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**The {{w|Bad Robot Productions}} logo is on his production van. Bad Robot Productions is J. J.'s production company. | **The {{w|Bad Robot Productions}} logo is on his production van. Bad Robot Productions is J. J.'s production company. | ||
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*Things in J. J. Abrams' office include: | *Things in J. J. Abrams' office include: | ||
**''[[Regarding Henry: The Game]]'', a reference to the film ''{{W|Regarding Henry}}''. | **''[[Regarding Henry: The Game]]'', a reference to the film ''{{W|Regarding Henry}}''. |
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Contents
Cultural references
- The title is a play on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
- Music and posters seen in teenage Homer's room include:
- A poster for "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground.
- A poster for "O.P.P." by Naughty by Nature.
- Cassette tapes for Run-DMC, LL Cool J, and MC Hammer.
- Homer eats ChocZillas and Sugar Buzz Bombs cereal, which are both cereals in F Is for Family.
- Gil Gunderson drinks Crystal Pepsi, saying it's pointless.
- The song sung by the animatronics, "Pizza Around the Pizza", is a parody of Bill Haley & His Comets's "Rock Around the Clock".
- Homer has Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" in his Hip Hop mix disc. He sings a parody called "Slice Slice Baby".
- The Phuntime Phunky Phour (and Homer) sing a parody of "Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team.
- "Hooray for Hollywood" plays when the scene pans over to Little Los Angeles.
- Bart tells Lisa that they're "getting the band back together", a reference to the quote from The Blues Brothers.
- When Lisa meets Public Domain Debbie, "On Top Of Old Smoky" plays.
- Sideshow Mel uses WD-40 on Foxy Lady. He also has an Enrique Iglesias CD.
- J. J. Abrams is directing the next Mission: Impossible movie. J. J. Abrams started his directing career directing Mission: Impossible III.
- The Bad Robot Productions logo is on his production van. Bad Robot Productions is J. J.'s production company.
- J. J. Abrams needed a Garbage Pail Kids pinball machine.
- A Lost footage garbage bin is present at the J.J. Abrams Productions building.
- Things in J. J. Abrams' office include:
- Regarding Henry: The Game, a reference to the film Regarding Henry.
- Felicity's Hair, a reference to the TV series Felicity.
- A robot from Westworld.
- A "Colt Luger" lunchbox, a reference to Cult Luger from F Is for Family.
- Three BB-8s are used by Bart and Lisa to transport Wakkety Yak out. BB-8 is a character in the Star Wars sequel trilogy that J. J. Abrams directed.
- The Bad Robot security guard wears and outfit and sunglasses, a reference to Star Trek's characters wearing sunglasses on spaceships. J. J. Abrams directed the 2009 Star Trek film.
- The lens flare seen as J. J. is introduced is a reference to the large use of lens flare by him in his productions.
- J. J. mentions Universal Pictures and Dreamworks.
- Several references are made to J. J. reboots, including Star Wars.
- Comic Book Guy shows Homer a parody of the change to Sonic the Hedgehog that people got the producer of his film.
- A protester holds a sign saying to Release the Sonic's teeth cut.
- Agents of P.I.Z.Z.A. is a parody of the Marvel TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The movie is written by Tony Kushner and Babaloo Mandel.
- Mary Sue holds a sign saying 80 Retweets can't be wrong.
- A protester holds a sign saying to un-release the Snyder Cut.
- Grampa mentions the '63 Impala SS sport coupe.
- The Troll Force Five slogan, "Earth's Spite-iest Heroes!", is a parody of the slogan for The Avengers, "Earth's Mightiest Heroes".
- Movie Bros. is a parody of Warner Bros..
- Marie Sue mentions Harry Potter and Dumbledore.
- The Shipper mentions C-3PO and Chewbacca.
- Stan wears a Groot costume.
Trivia
- The episode was dedicated to David Richardson who passed away on January 18th, two months before this episode aired.
Continuity
- A Vindicators: Crystal War poster is seen in J.J. Abrams Productions. ("Bart the Bad Guy")
- On Halloween, the costumes seen are:
- Marge as Catwoman. ("Treehouse of Horror XXIV")
- Bart as Cupcake Kid. ("Simple Simpson")
- Lisa as Angelica Button. ("The Haw-Hawed Couple")
Goofs
- The name tags on the animatronics at Razzle Dazzle's Pizza-Tainment Palace disappear.