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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to the Academy Award-nominated 1983 song "Papa, Can You Hear Me?", performed by Barbra Streisand.
• Rick and Morty's Szechuan Sauce is held by Maggie in the opening.
• Agnes and Principal Skinner watch Game of Thrones at the end of the episode.
• At the Springfield Planetarium, a poster asking to "Bring back Futurama" is seen.
• The Chewbacco nicotine gum is a reference to Chewbacca from Star Wars.
• Brutus Buckeye, the mascot for Ohio State University, is seen.
  • Skinner says "Et tu, Brutus?" when Brutus Buckeye makes an L sign on his forehead.
  • Skinner also pushes Brutus Buckeye into a statue of Woody Hayes, who served as head football coach at Ohio State University from 1951–1978.
• Casket City's slogan, "Think inside the box", is a pun on the expression "think outside the box".

Continuity

• The ghosts of Tracey Ullman Homer and Bart appear in the title screen. ("Treehouse of Horror XXV")
• The Russian soldiers invading the Simpson House is similar to the couch gag of "The Last Traction Hero".
• Homer applies his astronaut discount. ("Deep Space Homer")
• Lisa previously showed Nelson how to use the chalk contraption Bart is using. ("Lisa's Date with Density")
• Lisa has a nightmare of not becoming president due to being disqualified because of cheating on her paper. ("Bart to the Future")
• Gram-papa is wearing a shirt from The Grunions Ride. ("Kamp Krustier")
• The song "Nobody Knows Hans Moleman" is a parody of "Everyone Loves Ned Flanders". ("The Front")

Trivia

• The Simpson family is reading a script, which is revealed to be the episode's.