresses Bart with the line "Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie[s]" he is quoting the first line of Robert Burns's poem "To a Mouse."
- Willie's wedding is held at The St. Andrews Golf Club, a real golf club.
- Pa MacWeldon mentions George Clooney and Danny DeVito as celebrities who have their own scotch.
Trivia
- Lisa ate a Scotch egg, which contains sausage meat, despite being a vegetarian. However, Lisa says that she regrets eating it.
Continuity
- Homer and Marge visit Ms. Mancuso-Gluckman. ("Treehouse of Horror XXVII")
- Marge mentions the fact that her and Homer made love in the windmill at "Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Centre". ("Natural Born Kissers")
- Scenes of the Bighorn Sheep chasing Lisa are shown when the song "Willie and the Dream of Peat Bogs" mentions Maisie thinking Willie was killed by a sheep. ("The Seemingly Never-Ending Story")
