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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the 2009 romantic comedy film of the same name, starring Lindsay Lohan.

The episode's couch gag is a parody of the story of the Mayflower English ship

• During the episodes opening credits:
  • On the title screen gag, the Simpson family fly by on the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car.
  • On the billboard gag, "Monday Night Football at Moe's" is a reference to NFL's Monday Night Football.
  • During the couch gag, the Simpsons recreate the story of the Mayflower, the iconic English ship that was sailed by Pilgrims who tried to separate from Puritans due to religious differences.
• The book Lisa reads, Pretending to Like Football was written by "Mrs. John Madden", a reference to American former football coach and sportscaster John Madden.
• After Homer beats his friends in poker, he talks to an Alexander Hamilton ten-dollar bill and asks "Who's president now, Alexander Hamilton?, to what Lenny responds Obama.
• Homer says the birth of Homer, Jr. reminds him of the final scene from Alien.
• Marge and Homer attended Lamaze technique classes.
• Moe tells his friends to read the novels by Charlotte Brontë, the English novelist and poet.

Homer never gave Bart an educational toy that guaranteed a diploma at Yale University

• Homer never gave Bart an educational toy that guaranteed a diploma at Yale University. The box cover shows:
  • Rhizome, a concept from the anatomy of plants.
  • The velocity formula (v=Δx/Δt).
  • The formula for the circular arc radius (r=H/2+W^2/(8H)).
  • A mass-velocity relation.
• The song "Stay Up Late" by Talking Heads is heard when Homer babysits Homer Jr..
• Apps seen on Homer's cell-phone reference real-life apps available on iOS and Android platforms. These include:
  • As Homer watches the baby, he plays The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
  • Angry Burps is a reference to the popular game Angry Birds.
  • Goo-Goo Maps is a reference to Google Maps.
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "Cat's in the Cradle" is a reference to the song of the same name by Harry Chapin that can be heard during the episode.
• The Atomettes' posters include reference to nuclear power, including meltdown, core temperature and "Cheernobyl", a reference to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
• According to The Rich Texan, Lisa "talks like Samuel Gompers" when she is trying to defend the cheerleaders from labor exploitation. Samuel Gompers was a cigar maker, labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history.

Carl is learning how to do massage using MyTube, a parody of YouTube

• Carl is learning how to do massage using MyTube, a parody of YouTube.
• Marge says she is a "Schwarzenegger's wife" when she thinks that Homer and Gretchen had a baby together. For 14 years, Arnold Schwarzenegger secretly fathered a son, Joseph Baena, he had with a household employee. This was the cause of his divorce to Maria Shriver.
• The Springfield Shopper headline is "Apple Buys Facebook on eBay".
• The protest song "Tear the Fascists Down" by Woody Guthrie is heard when the cheerleaders perform a strike at the Buzz Cola Dome.
• The Fox News logo can be seen on the Buzz Cola Dome board.
• Homer sings "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes", a children's song.
• The Rich Texan surrenders to the cheerleaders and compares the moment to the Battle of the Alamo, which resulted in a Mexican Republic victory against the troops of the Republic of Texas.
• At the Springfield Zoo entrance, a sign says "The sad version of We Bought a Zoo", a reference to the 2011 family film We Bought a Zoo.
• Lisa is afraid of missing the giant capybaras of Uruguay. The capybara is found in great parts of South America. The capybara with most weight was found in Uruguay, and the animal also appears on the 2-peso coin of that country.
• The Cheera Sutra book is a parody of Kama Sutra, while Fifty Shades of Yay is a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Trivia

• The Rich Texan, when stating that Texas gave up at the Battle of Alamo, is a reference to the common misconception that Texas won. In reality, Texas lost and instead defeated the Spanish at the battle of Santa Ana.
• This is the first to feature the 20th Century Fox Television logo without the byline at the end of the episode.

Continuity

• Homer calls Homer Jr "Hoju". This refers to the nickname he said other people will give Bart if he changed his name to Homer Jr. in "Marge vs. the Monorail".