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Cultural References

• The song Homer sings in the couch gag is from the animated short Your Face by Bill Plympton.
• Movies at Capital City Googolplex Theaters:
  • Transformers: Fatigue,
  • Marvel: Letter to the Editor,
  • Reboot: Origins, a reference to Marvel's reboots,
  • Disney's 'The Teacup Ride' , a reference to Disney World's Mad Tea Party,
  • The Lego Get Out Movie, a reference to The Lego Movie,
  • Snapchat Filters: the Movie,
  • Filleting Dory, a reference to Finding Dory,
  • Alexa vs. Siri, a reference to the Amazon Alexa app and iPhone's Siri,
  • Pirates 6: The Lost Treasure of Johnny Depp, a reference to the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
• Credits of the superhero movie:
  • Mr. Downey Jr.'s Moustache by Frederico's of Hollywood, a reference to Robert Downey Jr., Tony Stark in Iron Man,
  • Mr. Ruffalo's Anger Coach Edgar 'Rage' Raginsky, a reference to Mark Ruffalo and the Hulk comics.
  • Hawkeye's Action Expert None Necessary, a reference to Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe not having enough to do.
  • Scarlett Johansson's Wardrobe by Madam Spandex, a reference to Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow.
  • So-called 'Iron Man' may contain trace elements of tungsten.
  • Stan Lee Created by Stan Lee's parents.
  • Nothing in this film was made in America.
  • Fonts by Mr. Helvetica Except Where..., a reference to Helvetica.
  • The credits mention that Jeremy Renner has two assistants.
• In the middle-credits sequence, Ben Parker, Spider-Man's uncle, is alive and evil. He then says the line "with great power comes no responsibility", a reference to his line in the comics "with great power comes great responsibility".
• The practice of post-credit sequences on Marvel's movies is referenced. The Avengers are referenced in both the middle-credit sequence (directly) and the post-credit sequence (Assemblers Assemble!). Amongst them are characters resembling:
  • Wonder Woman,
  • Green Lantern,
  • Spider-Man,
  • Iron Man,
  • Thor,
  • Silver Surfer,
  • Doctor Strange,
  • Blue Beetle,
  • Howard the Duck
  • Ghost Rider
  • A rock band that resembles the Kiss, except one member is missing.
• Homer says that the only reason they stayed for the credits was to see who sang "The Power of Love", and it was usually Huey Lewis.
• The man on the roof mentions Kit Carson.
• Rolling Scone, and the font used on its logo, is a reference to Rolling Stone.
• The magazine Subscriptions Weekly has issues of Peephole, Newsweek, Dollars and Timely, a reference to Time, on the front.
• The scene where Moe plays the fiddle is a reference to the movie Heaven's Gate.
• Queasy Rider is a parody of the 1969 movie Easy Rider.
• JJ Gruff's character and looks are based on J. Jonah Jameson. It's also voiced by J. K. Simmons, original voice actor for Jonah in the the original Spider-Man trilogy and other.

Continuity

• The Capital City Stadium appears. ("Dancing Homer")
• Lisa asks to tell stories at the end:
  • How Maggie was born but Homer tells her they told it already ("And Maggie Makes Three"),
  • How they got the dog and Homer says they found him at Christmas ("Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"),
  • The origin of the cat and Homer says nobody cares ("I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot").

Trivia

• Booberella's real name was revealed, Barbara Lelavinski.