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Cultural references
- The episode name is a reference to Bart's catchphrase Eat my shorts! and to eSports.
- The Simpson family play Risk, Monopoly and Aggravation. They also played The Game of Life.
- The kids play Conflict of Enemies, a parody of League of Legends and Dota 2 as E Sport. One of the kids in their team looks like League of Legends player Faker. Bart is also using Fnatic Gear as equipment to play.
- Opponents who the Evergreen Terrors face include:
- "HarryPothead", a reference to Harry Potter.
- "BabeRuthless", a reference to Babe Ruth.
- "DeadSheeran", a reference to Ed Sheeran.
- Evergreen Terrors is a reference to Evergreen Terrace.
- Calgary Lames is a reference to the Calgary Flames NHL team.
- Homer reads the book Training a Tiger by Earl Woods, Tiger Woods' father. He later appears in the club with other fathers of famous sports peoples.
- The Detonator says he watched Bart's Twitch feed.
- Homer mentions Malcolm Gladwell's statement in his book Outliers that 10,000 hours are needed to become a specialist at anything.
- Homer sings "We Are the Champions" by Queen.
- Courtyard by DMZ is a reference to the Courtyard by Marriott hotel chain and the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
- The minifridge in Courtyard by DMZ contains M&M's and Pringles.
- Signs for the band BTS are seen around Seoul.
- Games shown after the electricity cuts out include Pac-Man, Pong and a game resembling The Legend of Zelda, especially the Breath of the Wild 2d prototype.
- Riot police is a reference to Riot Games, the producers of one of the games Conflict of Enemies parodies, League of Legends.
Trivia
- Marge draws a salt mandala of the image of the Simpson family used on script covers.
Continuity
- Bart is shown having a little mustache and shaving it with a shaving machine ("Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles").
- At Nelson's house, the Nuke the Whales poster is shown. ("Lisa's Date with Density").