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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the movie The Social Network.
  • The plot of Lisa making a social networking site is also similar to The Social Network.
    • Also, SpringFace is a parody of Facebook. The "Floor" is a parody of Facebook's "Wall".
  • Armie Hammer voiced Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the characters he played in The Social Network.
• The chalkboard gag, "We do need no education", is a reference to the lyric "We don't need no education" from the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall".
• Reverend Lovejoy takes an online quiz to find which Muppet he is and gets Beaker as the result.
• Chubba the Shedd's Dust Palace is a reference to Jabba the Hutt's Sand Palace from Star Wars.
• In Towne Centre at Springfielde Glenne:
  • American Princess is a parody of American Girl.
  • Banana Dictatorship is a parody of Banana Republic, a clothing brand.
  • Cold Navy is a parody of Old Navy.
  • Markups & Spender is a parody of Marks & Spencer.
  • Spiffany's is a reference of Tiffany & Co., often called Tiffany's.
• The old vouchers Marge throws away:
  • Burns & Noble is a parody of book chain Barnes & Noble.
  • Cropduster Video is a parody of Blockbuster Video.
  • GAO Schwarz is a parody of FAO Schwarz.
  • Linens-N-Such is a parody of Linens 'n Things.
  • Marvyn's is a parody of Mervyns.
• The Lisa is a parody of the Apple Lisa.
• Nelson plays "Angry Nerds" where he threw Martin into Database, Cosine and Report Card, knocking them and the bookshelf over, a parody of Angry Birds.

Trivia

• The episode was too short so A Simpsons "Show's Too Short Story" was placed at the end. This was animated in a similar way to the Dark Stanley story from "Yokel Chords" with similar music playing.
  • The appearance of a stand-alone short at the end of an episode designed solely to fill time was previously employed in the season four episode "The Front" with The Adventures of Ned Flanders.

Continuity

• Blocko Cosmic Wars is seen again. ("The Food Wife")
• Spiffany's is seen again ("Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson")
• A Mapple Store is seen again. ("Mypods and Boomsticks")

Goofs

• During the scene at the First Church of Springfield:
  • Alice Glick is seen sitting in the front row, despite having died in "Replaceable You".
  • Kent Brockman's daughter is seen with dark brown hair rather than white.

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