Cultural references
- The couch gag is a game of Scrabble.
- Pseudo-nonymous is a parody of hacker group Anonymous.
- The male hacker mentions Waffle House and Home Depot and demands a ransom in Bitcoins.
- The Bitcoin address includes the phrase "lets-go-Raiders", a reference to the Las Vegas Raiders.
- "Don't Have a Prediction, Man" is a reference to Bart's catchphrase, "Don't have a cow man!".
- Future Bart mentions Bengt R. Holmström receiving the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2016, Donald Trump becoming president, gas hoarding (which happened in 2022), pandemics (referencing the COVID-19 pandemic), Germany beating Brazil in the 2014 World Cup (which didn't happen, as Germany beat Brazil 7-1), and Disney buying Fox and being absorbed by Panda Express.
- "21 Chump Street" is a reference to 21 Jump Street.
- Doug Flutie appears among the Canadian football players, asking if he wants him to throw a Hail Mary.
- "Spider Fan: Turn Off the Snark" is a reference to the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.
- Comic Book Guy reads Casper the Friendly Ghost.
- "For Whom the Mel Bowls" is a reference to For Whom the Bell Tolls.
- "Finding Blinky" is a reference to the movie Finding Nemo.
- "Sideshow Bob Ross" is a reference to Bob Ross.
- "Guest Stu Coming to Skinner" is a reference to the movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
- "Dis-Homer-Able Dis-Marge" is a reference to the movie Dishonorable Discharge.
- "C.H.U.M. Kind of Wonderful" is a reference to the movie Some Kind of Wonderful.
- "Grimes and Misdemeanors" is a reference to the movie Crimes and Misdemeanors.
- "Snake on a Plane" is a reference to the movie Snakes on a Plane.
- "Once Upon a Time in a Vest" is a reference to Andy Skinner's album of the same name and the movie Once Upon a Time in the West.
- "Wild Wild Vest" is a reference to the movie Wild Wild West.
- "Vest Side Story" is a reference to the musical West Side Story.
- "So You Frink You Can France?" is a reference to the TV series So You Think You Can Dance.
- "Moe Money, Moe Prom-blems" is a reference to The Notorious B.I.G.'s song "Mo Money Mo Problems".
- "Kang, Kang, Kang Went the Trolley" is a reference to "The Trolley Song".
- The scene where Eddie is Ralph Wiggum's real father is a reference to the theory of Eddie is real Ralph's father.
- Homer waking up from a coma after the events of "Bart the Daredevil" is a reference to the theories of the whole show being just that, dreams of Homer while he's in a coma he never woke up from.
- Female Ashley mentions Magic Kingdom, Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, National Geographic, Hulk, Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo, Baby Groot and Baby Yoda.
- The World According to Baby Jeff Goldblum is a parody of The World According to Jeff Goldblum.
Trivia
Continuity
"Guest Stu's Coming to Skinner" is a reference to the Skinner and the Superintendent segment of "22 Short Films About Springfield".
- Some clips from previous episodes appear:
- Hans Moleman previously said that drinking ruined his life and that he was 31 years old in "Duffless".
- Homer wakes up from a coma after the events of "Bart the Daredevil".
- After waking up from the coma, Homer cries about never having had a pet lobster ("Lisa Gets an "A"") and never having gone to space ("Deep Space Homer").
