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**[[Miss Hoover]] uses [[Oogle]]. | **[[Miss Hoover]] uses [[Oogle]]. | ||
*Brandine reads the boo [[Gray's Anatomy (Pretty Whittle Liar)|Gray's Anatomy]], a reference to the tv series {{w|Grey's Anatomy}}. | *Brandine reads the boo [[Gray's Anatomy (Pretty Whittle Liar)|Gray's Anatomy]], a reference to the tv series {{w|Grey's Anatomy}}. | ||
| − | *"{{w|Swan Lake}}" by {{w|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky}} plays on the ballet scene. | + | *"{{w|Swan Lake}}" by {{w|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky}} plays on the ballet scene and the scene where Brandine wants to leave the Simpson house. |
*Among the books [[Lisa]] brings to Brandine are {{w|Stendhal}}'s "[[The Red and the Black]]", [[Virginia Woolf]]'s "[[To the Lighthouse]]" and [[Ivan Turgenev]]'s "[[Fathers and Sons]]". | *Among the books [[Lisa]] brings to Brandine are {{w|Stendhal}}'s "[[The Red and the Black]]", [[Virginia Woolf]]'s "[[To the Lighthouse]]" and [[Ivan Turgenev]]'s "[[Fathers and Sons]]". | ||
*[[Shauna]] calls Lisa a Little Miss [[Google]] Noodle. | *[[Shauna]] calls Lisa a Little Miss [[Google]] Noodle. | ||
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*Brandine mentions more names for the [[Spuckler children]], named after the companies {{w|Moderna}}, {{w|AstraZeneca}} and {{w|Johnson and Johnson}}. | *Brandine mentions more names for the [[Spuckler children]], named after the companies {{w|Moderna}}, {{w|AstraZeneca}} and {{w|Johnson and Johnson}}. | ||
*Mountain Doo is a parody of [[Mountain Dew]]. | *Mountain Doo is a parody of [[Mountain Dew]]. | ||
| − | *Statues of {{w|Looney Tunes}} characters {{w|Yosemite Sam}} and {{w|Foghorn Leghorn}} appear at Cletus farm. | + | *Statues of {{w|Looney Tunes}} characters {{w|Yosemite Sam}} and {{w|Foghorn Leghorn}}, [[Hank Hill]] and [[Bill Clinton]] appear at Cletus farm. |
{{Season 33|R}} | {{Season 33|R}} | ||
[[Category:Cultural references]] | [[Category:Cultural references]] | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the TV series Pretty Little Liars.
- Marge is hosting book club with A Farewell to Arm by Ernest Hemingway.
- Agnes says to Cletus that Brandine is Jeopardy! smart, while Cletus asks her if she's Celebrity Jeopardy! smart.
- When she shows him the library card, the opening to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is plucked by a banjo.
- Lisa reports on the Matilda effect, using Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell as expample, their picture shown on the board.
- Miss Hoover uses Oogle.
- Brandine reads the boo Gray's Anatomy, a reference to the tv series Grey's Anatomy.
- "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky plays on the ballet scene and the scene where Brandine wants to leave the Simpson house.
- Among the books Lisa brings to Brandine are Stendhal's "The Red and the Black", Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" and Ivan Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons".
- Shauna calls Lisa a Little Miss Google Noodle.
- At the League of Extraordinary Geniuses:
- Beethoven's "Piano Sonata No. 14 plays.
- Posters for Srinivasa Ramanujan, Marie Curie and Isaac Newton are seen.
- A character resembling Schroeder from Peanuts plays the piano.
- Brandine mentions more names for the Spuckler children, named after the companies Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson.
- Mountain Doo is a parody of Mountain Dew.
- Statues of Looney Tunes characters Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn, Hank Hill and Bill Clinton appear at Cletus farm.
