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References/Trivia

Season 28 Episode References

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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.

The episode was dedicated to Kevin Curran who passed away on October 25th, 1 week before this episode aired.

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.

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