My Way or the Highway to Heaven/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the idiom "my way or the highway", which is also a recurring lyric in the song "My Way" by Limp Bizkit and could also be a reference to either "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC or the TV drama series Highway to Heaven.
- In Heaven:
- Ludwig van Beethoven appears, next to Tupac, playing his Fifth Symphony.
- Tracy Morgan appears, and God asks him why he's there after getting better, a reference to his critical illness after his accident in 2014 caused by a Walmart trucker. In a future episode, "Baby You Can't Drive My Car", he'll actually play a tow-trucker.
- Jimi Hendrix appears.
- Maude Flanders is paired with Abraham Lincoln, while Edna Krabappel is paired with George Washington.
- Christopher Columbus appears, getting lost in the way to the bathroom, just like he got lost on his way to India, and found America instead.
- The Last Supper is seen.
- The song "Cheek to Cheek" plays when the kids imagine getting to Heaven.
- Üter Zörker imagines himself in the chocolate factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- In Ned's story:
- The song that plays when Ned goes through jobs is "Dead End Street" by The Kinks.
- The salesman in a vest and necktie is a reference to Willy Loman from Death of a Salesman.
- The salesman in a straw hat and bowtie is a reference to Harold Hill from The Music Man.
- Ned buys and is shown driving a two-tone Corvette Stingray convertible.
- The Apollo 14 moonlanding is shown.
- He mentions Gunsmoke and a short clip is shown of it on TV.
- The jungle scene with helicopter and Ned's use of the word "quagmire" both refer to the Vietnam War.
- A Che Guevara poster is seen behind Jesus Christ.
- In Marge's story:
- The French nuns sing "Boogie Woogie Christian God", a parody of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" by The Andrews Sisters.
- The people in the café sing "La Marseillaise", the national anthem of France, by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, a reference to La Marseillaise sung in Rick's American Cafe in the film Casablanca.
- A wooden case is labeled Ark of the Covenant, containing the ghosts of the ark.
- During the fight in Café Meaux, "Non, je ne regrette rien" by Édith Piaf plays.
- In Lisa's story:
- Lisa introduces it as "The Princess Not Affiliated With Disney... unless we are now owned by Disney", referencing The Walt Disney Company acquiring of 21st Century Fox.
- The name Siddmartha Gautama is a play on one of Buddha's names, Siddhārtha Gautama.
- Lisa's travels outside the palace parallel Siddhārtha's travels outside his palace.
- Prince Gautama, a Bart look-alike character, and a Milhouse look-alike, play a multiplayer game that is a parody of Clash Royale.
- A delivery is made by Amazon to Siddmartha with a time machine from 2018 A.D..
Trivia
- The elephant attendant says "Please, somebody think of the elephants", a reference to Helen Lovejoy's "Won't somebody please think of the children?" line.
- Bart doesn't have any lines on the episode itself. However, his counterpart from Lisa's history, Prince Gautama has at least 2 lines.
- If you don't count this counterpart, this is the another episode in the series where Bart doesn't speak.
Goofs
- In the credits, Aldrine Guerrero's credit misspells "ukulele" as "ukelele".
