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Cultural references

• The name of the episode is a reference to the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
• The MI5 room is modeled after the conference room in the film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.^[1]
• The cloud rain on old man, no one else, may be a reference to Fantozzi's cloud, a rain cloud that follows him frequently in the Fantozzi series of movies.
• The old people at the Retirement Castle watch The Third Man movie, with footage from the actual film. Several homages to the movie are made throughout the episode.^[2]
• At Moe's, Terrance mention, and the barflies sing, "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" by Jack Judge.
• Grampa thinks that "The Star-Spangled Banner" is impossible to sing.
• Homer says Grampa is as american as Apple watches.
• Grampa got dishonorable discharged by Amazon Prime.
• Terrence does Winston Churchill's voice.
• Terrence listens to "In the Mood by Glenn Miller.
• Grampa mentions Tom Jones.
• The scene where Homer and Grampa are trapped in the car's hood is a reference to the 1998 film Out of Sight.^[3]
• Oldfinger is a parody of Goldfinger.
• Homer mentions that the animal sounds toy was bought on Amazon.

Continuity

• Grey Fox served with Flying Hellfish. ("Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"")
• The "Old Man yells at cloud" article appears. ("The Old Man and the Key")
• Terrence reads reads Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. ("The Great Wife Hope")
• Orson Welles appears. ("Frink Gets Testy")

References