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Cultural references

• The title is a play on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
• Homer eats Choczillas cereals, a reference to the monster and cereals from the animated series F Is for Family, and Sugar Bombs.
• Gil Gunderson drinks Crystal Pepsi, saying it's pointless.
• Animatronics on stage threatening the kids and Foxy Lady's name may be a reference to Five Nights at Freddy's.
  • The song sung by them is a parody of Bill Haley & His Comets's "Rock Around the Clock".
• Homer has Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby" in his Hip Hop mix disc.
• "Hooray for Hollywood" plays when the scene pans over to Little New York.
• When Lisa meets Public Domain Debbie, "On Top Of Old Smoky" plays.
• J. J. Abrams is directing the next Mission: Impossible movie. J. J. Abrams started his directing career directing Mission: Impossible III.
  • The Bad Robot Productions logo is on his production van. Bad Robot Productions is J. J.'s production company.
• A Lost footage garbage bin is present at the J. J. Abrams Production building.
• Three BB-8s are used by Bart and Lisa to transport Wakkety Yak out. BB-8 is a character in the Star Wars sequel trilogy that J. J. Abrams directed.
• The Star Trek character wearing sun glasses is a reference to Star Trek's characters wearing sunglasses on spaceships. J. J. Abrams directed the 2009 Star Trek film.
• The Template:Lens flare seen as J. J. is introduced is a reference to the large use of lens flare by him in his productions.
• J. J. mentions Dreamworks.
• Several references are made to J. J. reboots, including Star Wars.
• Comic Book Guy shows Homer a parody of the change to Sonic the Hedgehog that people got the producer of his film.
  • A protester holds a sign saying to Release the Sonic's teeth cut.
• Agents OF P.I.Z.Z.A. is a reference to the tv series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., written by Tony Kushner and Babaloo Mandel.
• Mary Sue holds a sign saying 80 Retweets can't be wrong.
• A protester holds a sign saying to un-release the Snyder Cut.
• Grampa mentions the '63 Impala SS sport coupe.
• Movie Bros. is a parody of Warner Bros..
  • Marie Sue mentions Harry Potter and Dumbledore.
  • The Suer mentions C-3PO and Chewbacca.
  • Stan wears a Groot costume.

Goofs

• The name tags on the animatronics at Razzle Dazzle's Pizza-Tainment Palace disappear.

Continuity

• Homer uses Reddit. ("The Simpsons Guy")

Trivia

• The episode was dedicated to David Richardson who passed away on January 18th, two months before this episode aired.