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Cultural references

• Instasnap is a parody of Instagram.
  • Posts on Instasnap refer, amongst other things, to Marvel, DC, Disney, Fox, Arby's and digestion, Lil Nas X and his haters, streaming and movie theaters, Adele, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1984, the Missouri Compromise and the Supreme Court siding with NCAA athletes.
• Lisa checks posts on TikTok on her phone. At The Institute there's a section for "privilege-blind Tik Toks". TskTok is a parody of TikTok.
• Homer mentions YouTubers.
• Helen Lovejoy's video was posted on Facelook, parody of Facebook. Helen calls 911 on Siri.
• Jed Hawk sings "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC.
• The Institute's team is a parody of the Suicide Squad from DC Comics, with the scenes parodying the 2021 film The Suicide Squad by James Gunn.
• "Dirty Work" by Steely Dan plays on the team's action montages.
• ChumNet mentions Vince Vaughn and NFL. ChumNet is a parody of several sites on the internet posting fake or modified news to clickbait people.
• One of the news headlines on ChumNet talks about the movie Waterworld and the little girl, Enola.

Trivia

• Starting with this episode, Drederick Tatum is voiced by Jay Pharoah.

Continuity

• A dog resembling Laddie appears at the Dog Park. ("The Canine Mutiny")
• Becky is seen at the Dog Park. ("It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge")
• People seen by Homer's car when Santa's Little Helper is trapped in there:
  • Quinn Hopper. ("The Girl Code")
  • The Shipper, Mary Sue, and Stan from Troll Force Five. ("Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?")
  • Jazzy James. ("The Great Phatsby: Part One")
  • Amuse Bruce. ("The Food Wife")
• The family visits Dead Lobster for the Prawn-a-thon!. ("E Pluribus Wiggum")
• A news headline for Vindicators appears on Universal News Network, with a picture of Airshot. ("Bart the Bad Guy")