In Burn$ We Tru$t/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

Continuity

• Burn's autobiography, Will There Ever be a Rainbow?, was written in "Blood Feud" and was published sometime before "The Old Man and the Lisa".
• Burn's has taken the reins of the Church before in "She of Little Faith".
• Flanders looks at different faiths similar to Lisa did in She of Little Faith. He looks at Judaism, Hinduism, Snake Handling and Movementarinism.
• The Leader from the "The Joy of Sect" is working in Krusty Burger.
• Laddie appears in Dog Heaven.

Trivia

• The name refers to the saying "In God We Trust", which has been referenced in the episode "In Marge We Trust".
• The sign outside the Church reads "Now with 25% more dogma".
• Ned invests his money in Evangelical.com stock.
• Mr. Burns' stained glass windows show him standing in front of the power plant, helping a child, saving a women from a building burning and walking on the moon.
• Organisations Burns makes sinful are include the Environmental Protection Agency, Green Peace and Lisa Simpson's Tree Hugging Society.

Cultural references

• The Catholic chorister who is a former Vegas lounge singer under witness protection from the Mafia is a reference to Deloris van Cartier, the main character from the film Sister Act.
• The stained glass windows after Lenny repairs them contains Drew Carey, Mimi Carey and Lewis Kiniski from the Drew Carey Show.
• Krusty takes Ned to the Orthodox version of Fiddler on the Roof, where the daughters listen to their father instead of rebelling and end up dying old maids.
• Burns refers to Oprah's book club when turning the Church into one.
• Instead of talking about the Bible, Burns proposes his autobiography, then afterwards the Ayn Rand Collection and How to Win Friends and Crush Enemies by Joseph Stalin.
• Smithers uses the catchphrase "You are the weakest link. Goodbye" from quiz show The Weakest Link.