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Cultural references

• The entire episode is a spoof of secret societies, mainly Freemasonry.

The episode's couch gag references M. C. Escher's lithograph print Relativity

• The episode's couch gag references M. C. Escher's lithograph print Relativity.
• Notable items in "Homer's Revenge List" include the Bill of Rights, Emmy Awards, scientist Charles Darwin, comedian Billy Crystal, God, and the Soloflex exercise machine.
• When Homer tells the family that Lenny and Carl were acting strange, Bart wonders if they are involved in the John F. Kennedy assassination, a reference to the numerous assassination conspiracy theories related to the president's death.
• According to Marge, Homer once stalked American journalist Charles Kuralt.
• After attaching a dripping can of paint to Lenny's car, Homer says that the only thing he had to do was following the "yellow drip road". This is a reference to the iconic yellow brick road that Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland) had to follow to get to the Emerald City in the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz.
• When checking his purse for his Stonecutters membership card, Abe finds out he is an elk, a Mason, a communist and the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
• After being hurt by Lenny, Mr. Burns asks him "Thanks, sir, can I have another one?", after which he is kicked. This is a reference to a similar scene with the older students and the new ones in the film National Lampoon's Animal House.
• Symbols seen at the Stonecutters Lodge include the Square and Compasses and the Eye of Providence, symbols usually associated with Freemasonry.
• Patrick Stewart's character goes by the name "Number One", the same name that Captain Jean-Luc Picard, also portrayed by Stewart, uses to refer to Commander William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• One of the initiation rituals is called "The Wreck of the Hesperus", a reference to the narrative poem of the same name by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
• The classical music heard at the Stonecutters' Tunnel is suite no. 2 in D major (HWV 349) "Alla Hornpipe" by George Frideric Handel and part of his Water Music orchestral collection.
• According to the Secret World History book:
  • All of the Founding Fathers of the United States were Stonecutters.
  • During the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence in July 1776, one of the Founding Fathers said "let us party like 'twas 1799". This is a reference to the lyrics "So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999" from the song "1999" by famous American singer Prince, which he wrote in 1982 inspired by a Nostradamus prediction of the world coming to an end in 1999.
  • Homer want to explain to Lisa how American folk hero Davy Crockett really died in the Battle of the Alamo.
• According to the lyrics of "We Do", the Stonecutters:
  • Have control of the British Crown.
  • Keep the metric system down. The United States uses its customary system of measurement units while most of the rest of the world uses the metric system (SI).
  • Leave the mythic island of Atlantis off the maps.
  • Keep Martians under wraps. A reference to the popular extraterrestrial cover-up conspiracies such as the Roswell incident.
  • Hold back the electric car.
  • Make American actor Steve Guttenberg a star.
  • Manipulate the Academy Awards results.

The Stonecutters ark parodies the Ark of the Covenant from the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark, including the ghosts that come out of it

• When Homer has to gives his ceremonial costume back, it is burned inside an ark that looks a lot like the Ark of the Covenant from the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark. When the clothes are burning, ghosts are flying from it, just like in the film.
• Homer's coronation scene, including his costume, acting like a child, and the background music, are direct references to The Last Emperor.
• When Homer considers himself a God, Lisa tells him "Beware the Ides of March", a famous line in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar referring to the Ides of March.
• When Homer proposed the Stonecutters to help the less fortunate, Moe compares him to Albert Schweitzer.
• Notable people from the Stonecutter World Council include food scientist Orville Redenbacher, actor Jack Nicholson, former president George H.W. Bush and actor and wrestler Mr. T.
• The The Ancient Mystic Society of No Homers headquarters are located in a Baskin-Robbins store, the American multinational chain of ice cream.
• Homer wants the monkeys to recreate the Battle of Gettysburg. This battle is considered to be the turning point of the American Civil War.
• Homer thinks he is part of The Black Panthers, a black power political organization founded in 1966 and dissolved in 1982.

Trivia

• Stonecutter numbers: Lenny is number 12, Carl is number 14, and Mr. Burns is number 29, which means that Lenny and Carl outrank him in the Stonecutter pecking order. Homer is given number 908.
• The calendar in Elizabeth Hoover's class is on March in Springfield Elementary School.
• Items seen on Homer's revenge list:
  • Bill of Rights
  • Grandpa
  • Fat Free Lard
  • Gravity
  • Emmys
  • Darwin
  • H₂Whoa! ("Brush with Greatness")
  • Billy Crystal
  • God
  • Soloflex
  • The Boy
  • Stern Lecture Plumbing
  • Econo Save

Goofs

• The robe that the Stonecutter guard wore was the same standard burgundy color as all the other Stonecutters when Homer was peering out of the bush, but when Homer attempted to go through the doors, the guard's robe switched to black.
• Carl has yellow skin during the singing of "We Do".