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Cultural references

Opening scene

• Homer is dressed as a trash bin version of Bender from Futurama.
• Maggie is dressed as Charlie Chaplin, but afterwards she changes to her look as Alex from A Clockwork Orange and turns to violence towards the bad guys.
• Homer has a election pin with "Ivanka 2028" written on it. This is a reference to Donald Trump daughter, Ivanka Trump.
• Frank Grimes mentions that this is the 600th episode saying "In hell they make you watch them all in a row". This is a reference to the FXX 13 days marathon, showing all the episodes of the show in a row.
• The lion on the left has a Guy Fawkes mask and the store is named "V. Appliances and Repairs", both referencing V for Vendetta in which the Guy Fawkes mask figures prominently.
• The lion on the right has a Darth Vader mask, referencing Star Wars.

Couch Gag

Main article: Planet of the Couches/References#Cultural references

Dry Hard

• The theme of the first part of the episode is based on the Hunger Games.
• The title of this segment is a reference to Die Hard.
• Milhouse tries to slide on a dry Slosh 'N' Splash by Bam-O, a reference to Slip 'N Slide by Wham-O.
• Homer holds a bottle of Amstel Blight, a reference to Amstel Light.
• Mr. Burns scene of pouring the water on himself is a reference to Flashdance.
• The scene with the cars heading toward the reservior is a reference to Mad Max: Fury Road, with Otto being Immortan Joe, Willie being Doof Warrior, and the heads on pole a reference to the people on the poles in the movie.
• The head coming out of Disco Stu's chest is a reference to Kuato from 1990's Total Recall.
• Drederick Tatum's vehicle is similar to Axel's from Twisted Metal.
• Dusty Springfield is a reference to the singer with the same name.
• Lisa says that after the river dried, "a drought of Chicago Cubs sized proportions hit Springfield", referencing the longest drought of World Series wins, Cubs', which had not won a World Series since 1908, although they did win the 2016 one 2 weeks later.

BFF R.I.P.

• The book Lisa is reading, How to Lose Friends & Unimagine People, is a reference to the book How to Win Friends and Influence People.
• Homer is drinking Logan's Rum, a reference to the movie Logan's Run, with the label looking like the movie poster.
• BFF and R.I.P. are acronyms of Best Friend Forever and Rest In Peace.

Moefinger

• The name of this segment is a parody of Goldfinger, a movie from the James Bond series.
  • The segment itself parodies action movies such as Kingsman: The Secret Service and the James Bond series itself.
• Maker's Moe is a reference to Maker's Mark.
• Moe says High Ball makes a good impression of Michael Caine.
• Bart is dressed as James Bond.
• Homer's Project Vulcan after-party is a reference to Project Vulcan.
• Homer and the cat are a reference to Ernst Stavro Blofeld from James Bond.
• Homer held a Steely Dan concert at the Duff Stadium. He asks them to play Babylon Sister from the album Gaucho during the fight scene.

600 song

• The music that was used closely resebles the Brian Song from Monty Python's The Life of Brian. The Intro of the movie is also a strong James Bond reference.
• The shows listed as bad are a list of cancelled Fox shows:
  • Drexell's Class
  • Babes
  • Herman's Head
  • Woops!
  • Too Something
  • House of Buggin'
  • Sit Down, Shut Up
  • Celebrity Boxing
  • The Littlest Groom
  • Man Vs. Beast
  • Allen Gregory
  • The Critic
  • Futurama
  • Untitled Seth MacFarlane Show 2017, a reference to The Orville, which was not titled at the time the episode aired.
• The visuals of the song are a reference to the James Bond title sequences and Maggie shooting a gun at the end is a reference of Bond shooting the gun and blood dripping down in them.

Credits

• John Frink's nickname is "Jinkies! Frinkies!", a reference to Scooby-Doo.
• Michael Price's nickname is "The Vanishing of Mike Price", a reference to The Vanishing of Sidney Hall.
• Bill Odenkirk's nickname is "2001: A Space Odenkirk", a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• Rob LaZebnik's nickname is "Drobcula-Zebnik", a reference to Dracula.
• Jeff Westbrook's nickname is "Something Westbrook This Way Comes", a reference to Something Wicked This Way Comes.
• Brian Kelley's nickname is "Bram Shelley's Frankula", a reference to Bram Stoker, Dracula, and Frankenstein's Monster.
• Larina Jean Adamson's nickname is "Larina "11" Adamson", a reference to Stranger Things.
• Dan Castellaneta's nickname (for both his consulting producer and starring credits) is "Heeeere's DANNY!", a reference to The Shining.
• Dan Vebber's nickname is "H.P Lovebbercraft", a reference to H. P. Lovecraft.
• Denise Sirkot's nickname is "I Will Sur-vive Sirkot", a reference to I Will Survive, a song by Gloria Gaynor.
• Yeardley Smith's nickname is "Die Yeard With A Vengeance!", a reference to Die Hard With A Vengeance.
• Drew Carey's nickname is "Boo Scary from The Fright is Right!" which refers to his status as the host of The Price is Right.
• Donald Fagen's nickname is "Young Fagenstein", a reference to Young Frankenstein.
• Scott Muller's nickname is "Lord Voldemullert", a reference to Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter.
• Bonita Pietila's nickname is "Netflix and Kill" Pietila, a possible reference to Netflix.
• Chris Ledesma's nickname is "Chris "All 600" Ledesma", a reference to the episode's number which is 600.

Continuity

Opening scene

• Maggie dresses herself again as Alex from A Clockwork Orange. ("Treehouse of Horror XXI")
• Images of all 600 episodes of the show appear on the wall Frank Grimes sees after Sideshow Bob, Kang or Kodos, and the Leprechaun gets killed by Maggie.

Couch Gag

Main article: Planet of the Couches/References#Continuity

Dry Hard

• The Slosh 'N' Splash previously appeared in "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed".

BFF R.I.P.

• Lisa previously mentioned she had an imaginary friend called Rachel Cohen in "Today I Am a Clown".

Moefinger

• High Ball is seen inside a Mapple Store. ("MyPods and Boomsticks")

Trivia

• Homer appeared at Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote the episode.

Opening scene

• Hans Moleman's car plate is "VABF16", the production code of the episode.
• Russ Cargill, holding the Multi-eyed squirrel in a cage (The Simpsons Movie), is seen in the trailers as one of the villains trying to kill the Simpsons but he doesn't appear in the episode.
• This is the first time Kang or Kodos doesn't speak Rigellian (which, by coincidence, is identical to English).

Dry Hard

• In "Brick Like Me":, at the end of the episode, while watching the movie The Survival Games: Braving Courage, Homer says he just wanted to see kids fight to the death. 50 episodes after, in this episode, that happens.

BFF R.I.P.

• Judith Owen is playing Mrs. Mancuso-Gluckman. She also sings the 600 theme at the end and also happens to be married to Harry Shearer.

Moe Finger

• Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)" was previously heard in "Future-Drama".
• Moe references the fact that the segment is part of the Halloween special.

Goofs

Couch Gag

• When the family sits on the couch, Homer's hand is in front of Marge, instead of behind.

Dry Hard

• The order of cars going to Mr. Burns' reservoir changes between scenes.
• The kid on top of Apu's vehicle (either Sashi or Pria Nahasapeemapetilon) is yellow with blonde hair in one of the shots.
• When Ralph is shouting "Whee!" as he flies, he's already dead and not moving.

BFF R.I.P.

• When Lisa mounts on the motorbike, her right arm goes in the front of the bike's headlights.

Moefinger

• The shelf at Moe's Tavern was full of bottles, but on the next scene, it is full of empty beer mugs.