Haw-Haw Land/References

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Cultural references

• The episode's title is wordplay on the 2016 American musical La La Land. Some elements from the film are parodied during the episode:
  • Lisa falls in love with jazz pianist Brendan Beiderbecke. In the film, Mia Dolan (Emma Stone) falls in love with Sebastian Wilder (Ryan Gosling), a struggling jazz pianist.
  • The opening sequence parodies that of La La Land, with the song "Another Springfield Day" being a parody of "Another Day of Sun".
    • Pope Francis appears in the Popemobile.

Pictures of Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth and the Invisible Plane are seen in the "The Science of Wonder Woman" booth

• Booths at the STEM Conference:
  • Database is seen hosting a "The Science of Wonder Woman" booth. Pictures of Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth and the Invisible Plane are exhibited.
  • Mr. Burns gives Professor Frink a pamphlet stating that cigarettes stop NFL concussions.
  • "Meth-amatics" is a pun on meth and mathematics.
  • The "Solar Fracking" stand is a pun on solar power and fracking, which are sources of energy with notably contrasting characteristics.
  • There is a picture of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci at the "Dr. Nick's 3 Minute Sex Change" booth.
  • Insta-Grandma and its logo are a reference to Instagram and its old logo.
  • A robot says Stranger Things suffers from Season 2 fatigue.
  • There is an IMAX version of former vice president Al Gore.
• Lisa compares the STEM Conference to the famous music festival Woodstock.
• Brendan mentions having read a review by Gary Chalmers about Springfield Elementary School on Yelp, the online advertising company.
• Lisa paraphrases "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine", a famous line from Casablanca.
  • Lisa mentions the K-6, the grades which are traditionally grouped together in American elementary schools.
• Homer says the hotel bar is beautiful, just like the one in The Shining.
• Homer refers to himself as the Picasso of banging on the walls.
• Homer asks Bart if he's making drugs by asking him if he's "breaking bad", a reference to the TV series Breaking Bad.
• Cletus' company name, "Meth Life", is a pun on the insurance company MetLife.
• Nelson sings a parody of the song "My Funny Valentine" from the Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms to Lisa.
• Groundskeeper Willie explains to Lisa that once two queens were fighting over Scotland. He is referring to a dramatic period in Scottish history during the 16th century involving Elizabeth I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots, with the latter being found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth in 1586 and beheaded the following year.
• Willie mentions the thistle, Scotland's national flower.
• Bart and Milhouse wrote the chemical equation for the combustion of propane in the back of the Talent Show paper.
• Martin is reading Mama's Boy's Life, a parody of Boys' Life magazine. Its cover depicts Prince Charles sitting on the lap of his mother, Elizabeth II.
• Nelson says "don't be a dingus, I'm the next Charlie Mingus".
• Dewey Largo introduces Bart as "Dennis the Chemist", a pun on Dennis the Menace.
• Chief Wiggum calls Bart "Screwy Pasteur", a reference to chemist Louis Pasteur.
• Marge says the episode was going to be a parody of Moonlight instead of La La Land. This is a reference to the mixup at the 89th Academy Awards where La La Land was originally announced as the winner of the Best Picture award even though Moonlight had actually won.
• Homer mentions that he wants to watch X-Men: Apocalypse.

Continuity

• The robot from "Them, Robot" and "Pork and Burns" appears.
• LadyBot appears. ("Love Is in the N₂-O₂-Ar-CO₂-Ne-He-CH₄")
• Lisa's relationship with Nelson is seen again. ("Lisa's Date with Density")
• Bart once again floods a school with foam from a chemical reaction ("Bart the Genius"), only this time it's deliberate.

Trivia

• The Simpsons: Tapped Out's Sky Finger, later revealed in the "The End of the Beginning" video during the Winter 2015 event to be Maggie, appears crushing people and cars.
• A box of props from couch gags is present in the Simpson House garage.

Goofs

Gary incorrectly colored.

• Gary is seen incorrectly colored at the STEM Conference.
• In the Springfield Elementary playground, Wendell's head extends out too far, filling in the gap between him and Sophie Jensen.