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Cultural references[edit]

• In Bart's first level on the DS version when fighting Benjamin Franklin, Lisa uses lightning on Franklin's kite referencing to a made up reason on how he died.
• At the beginning of the episode, the Moe-orc says "Oh, for the love of Sauron", a reference to The Lord of the Rings.
• The bearded dwarf that jumps on the sofa and cries "Here we gooo!" is a parody of Mario, done in the same style as his voice actor Charles Martinet in Super Mario 64.
• At the beginning of the level, Lisa builds a "Stairway to Heaven", referencing the Led Zeppelin song.
  • The fact that Lisa uses her Hand of Buddha to build a tower to Heaven may be referencing the Bibical story of the Tower of Babel.
• William Shakespeare is guarding the gates of Heaven. Bart complains about his "John Grisham fancy talk".
  • Benjamin Franklin guards the gate to God's house.
• One of the houses is named "House of Hendrix".
• Another house features a large sign that says "Reserved For Elvis".
  • The sign resembles the one seen when entering Las Vegas.
• Skybucks is a reference to Starbucks.
• The trophy Bart collects in this level is the movie "The Passion of the Krust", a parody of The Passion of the Christ.
• The trophy Marge collects in this level is the Hairway to Heaven Hairspray, a second reference to the Led Zeppelin song.
• When God is defeated, a "blue screen of death" with a bomb icon appears that Bart tears away.
• When God is pleading Bart not to destroy his save games (on the ∞Mb memory card), he pleads "I'm on the final boss fight of Oblivion, I can't start again from the beginning!". The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has hundreds of hours of gameplay.
• Bart calls God "Birkenstocks", a maker of sandals.
• God says Planet Earth got a score of 96 on Meta-Metacritic.
• The music played during the fight with Shakespeare is "Coro di zingari" from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il trovatore".
• God's consoles are references to real video game consoles.
  • The "Praystation" is a parody of the Playstation 2.
  • The "Xodus Box" is a parody of the Xbox 360.
  • The "Hii" (Xbox 360 version) and the "I Am" (PS2 version) are parodies of the Nintendo Wii.
• The music played during the Dance Dance Revolution game is "Rock You Like a Hurricane" from the rock group Scorpions.
• The giant gold controller at the arcade game house is an Atari controller.

Trivia[edit]

When the giant, golden controller's button is pressed, four collectibles (Homer's Duff bottle cap, Bart's Krusty Koupon, Lisa's Malibu Stacy seal and Marge's Try 'N' Save discount coupon) come out.

• In the Dance Dance Revolution game, Bart and Lisa are the only players in the PS2 version, while the entire family is played in the Xbox version.
• Lisa seems confused why the aliens are in Heaven, when they possibly have their own. A similar joke was made at the end of The Simpsons: Hit & Run when Kodos asks why they went to Earth Heaven when they died.

Continuity[edit]

• There is a house in Heaven for Maude Flanders. "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily".
• There is a house for the Flying Hellfish (renamed "Heavenfish). "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"".
• In the arcade area, "Bible Blaster" and "Touch of Death" are seen. "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" and "When Flanders Failed".