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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the 1984 sci-fi film The Last Starfighter.
• The episode is a John Wick parody.
• The song that the band on ¡Noches con Abejorrito! plays is "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
• Homer says that the tequila inspired George Clooney to make his own semi-authentic tequila.
• The song that plays in Homer's car, and later during the drinking montage, is "Tequila" by The Champs.
• The scene where Homer steals the Crystal Skull from Bart by replacing it with Maggie is a parody of the opening scene in the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.
• Lenny says that the skull is from his least favorite Indiana Jones movie and his most favorite Shia LeBoeuf, referring to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
• Moe has Iran hostage crisis shot glasses. One of the glasses has a picture of Ruhollah Khomeini on it.
• Barney used to work at AutoZone.
• Cork & Mindy is a reference to Mork & Mindy.
• Space Inebreiators is a reference to Space Invaders.
• Eightbucks Coffee is a parody of the real-life coffee shop Starbucks.
• In the original ending, one of the syringes says Jimmy Fallon.

Trivia

• Mayor Quimby is also the mayor of a town called Greenview.
• Calavera Gritando speech' translations:
  • On Bart's bed: "You're too weak to drink me!".
  • At Moe's Tavern: "You fool! You've runed a man's life! And now begins his descent into hell!".
  • On the sidewalk: "Beware the dangers of Alcohol! Your family has a genetic predisposition to addiction! Even the baby.".^[1]
• The German bartender says "Oktoberfest is now Soberfest".

Goofs

• In a picture of the Pin Pals in Moe's Tavern, Apu is colored yellow.
• Whilst the Crystal Skull was destroyed at the Squidport, the remains of it were found next to a wooden fence away from the Squidport.

Continuity

• Mrs. Gumble appears. ("Simpson Tide")

References