Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?/References

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Cultural references

• The title is a play on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.
• Music and posters seen in teenage Homer's room include:
  • A poster for "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground.
  • A poster for "O.P.P." by Naughty by Nature.
  • Cassette tapes for Run-DMC, LL Cool J, and MC Hammer.
• Teenage Homer has a MTV mug in his room.
• Homer eats ChocZillas and Sugar Buzz Bombs cereal, which are both cereals in F Is for Family.
• Homer sings "Check your watch... It's Homer Time!" with the style of "Stop, Hammer time!", a reference to the 90's hit "U Can't Touch This".
• Gil Gunderson drinks Crystal Pepsi, saying it's pointless.
• The song sung by the animatronics, "Pizza Around the Pizza", 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. He sings a parody called "Slice Slice Baby".
• When Gil wants Homer to create a new show with the music that he loved, Homer mentions "Ices" rappers Ice Cube and Ice-T.
• Grampa is eating Denty Moore beef stew, a parody of Dinty Moore beef stew.
• The Phuntime Phunky Phour (and Homer) sing a parody of "Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team.
• "Hooray for Hollywood" plays when the scene pans over to Little Los Angeles.
• Bart tells Lisa that they're "getting the band back together", a reference to the quote from The Blues Brothers.
• Jive Turkey is a reference to the famous Bee Gees' disco single "Jive Talkin'".
• When Lisa meets Public Domain Debbie, "On Top of Old Smoky" plays.
• Sideshow Mel uses WD-40 on Foxy Lady. He also has an Enrique Iglesias CD.
• The flag of the United States Marine Corps can be seen at Herman's Military Antiques.
• Moe's raincoat and mannerisms are a parody of Columbo.
• 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.
• J. J. Abrams needed a Garbage Pail Kids pinball machine.
• At the J.J. Abrams Productions building:
  • The headless Statue of Liberty poster is a reference to the film Cloverfield, produced by Abrams.
  • An X-wing flying near the Death Star from Star Wars.
  • The Bad Robot Productions logo is seen again behind the receptionist's desk.
  • A Lost footage garbage bin is present.

Many of the things at J. J. Abrams' office are related to his work in different productions

• Things in J. J. Abrams' office include:
  • A bottle with the Dharma Initiative logo from Lost.
  • The Garbage Pail Kids pinball machine that was previously mentioned.
  • Regarding Henry: The Game, a reference to the film Regarding Henry.
  • Felicity's Hair, a reference to the TV series Felicity.
  • A robot from Westworld.
  • A "Colt Luger" lunchbox, a reference to Colt Luger from F Is for Family.
• 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 Bad Robot security guard wears an outfit and sunglasses, a reference to Star Trek's characters wearing sunglasses on spaceships. J. J. Abrams directed the 2009 Star Trek film.
• The 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 Universal Pictures and 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.
• Homer uses Reddit to call for a boycott.
• Agents of P.I.Z.Z.A. is a parody of the Marvel TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The movie is 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.
• The Troll Force Five slogan, "Earth's Spite-iest Heroes!", is a parody of the slogan for The Avengers, "Earth's Mightiest Heroes".
• Movie Bros. is a parody of Warner Bros..
  • Mary Sue mentions Harry Potter and Dumbledore.
  • The Shipper mentions C-3PO and Chewbacca.
  • Stan wears a Groot costume.
• A reference to the Ford slogan "Go Further" can be read during the credits.

Trivia

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

Continuity

• A Vindicators: Crystal War poster is seen in J.J. Abrams Productions. ("Bart the Bad Guy")
• On Halloween, the costumes seen are:
  • Marge as Catwoman. ("Treehouse of Horror XXIV")
  • Bart as Cupcake Kid. ("Simple Simpson")
  • Lisa as Angelica Button. ("The Haw-Hawed Couple")

Goofs

• The name tags on the animatronics at Razzle Dazzle's Pizza-Tainment Palace disappear.
• Contrary to previous stories, where the house has one story only, teenage Homer walks down the stairs from a second story of the house.

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