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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the phrase "now you see them, now you don't."
• Leonardo da Ninji is a reference to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and how they're all named after Italian Renaissance, with Leonardo being named after Leonardo da Vinci.
• The first story has Lisa as Lisanardo da Vinci, in a retelling of Leonardo da Vinci's life.
• The Duomo of Florence appears prominently in the background of the city.
• Famous Ray and Original Ray are both references to Ray's Pizza, famous pizzerias located in New York City.
• Little Caesar, the mascot for Little Caesars, appears in Florence, Italy. He is then stabbed in the back in a reference to Julius Caesar. The Noid, the former mascot for Domino's Pizza, then also stabs Little Caesar, causing Little Caesar to say "Et tu, Noidus?"
• Dewey Largo appears as Italian artist Andrea del Verrocchio.
• Andrea del Verrocchio finds Italian composer and violinist Antonio Vivaldi playing "Winter" concerto from The Four Seasons at the music school.
• Other students in Verrocchio's class are:
  • Barticelli, a reference to Sandro Botticelli.
  • Dolphatello, a reference to Donatello.
  • Ralphael, a reference to Raphael.
• The song that Lisanardo sings, "In 1470", is a parody of "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian.
• Lisanardo imagines the Vitruvian Man coming to life and talking to her. The Vitruvian Man then says he'll invent the Charleston dance, then dances it.
• Nelson Muntz portrays King Francis I.
• When Lisanardo is painting her masterpiece, "Mona Lisa" by Nat King Cole plays.
• Lisanardo writes The Da Vinci Code and said that if it didn't get Ron Howard to direct, she didn't know what would.
• The Paris, France story seems to be loosely based on Claude Monet.
• The Moulin Rouge makes an appearance. Dancers are dancing to the Can-can, originally from Orpheus in the Underworld.
• Moe portrays Toulouse-Moetrec, a reference to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
• The outfits worn by Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie are based on court portraits painted in 1853 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
• "La Marseillaise", the national anthem of France, plays at the end of the France segment.
• Maggie's short story is based on Raphael fresco The Triumph of Galatea.
  • "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner plays during this segment.
• Homer says that he hasn't heard of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.
• Homer portrays Diego Rivera and Marge portrays Frida Kahlo in a story about their lives.
• El Barto is a parody of Zorro. His theme is a parody of Zorro's main theme.
• Mr. Burns portrays John D. Rockefeller Jr.
• Diego is tasked to build a mural at the Rockefeller Center.
• Diego Rivera met The Marx Brothers.
• Diego Rivera says that if he plays his cards right, he will direct a Rick and Morty.
• Moe sings the story of "Vincent van Moe", a reference to Vincent van Gogh. Several van Gogh paintings appear in the background.
  • The song "Bar-ry, Bar-ry Night" is a parody of "Vincent" by Don McLean, often erroneously called "Starry Starry Night".
  • Paintings that appear in the background are: The Starry Night, Olive Orchard, The Factories at Asnières, The Potato Eaters, Bedroom in Arles, Farmhouse in Provence, Bulb Fields, Olive Picking, First Steps and Fishing in Spring.

Trivia

• The episode reuses the couch gag from "Adventures in Baby-Getting", though in that episode, it was only shown in international/online airing.
• This is the first episode where Hank Azaria does not play Bumblebee Man as he stepped down from the role. Eric Lopez took over the role and will voice Bumblebee Man from this episode onward.
• At the end, Moe breaks the fourth wall by asking to end the credits.

Goofs

• Tomatoes were not introduced into Italy until near the end of Leonardo's life and did not become popular for about 200 years. Lisanardo's mother would not be making tomato sauce.
• Toulouse-Moetrec is seen in 1863, however Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born in 1864.