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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a wordplay on Canada's national anthem "O Canada".
• The couch gag parodies the sets of various sitcoms: The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch and Cheers. It's also a repeat of "How the Test Was Won"'s.
• The Simpsons pass by:
  • a Toys R Us store, with the mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe attempting to hang himself but failing because his neck is too long for him to "hang."
  • a bankrupt Sears and Roebuck.
  • Circuit City overrun by wild dogs.
• Homer holds a pendant for the Buffalo Bills.
• The Simpsons drive by a Kodak plant that is demolished.
• In Homer's song, a parody of "New York, New York" from the musical On the Town, he mentions that Benedict Arnold fought in Upstate New York.
• Second Best Western is a reference to Best Western hotels.
• Lisa's foster family mention the following Canadian restaurant chains: Harvey's, Swiss Chalet, Mr. Sub, Earls and Humpty's.
• The Alanis Morissette Elementary School is named after Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette.
• Students at the school can Skype with prime minister Justin Trudeau.
• Lisa asked Justin Trudeau about the SNC-Lavalin affair, which allegations started almost three months before broadcast of this episode.
• When Lisa's teacher says that they're doing a play based on a Canadian novel, Oliver asks if it's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler.
  • The play is actually The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
  • Lisa asks if she can try out for the role of Offred.
• Marge crosses the Detroit River on Ambassador Bridge.
• The sign outside Lisa's foster home says "Give us your Alec Baldwins and Lena Dunhams."
• The Newfie sings "Islander Forever", written by Arthur O'Brien of The Navigators.
• The American Consulate says "Coming Soon - Julian Assange."
• Marge said that the last vote Homer cast was for Quisp, referring to the 1970s contest asking voters to choose whether Quisp or sister brand Quake would remain on shelves (Quisp won). Homer then held up a box of the cereal.
• The drink Molson's Jr. is a reference to Canadian politician John Molson Jr.
• When Lisa imagines famous Americans, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe plays.
• Lisa imagines Abraham Lincoln, Dumbo, Aretha Franklin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Seabiscuit, Watson (the computer that won Jeopardy!), Judy Blume and Louis Armstrong.
• The Canadians getting Marge and Lisa across the river said that for every Martin Short there's no shortage of William Shatners.
• When Lisa returns to Springfield, "America the Beautiful" by Samuel A. Ward plays.
• Lisa's Canadian class watches an episode of The Beachcombers.
• During the end credits, "O Canada" by Calixa Lavallée plays.

Trivia

• Mr. Largo mentions that the Springfield Elementary School Band have been working on the same song for 30 years, a reference to the opening sequence.
• The vehicles on Ambassador Bridge all have license plates of production codes:
  • DABF11 - "Weekend at Burnsie's".
  • PABF1? - a season 23 episode.
  • JABF02 - "The Haw-Hawed Couple".
  • YABF14 - "D'oh Canada".
• Ned Flanders' passport number starts off with "YABF14", the production code for the episode.

Continuity

• The Simpsons go to Mt. Splashmore. ("Brush with Greatness")
• The newfie destroys a Robopet. ("Replaceable You")
• Lisa said she missed Princess, the pony she only had for a week. ("Lisa's Pony")
• A portrait of Gordie Howe is seen in the classroom, in Alanis Morissette Elementary School ("Bart the Lover")