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Cultural references

• The title and Abe Simpson's persona are references to Gorgeous George, an American professional wrestler.

On Storage Battles, a parody of Storage Wars, pro bidder CJ wears a T-shirt with the face of comedian Jay Leno on top of the face of revolutionary Che Guevara

• Some of the names of the reality shows Homer presents to Lisa are either parodies of real-life reality TV shows or are based on other famous shows or events. These include:
  • Swamp Huffers, a parody of Swamp Hunters.
  • American Tattoo Burner-Offers, based on tattoo TV shows such as LA Ink or Ink Master.
  • Autopsy Wars, a parody of Tabloid Wars.
  • Cockroach-Tervention, a parody of Intervention.
  • Wheelchair Thieves of Beverly Hills, a parody of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
  • Porn Hoarders, a parody Hoarders.
  • One Big Happy Hobo Taxidermy Family, a parody of One Big Happy Family.
  • Roadkill Cook-Off, based in the roadkill cuisine. In West Virginia, the "Roadkill Cook-Off" is an annual event where people compete to see who can make the tastiest dishes with animals often found by the side of the road.
  • Everglades Gay Wedding Chapel, a parody of Gay Weddings.
  • Cough Syrup Bandits, referring to the cold medicine.
  • American Junk Piercers, a parody of American Pickers.
  • Tiny-Horses, Tiny Glue Factory, a parody of Tiny House, Big Living.
  • Toddlers and Tarantulas, a parody of Toddlers & Tiaras.
  • Meth Boss, a parody of Cake Boss.
  • Crocodile Matchmaker, a parody of The Millionaire Matchmaker.
  • Storage Battles is a parody of Storage Wars.
• One of the treasures shown on Storage Battles is a Michael Jordan jersey with his now retired number 23.
• The swords pro bidder CJ finds belonged to the World War I, the Spanish American wars of independence, and to the Crimean War.
• CJ is wearing a red T-shirt with the face of American comedian Jay Leno on top of the face of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
• The Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder is among the people at the Storage Locker Auction.
  • Moe said that he thought he would win a storage locker with Pablo Picasso's TV in.
• After spending one thousand dollars in the auction, Homer says the business-related phrase "cash is king".
• The website gregslist is a parody of craigslist. Marge posts Abe's description in the "Personals" section. Over the years, craigslist had become a trendy online destination for arranging dates and sex. The "Personals" section allows for postings that are for "strictly platonic", "dating/romance", and "casual encounters", which is the one that Marge selects.
• Abe kissed a man by mistake on the Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).
• Ficitonal Swedish wrestler Olaf Johannsen was nicknamed "The Fury of the Fjords", a reference to the fjords of Sweden. Bart also makes a reference to the köttbullar, the typical Swedish meatballs.

Mr. Burns makes the shape of Eric Cartman from South Park and many other notable characters and people he considers as "villains"

• During the song "High to Be Loathed", Mr. Burns mentions what he considers to be "villains" and makes the shape of their outline with his shadow. The villains are:
  • Chucky, the vicious serial killer from Child's Play.
  • Joseph Stalin, the Soviet politician and revolutionary dictator.
  • Megatron, the main antagonist from Transformers.
  • Eric Cartman, the character from South Park usually depicting an antisemitc and manipulative behaviour.
  • Donkey Kong, the fictional gorilla from Nintendo and original antagonist and enemy of Mario.
  • Darth Vader, the main villain in Star Wars.
  • Ralph Nader, an American political activist noted for his involvement in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes, and a perennial presidential candidate.
  • Simon Legree, the cruel slave owner and antagonist from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
  • The Terminator, two, and three from the Terminator franchise.
  • Iago, the antagonist from Shakespeare's play Othello.
  • The Joker, Batman's rival from DC Comics.
  • Lord Voldemort, the evil wizard in the Harry Potter franchise.
  • John McEnroe, the American former tennis player known for his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities.
  • Mr. Burns himself.
  • Skeletor, the supervillian from Masters of the Universe.
• The classical music heard during Abe's entrance to the wrestling ring is suite no. 2 in D major (HWV 349) "Alla Hornpipe" by George Frideric Handel and part of his Water Music orchestral collection.
• During the fight, Abe is posing in a way similar to Grande Odalisque by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
• Storage Battles: Tahoe and Storage Battles Myanmar are parodies of the regionalized spin-offs of Storage Wars, such as Storage Wars: Texas and Storage Wars: New York.
• Sideshow Mel mentioned that he worked with American actor, director, producer and writer Bob Balaban.
• Abe and Bart are wearing disguises of Abraham Lincoln and the Statue of Liberty, respectively. Mr. Burns calls Abe a "bullet-brained rail-splitter", referring to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and his nickname, the "Rail Splitter", earned due to his early work splitting logs to make rail fences.

Trivia

• The Homer Shake opening does not appear in international releases or on the Disney+ version.
• Homer tells Marge to high five him, despite having four fingers.

Continuity

• Several old people from previous episodes appear including Leo and his wife "The Old Man and the Key", Los Souvenir Jacquitos "The Old Man and the Key" and Hazel "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons".
• Lisa apparently still has a crush on Nelson "Lisa's Date with Density".

Goofs

Baby Face Palooka's had brown hair in both the old footage and present-day, but a blond in Mr. Burns' old poster advertising his pro-wrestling match against Gorgeous Godfrey.