Baby You Can't Drive My Car/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the song "Drive My Car" by The Beatles.
- Chief Wiggum's military jet pack design references the Martin Jetpack.
- Homer sings two parodies of "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" by Jim Croce; "Chicken Nugget" and "No Operator".
- Lisa mentions the National Endowment for the Arts.
- The music when Homer raids the cafeteria is "Pure Imagination" by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley from the movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
- Mr. Burns and Smithers resumes say they worked in Google's AI department.
- The Christmas song written by an AI is a real song written by an AI.
- Homer and Marge have Amazon Alexa devices.
- Homer's Alexa is only for cookies and Pop Tarts.
- CarGo has a Nerfatorium.
- The radio in Smitty's car plays "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene.
- Mr. Burns sings "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye)" by Al Jolson, from The Jazz Singer.
- Duff Mexicana talking tattoo parodies Popeye's toot tooting.
Trivia
- Homer and Maggie are seen both pretending to drive in the driverless car, referencing the opening sequence where Marge and Maggie are seen in the car together.
Continuity
- Chief Wiggum uses the military jet pack he received in the opening titles, though its colored orange instead of grey. ("Sky Police")
- Hans Moleman is seen drivign the AMC Gremlin again. ("Treehouse of Horror V")
Goofs
- Homer acts like he's never driven a self driving car before. In "Maximum Homerdrive", he and Bart drove Red Barclay's truck and it had an autodrive system.
