Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo/References


 * The episode title is a intended or unintended spoof of the Pere Ubu song title "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo".
 * An item named "Skittlebrau" can been seen in the 33¢ store. The item was made up by Homer in Bart Star, however Apu claimed there was no such thing.
 * When Database is at the java server he is using a grey computer but in the next scene he is useing a orange computer then he is using a grey computer.
 * Whilst in the hotel, Bart watches an anime cartoon called 'Battling Seizure Robots', which features a robot with it's eyes flashing so quickly that it gives Bart, and subsiquently the rest of the family, a seizure. This is based on an episode of the Pokémon anime, Electric Soldier Porygon, in which a scene in the episode in which rapid lighting was used in one scene, sent over 700 kids into seizures. The shot of the robot with it's flashing eyes is reused throughout the entire credit sequence.
 * The soundbyte of Homer's shock at investing in Fox's News Corp (*Screams* UNDO!! UNDO!! Ohh...) is replayed over the 20th Century Fox Television logo in place of the usual fanfare.