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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the "Mona Lisa" painting, which was previously punned in the episodes "Moaning Lisa," "Moe'N'a Lisa" and "Mona Leaves-a."
• Nelson's company Snot Wheels is a parody of the toy car company, Hot Wheels.
• Up: The 2009 Disney/Pixar movie is punned in P.U., the title of the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon Lisa and Bart watch in the car.
• The music in P.U. starts off with "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn then becomes "Married Life" from Up, by Michael Giacchino.

Continuity

• Lisa and Nelson talk about the time they used to date. ("Lisa's Date with Density")
• Facebook is shown for the first time, although it was previously mentioned in "Father Knows Worst", "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" and "Bart Gets a "Z"", and "Coming to Homerica in the Chalkboard Gag.
• Itchy previously vacuumed up Scratchy's ghost in "Remembrance of Things Slashed".
• Several characters from previous episodes are friends with Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook.
  • Tattoo Annie from "Marge in Chains".
  • Hollis Hurlbut from "Lisa the Iconoclast".
  • Hank Scorpio from "You Only Move Twice".
  • Lucius Sweet from "The Homer They Fall".
  • Steve Mobbs from "MyPods and Boomsticks"
• When Marge is looking at purses, she points out a Princess Penelope purse. "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"

Goofs

• Grampa previously gave the Simpson family their inheritance in "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", meaning he has now given them their inheritance twice.
  • Though Grampa is senile so probably forgot. This could also be why Lisa asked if he's sure about it.

International premieres

• "Loan-a-Lisa" premiered on 14 October 2010 in the UK.
• The episode was broadcast two days after the theatrical release of The Social Network, a film on Mark Zuckerberg's founding of Facebook.