The Old Man and the Lisa/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 8 Episode References
← 173 "The Canine Mutiny"	174 "The Old Man and the Lisa"	"In Marge We Trust" 175 →

Continuity

• When, Mr. Burns goes to the Simpsons' house, asking Homer for his daughter, Homer suggests he means Maggie. Mr. Burns mumbles "The baby who shot me", while Maggie makes a pistol gesture, a reference to "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)".
• A drum of Lil' Lisa Slurry can be seen in the water in "Bart Carny".
• Kent Brockman mentions Mr. Burns as the man who blocked out the sun ("Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)") and who ran over a local boy ("Bart Gets Hit by a Car").
• Some of the kids in the recycling group are Lisa's friends from "Summer of 4 Ft. 2".

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to The Old Man and the Sea.
• Mr. Burns tells a hippie to "shine on you crazy diamond", referring to the song by Pink Floyd of the same name.
• Lisa recycling episode is a parody of the ending of Soylent Green as Lisa begs people not to recycle to stop the slurry.

Trivia

• Mr. Burns' scowl is not seen in part of the episode.

Goofs

• The pro wrestler who considers buying Mr. Burns' mansion loses the muscle definition on his upper chest while he talks.

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