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Cultural references

• The episode name is a reference to the fungal skin infection athlete's foot.

Couch Gag

• It features a crossover with the Adult Swim animated series, Rick and Morty.
• There are several references to Futurama in the portal Morty travels through.
  • The Planet Express ship flies away in the sky.
  • Slurm appears. Slurm is a popular drink in the Futurama world.
  • A Futurama style human is seen with a Brain Slug.
• Kang and Kodos appear.
• Things stolen by Rick that appears in the bag:
  • Bobo ("Rosebud")
  • Killer Krusty Doll ("Treehouse of Horror III")
  • Madam Bunny ("The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants")
  • Happy Little Elf ("Scary Movie")
  • Lisa's sax
  • Bart's skateboard and slingshot.

Continuity

• Benjamin, Gary and Doug, Homer's nerd friends from Springfield University appear. ("Homer Goes to College")
• The clips the kids view on their Mypads use stock footage from previous episodes:
  • Joyce pulling off Sideshow Bob/Walt Warren's face. ("The Bob Next Door")
  • Wayne Slater training. ("The Falcon and the D'ohman")
  • The Stradivarius Cain movie. ("The Spy Who Learned Me")
  • The nude British scene from "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing".
• The taxi Nelson arrives in at the beginning is driven by Slava. ("The Fabulous Faker Boy")

Notes

• The math joke seen on the board (√-1 2^3 Σ π) means i 8 sum pie (I ate some pie)