The D'oh-cial Network/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the movie The Social Network.
- The plot of Lisa making a social networking site is also similar to The Social Network.
- Armie Hammer voiced Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the characters he played in The Social Network.
- The chalkboard gag, "We do need no education", is a reference to the lyric "We don't need no education" from the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall".
- Reverend Lovejoy takes an online quiz to find which Muppet he is and gets Beaker as the result.
- Chubba the Shedd's Dust Palace is a reference to Jabba the Hutt's Sand Palace from Star Wars.
- In Towne Centre at Springfielde Glenne:
- The old vouchers Marge throws away:
- The Lisa is a parody of the Apple Lisa.
- Nelson plays "Angry Nerds" where he threw Martin into Database, Cosine and Report Card, knocking them and the bookshelf over, a parody of Angry Birds.
- The blue-haired lawyer says that SpringFace is the biggest failure since Ask Jeeves, a search engine. Jeeves then gets up and walks out, head hung low.
- During the London 2012 Olympics scene with the Winklevoss', "In the Hall of the Mountain King" can be heard.
- The same song is heard in The Social Network in a very similar scene with the Winklevoss twins.
- The song used twice the episode, particularly when the text on the screen towards the end is telling the viewer what has happened to the characters after the episode, is "Creep" by Scala & Kolacny Brothers.
Trivia
- The episode was too short so A Simpsons "Show's Too Short Story" was placed at the end. This was animated in a similar way to the Dark Stanley story from "Yokel Chords", with similar music playing.
Continuity
Goofs
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