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Happy Feet and Grand Theft Auto reference.

• Titanic: Green Day play "Nearer, My God, to Thee" on violins as their barge sinks, a reference to the film.
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery: When Bart is riding his skateboard naked, different passing objects are constantly covering his genitalia, a nod to similar techniques used in the film.
• Disney: Homer and Marge's love scene parodies many Disney films, with Disney-style animals helping them undress. Also, Bart, while wearing a black bra on his head like Disney-style ears, impersonates Mickey Mouse on the train, calling himself "the mascot of an evil corporation".
• Grand Theft Auto: Homer plays Grand Theft Walrus, an allusion to the video game series.
• Happy Feet: In the above game, his character shoots a tap-dancing penguin in reference to the film.
• Spider-Man (1967 TV series): The "Spider-Pig" song is a parody of the theme song of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon.
• Harry Potter: Homer renames Spider-Pig Harry "Plopper" and dresses him in glasses and a lightning scar, an obvious parody of the Harry Potter character.
• An Inconvenient Truth: The name of Lisa's lecture, An Irritating Truth, is a play on Al Gore's documentary.
• Full Metal Jacket: The bomb disposal robot was based on Vincent D'Onofrio's character Leonard "Pyle" Lawrence, who commits suicide in a similar way.
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi: At the end of the film, the crowd's celebration is similar to the conclusion of the final Star Wars film, with Carl performing the exact same hand gestures as Lando Calrissian.
• Hillary Clinton: The former Democratic Presidential candidate appears as Itchy's vice president.
• Independence Day: The scene where the EPA Dome is delivered to Springfield (notably the immense shadow covering Springfield and the People's reactions) resembles the Alien Destroyers positioning themselves over Washington DC, New York City, and Los Angeles scenes in the movie.

Mrs. Glick is playing American Idiot:Funeral version at Green day's funeral.American Idiot is one of Green Day's best-known songs