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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a reference to the film ''{{w|Mr. Holland's Opus}}''.
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*The title of the episode is a reference to the film ''{{W|Mr. Holland's Opus}}''.
==Continuity==
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*[[Homer]] imagines [[Albert Einstein]] inventing the Led light up shoes.
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*Lisa's fantasy Harvard boyfriend is a parody of [[Oliver Barrett IV]] from the movie ''[[Love Story]]''. Lisa using magic by nose-twitching and accompanying sound effect are referencing TV show ''[[Bewitched]]''. The man planting a sign on the crumble building is Harvard founder {{W2|John Harvard|clergyman}}.
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*The [[Devil]] mentions {{W|Universal Studios}} and references the [[Flaming Homer|Flaming Moe]] drink being expensive there.
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*In the song "[[Those Were the Days]]":
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**The song is a parody of the theme song for ''[[All in the Family]]''.
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**Homer mentions [[Nirvana]] and ''{{W|What's Eating Gilbert Grape}}''.
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**[[Marge]] mentions [[Jar Jar Binks]] and {{W|Qui-Gon Jinn}} characters from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
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**Homer and Marge mention [[Richard Simmons]].
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*The sign "Harvard College Even Our Dropouts Are Billionaires" is a reference to [[Bill Gates]], who dropped out of [[Harvard University|Harvard]] to found {{W|Microsoft}}.
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*Pictures of Presidents {{Ch|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin}} and {{Ch|Theodore Roosevelt}}, both Harvard graduates (class of 1904 and class of 1880 respectively), are hanging on the wall in the Harvard Admissions Office.
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*Homer sings "{{W2|By the Beautiful Sea|song}}" by {{W|Harry Carroll}} and {{W|Harold R. Atteridge}} when he starts to act like Grampa.
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*"Remembering You" by {{W|Roger Kellaway}}, the end theme for ''All in the Family'', plays during the end credits.
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*[[Amazon Alexa]] forces college students to continue chugging [[Duff Beer]] at [[Harvard College]].
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*Homer mentions President [[Kid Rock]].
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== Continuity ==
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*The title screen is a Christmas version of "[[The Ned-liest Catch]]"'s.
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*[[Lisa]] has a poster of the [[Doe-Eyed Boys]] on her bedroom wall. ("[[Friend with Benefit]]")
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*[[Leon Kompowsky]] appears and sings new verses of "[[Happy Birthday, Lisa]]" with [[Bart]]. ("[[Stark Raving Dad]]")
 
*[[Grampa]] previously stated [[Homer]] stopped drinking in the future. ("[[Holidays of Future Passed]]")
 
*[[Grampa]] previously stated [[Homer]] stopped drinking in the future. ("[[Holidays of Future Passed]]")
*[[Snowball I]] appears. ("[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]")
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*In Homer's vision, [[Moe]] brings back the Flaming Moe. ("[[Flaming Moe's]]")
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*Homer and Marge sing a new version of "[[Those Were the Days]]". ("[[Lisa's Sax]]")
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== Goofs ==
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*[[Abraham Simpson]] appears in coma. However, in "[[Barthood]]", he's dead.
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*When Lisa is seen as a baby, Marge's hairstyle is the one she had in "[[That '90s Show]]", though she always had her hair up in a beehive since she was pregnant with Bart.
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*The school bus says "Springfield Elementary School" though she's in high school, and Bart's hair changes.
 
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Latest revision as of 22:20, May 4, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 29 Episode References
625 "Singin' in the Lane"
626
"Mr. Lisa's Opus"
"Gone Boy" 627

Cultural references[edit]

Continuity[edit]

Goofs[edit]

  • Abraham Simpson appears in coma. However, in "Barthood", he's dead.
  • When Lisa is seen as a baby, Marge's hairstyle is the one she had in "That '90s Show", though she always had her hair up in a beehive since she was pregnant with Bart.
  • The school bus says "Springfield Elementary School" though she's in high school, and Bart's hair changes.
Season 29 References
The Serfsons Springfield Splendor Whistler's Father Treehouse of Horror XXVIII Grampy Can Ya Hear Me The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be Singin' in the Lane Mr. Lisa's Opus Gone Boy Haw-Haw Land Frink Gets Testy Homer Is Where the Art Isn't 3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage Fears of a Clown No Good Read Goes Unpunished King Leer Lisa Gets the Blues Forgive and Regret Left Behind Throw Grampa from the Dane Flanders' Ladder