There Will Be Buds/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 28 Episode References
← "Trust But Clarify"	602 "There Will Be Buds"	"Havana Wild Weekend" 603 →

Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to the film There Will Be Blood.
• Kirk made a cd for the trip on the van with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy songs in it.
• During the trip, they're listening to the song "You And Me And The Bottle Makes Three Tonight" by Straight No Chaser.
• Kirk's chat mentions The Godfather and Halo.
• Kirk mentions The Blues Brothers while singing and has created a website called Blues Buddies at bluesbuddies.com.
• WXPO 470AM "The Pipe" is the show commentating the Lacrosse match against Capitol City.
• At the end of the episode, drunk Kirk says that "Jet fuel can't melt steel". This is a reference to a famous conspiracy theory around the 9/11 terrorist attacks that clams that the planes alone would not be able to take down both towers.
• Marge references Jim Harbaugh when Homer says Kirk is a sport genius that everybody hates.

Trivia

• The episode was dedicated to Kevin Curran who passed away on October 25th, 1 week before this episode aired.
• The song Homer and Kirk sing is Pas de Dude by Allen Simpson, lyrics by Matt Selman.

Continuity

• A Strupo poster is seen. ("The War of Art")
• A Royalty Valhalla poster is seen. ("A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again")

Goofs

• Lacrosse doesn't have the second highest concussion rate after Football. It actually stays behind other popular sports, such as Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Soccer, Wrestling and Motorsports.
• The place of some of the people at the town meeting change between scenes.
• Homer says that "The mixtape isn't just the same song over and over again", but Kirk was holding a CD, not a mixtape.
• There are 12 kids at the Lacrosse team, but Field Lacrosse, the one being played in the episode, has a 10 player limit per team.

References

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Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus • Friends and Family • The Town • Treehouse of Horror XXVII • Trust but Clarify • There Will Be Buds • Havana Wild Weekend • Dad Behavior • The Last Traction Hero • The Nightmare After Krustmas • Pork and Burns • The Great Phatsby: Part One • The Great Phatsby: Part Two • Fatzcarraldo • The Cad and the Hat • Kamp Krustier • 22 for 30 • A Father's Watch • The Caper Chase • Looking for Mr. Goodbart • Moho House • Dogtown