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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the novel The Red Badge of Courage.
• In the episode's couch gag, the Simpson family and Matt Groening are at the San Diego Comic-Con. Comic Book Guy asks them if there was going to be another Simpsons movie.
• The opening scene where Lisa is talking about Buddha while the screen showed parts of Verse 1 of 28th chapter of the Book of Proverbs and Chapter 15 of the Book of Genesis is a parody of the 2010 film True Grit. A song similar to "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", part of the score of the film, is heard.
• In the picture of the "fresh air summer camp" Homer enrolled Bart in, the officer has the look of Boss Godfrey aka "The Man With No Eyes" (portrayed by Morgan Woodward), an abusive officer who controlled a chain gang in the 1967 cult movie Cool Hand Luke.
• On the Springfield Shopper, the article "July 4th Fireworks Cancelled" was written by Hans Moleman and he included unrelated information to the topic addressed, among these:
  • Moleman says that he fought Adolf Hitler in the past.
  • He also complains about television nowadays, citing that "everything is long hair and disrespect and Lannisters and Freys thinking they can get away with everything". This is a reference to two notable families from Game of Thrones. Moleman also cites that them could not "behave at a wedding", referring to two famous scenes from the series: the Purple Wedding, where Joffrey Baratheon (son of Cersei Lannister) is assassinated in his own wedding; and the Red Wedding, a massacre arranged by Lord Walder Frey as revenge against Robb Stark.
  • Hans Moleman also mentions American dubstep DJ Skrillex.
• Another article, "Bastille Day in Jeopardy" is written in French by Victor Hugo, the French writer. The readable part of the article mentions Georges Danton's execution by guillotine, the Romanée-Conti, Bordeaux and Coteaux Bourguignons red wines.

• Homer calls Giuseppe Granfinali "Super Mario", referencing Mario from Mario.
• The boat Abraham Simpson leaves in is called the Yellow Belly, referencing the term "Yellow Bellied Coward".
• Maggie presents Bart with a white feather, a reference to the 1902 novel The Four Feathers in which a naval officer is given white feathers by his comrades for cowardice.
• Homer mentions The Expendables and Giuseppe mentions Sylvester Stallone.
• Peanuts: On the Fourth of July, an unnamed kid dresses up as a ghost, but with too many eyeholes (like Charlie Brown's Halloween costume in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) and Nelson tells him "Wrong holiday, Charlie Brown!"
• The scene where Dr. Hibbert tends to several children with ice cream headache is a sight gag on the M*A*S*H TV series' opening sequence. Also, the theme music plays in the background.

Continuity

• Bart once again bangs two pots together to make a lot of noise, whilst shouting over it. He also did this when he was 2 years old. ("Lisa's First Word")
• One of the children competing in the school race is Michael D'Amico, who is referred to as "Fat Tony's nephew" instead of as Fat Tony's son (the original Fat Tony had died in "Donnie Fatso").
• A few athletes from previous episodes appear:
  • Muk Mu from "The Burns and the Bees"
  • Fung Pang-Li from "Pray Anything"
  • Deion Overstreet from "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"
  • Buck Mitchell from "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play"