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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the song "{{w|Drive My Car}}" by [[The Beatles]].
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*The episode title is a reference to the song "{{W|Drive My Car}}" by [[The Beatles]], specifically to the lyrics in the chorus, "Baby, you can drive my car".
*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s military jet pack design references the {{W|Martin Jetpack}}.
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*In the episode's [[Baby You Can't Drive My Car/Gags#Title screen gag|title screen gag]], [[Chief Wiggum]]'s military jet pack design references the {{W|Martin Jetpack}}.
*[[Homer]] sings two parodies of "{{W|Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)}}" by {{W|Jim Croce}}; "[[Chicken Nugget]]" and "[[No Operator]]".
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*[[Homer]] sings two parodies of "{{W|Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)}}", one of {{W|Jim Croce}}'s hit records:
*[[Lisa]] mentions the {{w|National Endowment for the Arts}}.
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**The first parody, "[[Chicken Nugget]]", is sung by Homer in his car after buying chicken nuggets at [[Krusty Burger]].
*The music when Homer raids the cafeteria is "{{w|Pure Imagination}}" by {{w|Leslie Bricusse}} and {{w|Anthony Newley}} from the movie ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]''.
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**The second parody, "[[No Operator]]", is heard when Homer is working for [[CarGo]].
*[[Mr. Burns]] and [[Smithers]] resumes say they worked in {{W|Google}}'s AI department.
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*According to [[Mr. Burns]], any "{{W|Average Joe|Joe Billionaire}}" can buy a {{W|Fabergé egg}}. Fabergé eggs are worth millions of dollars and have become symbols of luxury, with only 57 eggs existing today.
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*Homer licks deodorant sticks as if they were {{W2|Popsicle|brand|Popsicles}}.
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*[[Lisa]] was going to donate the money she obtained from her lemonade stand to the {{W|National Endowment for the Arts}} (NEA). This independent agency offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. According to Lisa, her small business provided 80% of NEA's fundings, this refers to [[Donald Trump]]'s proposal of defunding NEA in 2017.
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*Homer's new hobby includes watching {{W|Korean soap|Korean soap operas}}, which have since the 1990s achieved significant international popularity.
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*[[CarGo]] parodies {{W|Argo AI}}, the American autonomous driving technology company.
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*[[Mayor Quimby]] mentions {{W|Toledo, Ohio}}.
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*While being interviewed, Homer performs the famous chant {{W|U-S-A!}}.
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*Homer and [[Maggie]] recreates her and [[Marge]]'s honking movements from the [[opening sequence]].
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[[File:Baby You Can't Drive My Car Pure Imagination.png|300px|thumb|[[Homer]] eating what he wants with the song "{{W|Pure Imagination}}" in the background parodies the scene in ''{{W|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory}}'' where everybody was eating whatever they wanted]]
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*The music heard when Homer raids the cafeteria is "{{W|Pure Imagination}}" by {{W|Leslie Bricusse}}. The scene itself is a parody of the "Pure Imagination" scene from the 1971 film ''{{W|Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory}}'', where everybody was able to eat whatever they wanted.
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*CarGo bought the "last affordable" housing in [[San Francisco]]. The city is well known for being the home of many high-tech companies. The prison of {{W|Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary|Alcatraz}}, also located in San Francisco, is mentioned.
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*One of the cows at CarGo's cafeteria is named "Imported Guernsey". The British island of {{W|Guernsey}} is famous for its {{W|Guernsey cattle|cattle}}.
 
*The [[Christmas]] song written by an AI is [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/inverse/an-ai-wrote-a-christmas-s_b_13463556.html a real song written by an AI].
 
*The [[Christmas]] song written by an AI is [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/inverse/an-ai-wrote-a-christmas-s_b_13463556.html a real song written by an AI].
*Homer and Marge have {{W|Amazon Alexa}} devices.
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*One of the abandoned buildings was a {{W|Baskin-Robbins}} store.
**Homer's Alexa is only for cookies and {{W|Pop-Tarts}}.
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*Marge once had the first number right on {{W|Powerball}}, the American lottery game.
*[[CarGo]] has a {{W|Nerf}}atorium.
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*Mr. Burns and [[Smithers]] fake resumes include being fluent in the computer languages {{W|SQL}}, {{W2|Python|programming language}} and {{W|JavaScript}} and also that they worked for three years in [[Google]]'s AI department.
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*The [[Hero Sandwich Shop]] is a reference to the {{W|Hero sandwich}}, a type of submarine sandwich.
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*Marcel's Monkey Rentals is a hint to Marcel, a monkey that appears in the popular sitcom ''[[Friends]]'', specifically in the episode "{{W|The One with the Monkey}}".
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**The monkeys play with a [[Rubik's Cube]] and a {{W|Newton's cradle}}.
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*CarGo steals user data from {{W|Equifax}}, an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency.
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*When [[Krusty]] wanted coke, referring to {{W|cocaine}}, he is taken to a soda machine and to a factory of {{W2|coke|fuel}}, the coal-based fuel used for the production of steel.
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*Homer and Marge have [[Amazon Alexa]] devices.
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**Homer's Alexa is only for cookies and [[Pop-Tarts]].
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*Mr. Burns is drinking from a cup of [[Yale University]].
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*The Nerf-a-torium is full of {{W|Nerf}} guns.
 
*The radio in [[Smitty]]'s car plays "{{W|I've Never Been to Me}}" by {{W2|Charlene|singer}}.
 
*The radio in [[Smitty]]'s car plays "{{W|I've Never Been to Me}}" by {{W2|Charlene|singer}}.
*Mr. Burns sings "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye)" by [[Al Jolson]], from ''{{W|The Jazz Singer}}''.
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*Mr. Burns sings "{{W|Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)}}" by [[Al Jolson]], from the 1927 musical ''{{W|The Jazz Singer}}''.
*[[Duff]] Mexicana talking tattoo parodies [[Popeye]]'s toot tooting.
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*[[Duff|Duff Mexicana]] talking tattoo parodies [[Popeye]]'s toot tooting.
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
*Homer and [[Maggie]] are seen both pretending to drive in the driverless car, referencing the [[opening sequence]] where Marge and Maggie are seen in the car together.
 
*Homer and [[Maggie]] are seen both pretending to drive in the driverless car, referencing the [[opening sequence]] where Marge and Maggie are seen in the car together.
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== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
 
*Chief Wiggum uses the military jet pack he received in the opening titles, though its colored orange instead of grey. ("[[Sky Police]]")
 
*Chief Wiggum uses the military jet pack he received in the opening titles, though its colored orange instead of grey. ("[[Sky Police]]")
*[[Hans Moleman]] is seen drivign the [[AMC Gremlin]] again. ("[[Treehouse of Horror V]]")
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*[[Hans Moleman]] is seen driving the [[AMC Gremlin]] again. ("[[Treehouse of Horror V]]")
==Goofs==
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*The man in the sit-ups tutorial video [[Homer]] watches on his smartphone is [[Megan Matheson]]'s personal trainer. ("[[Homer Is Where the Art Isn't]]")
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== Goofs ==
 
*Homer acts like he's never driven a self driving car before. In "[[Maximum Homerdrive]]", he and [[Bart]] drove [[Red Barclay]]'s truck and it had an autodrive system.
 
*Homer acts like he's never driven a self driving car before. In "[[Maximum Homerdrive]]", he and [[Bart]] drove [[Red Barclay]]'s truck and it had an autodrive system.
 
{{Season 30|R}}
 
{{Season 30|R}}

Latest revision as of 17:27, August 18, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 30 Episode References
643 "Treehouse of Horror XXIX"
644
"Baby You Can't Drive My Car"
"From Russia Without Love" 645


Cultural references[edit]

Homer eating what he wants with the song "Pure Imagination" in the background parodies the scene in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory where everybody was eating whatever they wanted

Trivia[edit]

  • Homer and Maggie are seen both pretending to drive in the driverless car, referencing the opening sequence where Marge and Maggie are seen in the car together.

Continuity[edit]

Goofs[edit]

Season 30 References
Bart's Not Dead Heartbreak Hotel My Way or the Highway to Heaven Treehouse of Horror XXIX Baby You Can't Drive My Car From Russia Without Love Werking Mom Krusty the Clown Daddicus Finch 'Tis the 30th Season Mad About the Toy The Girl on the Bus I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can The Clown Stays in the Picture 101 Mitigations I Want You (She's So Heavy) E My Sports Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy Girl's in the Band I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh D'oh Canada Woo-Hoo Dunnit? Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion