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Cultural references

• The name of the episode is a reference to the song "Mother and Child Reunion" by Paul Simon.
  • The song was previously played in "My Mother the Carjacker" and "Mona Leaves-a".
• In the Magic Shop, a statue of Homer as Frankenstein's Monster and Marge as Bride of Frankenstein is seen.
• Werner Herzog mentions Burger King, Steve Jobs, Angela Merkel, Uber and Babar the Elephant.
• Grizzledum house is a parody of Gryffindor house in Harry Potter.
• Zoltar from the 1988 film Big is seen at the Magic Shop.
• Homer and Bart hold Starbucks coffee cups.
• Lisa mentions Cornell College.
• Lisa mentions Netflix buying Yale University.
• Bart plays Fruit Ninja.
• Milhouse mentions Seth MacFarlane, and him having a similar singing voice to Frank Sinatra, something mentioned a lot in real life.
• Bed Bong and Beyond is a parody of Bed Bath & Beyond.
• A Bitcoin Laundromat shop is seen.
• Lisa uses Oogle mail.
• Universities Lisa got accepted in:
  • Dartmouth College.
  • Amherst College.
  • Cornell University.
  • University of Oxford.
  • Sorbonne University.
  • Princeton University.
  • Yale University.
  • Brown University.
  • Bowdoin College.
  • UC Berkeley.
  • UNC.
  • Texas A&M.
  • Harvard University.
  • West Virginia Smart Place, the only one that doesn't exist in real life.
  • Bob Jones University, mentioned by Ned.
  • University of Hawaiʻi, Arizona State University and Google University, mentioned by drones.
    • Arizona State safety is a reference to the many safety issues on campus in the real life university.
• Maggie turns her face in various emojis.
• Sullen Teen Magazine is a reference to Life in Hell.

Continuity

• A poster for The Great Raymondo and Esther is seen. ("The Great Simpsina")
• A poster for Mesmerino is seen. ("The Blunder Years")
• A poster for Abra Ca-Debra is seen. ("Go Big or Go Homer")
• Lisa becomes president of the United States. ("Bart to the Future")
• A Deli restaurant appears. ("The Simpsons: Hit & Run")
• A Blockbusters shop appears, saying they're back. ("A Midsummer's Nice Dreams")
• Ned uses a teleporter. ("Treehouse of Horror VIII")
• A poster for Jesus Christ Supercar appears. ("How Lisa Got Her Marge Back")

Trivia

• The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop has now become The Android's Dungeon not a Comic Book Store but a Prison.
• Moe's Tavern has become Moe's Oxygen.
• The episode was dedicated to Olympia Dukakis who passed away on May 1st, eight days before this episode aired.