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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
*The episode title is a reference to the TV series ''{{W|Pretty Little Liars}}''. | *The episode title is a reference to the TV series ''{{W|Pretty Little Liars}}''. | ||
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*Brandine mentions more names for the [[Spuckler children]], named after the companies {{w|Moderna}}, {{w|AstraZeneca}} and {{w|Johnson and Johnson}}. | *Brandine mentions more names for the [[Spuckler children]], named after the companies {{w|Moderna}}, {{w|AstraZeneca}} and {{w|Johnson and Johnson}}. | ||
*Mountain Doo is a parody of [[Mountain Dew]]. | *Mountain Doo is a parody of [[Mountain Dew]]. | ||
| − | *Statues of {{w|Looney Tunes}} characters {{w|Yosemite Sam}} and {{w|Foghorn Leghorn}}, [[Hank Hill]] and [[Bill Clinton]] appear at Cletus | + | *Statues of {{w|Looney Tunes}} characters {{w|Yosemite Sam}} and {{w|Foghorn Leghorn}}, [[Hank Hill]] and [[Bill Clinton]] appear at [[Cletus's farm]]. |
| + | *"{{w|Goodbye Time}}" by {{w|Conway Twitty}} plays on Brandine's "farewell" scenes. | ||
| + | *Cletus' first book is {{w|Dr. Seuss}}'s [[Green Eggs and Ham]]. | ||
| + | *[[Lenny]] learned to play as [[Elton John]], while [[Moe]], [[Sam]], [[Barney]] and [[Carl]] learned to play as [[The Beatles]]. | ||
| + | *Cletus presents the book "[[The Grapes of Wrath]]" by [[John Steinbeck]], and the {{w|National Lampoon's Vacation|film series}} film series, at Cletus on Books. | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the TV series Pretty Little Liars.
- Marge is hosting book club with A Farewell to Arm by Ernest Hemingway.
- Agnes says to Cletus that Brandine is Jeopardy! smart, while Cletus asks her if she's Celebrity Jeopardy! smart.
- When she shows him the library card, the opening to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is plucked by a banjo.
- Lisa reports on the Matilda effect, using Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell as expample, their picture shown on the board.
- Miss Hoover uses Oogle.
- Brandine reads the boo Gray's Anatomy, a reference to the tv series Grey's Anatomy.
- "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky plays on the ballet scene and the scene where Brandine wants to leave the Simpson house.
- Among the books Lisa brings to Brandine are Stendhal's "The Red and the Black", Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" and Ivan Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons".
- Shauna calls Lisa a Little Miss Google Noodle.
- At the League of Extraordinary Geniuses:
- Beethoven's "Piano Sonata No. 14 plays.
- Posters for Srinivasa Ramanujan, Marie Curie and Isaac Newton are seen.
- A character resembling Schroeder from Peanuts plays the piano.
- Brandine mentions more names for the Spuckler children, named after the companies Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson.
- Mountain Doo is a parody of Mountain Dew.
- Statues of Looney Tunes characters Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn, Hank Hill and Bill Clinton appear at Cletus's farm.
- "Goodbye Time" by Conway Twitty plays on Brandine's "farewell" scenes.
- Cletus' first book is Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham.
- Lenny learned to play as Elton John, while Moe, Sam, Barney and Carl learned to play as The Beatles.
- Cletus presents the book "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, and the film series film series, at Cletus on Books.
