The Musk Who Fell to Earth/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 26 Episode References
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Cultural references

Elon Musk playing Tapped Out

• The episode name is a reference to the 1963 novel The Man Who Fell To Earth, which was adapted into a 1976 film and a 1987 television program.
• Elon Musk gives Bart a fully functioning lightsaber from Star Wars.
• Carl sings Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen's 1941 song "Blues in the Night".
• Kent Brockman says: "Attention fans of the The Little Rascals! The last of them died today in Palm Springs."
• Elon Musk is seen playing The Simpsons: Tapped Out in his spaceship. He is level 8, has 410 and 1,227.
• "Starman" by David Bowie plays at the end of the episode.
• Elon Musk in his spaceship leaving Earth and going past the moon is a reference to the David Bowie song "Space Oddity".

Trivia

• It is revealed that Bart came up with Maggie's name.

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