Lost Verizon/References

Errors
When Milhouse says he has to head home, the treehouse's bark is coloured purple.

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on Lost Horizon and a reference to.
 * Inga-Bar Beerman is a reference of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
 * Crocodile Dunkee's is a parody of Crocodile Dundee.
 * Principal Skinner crosses the freeway in a similar fashion to the game Frogger.
 * The Allied Peas mascot is a parody of the Jolly Green Giant.
 * Bart, Nelson and Milhouse eat grilled Twizzlers.
 * Denis Leary is seen wearing a Boston Red Sox baseball cap. In real life, Leary is a big Red Sox fan.
 * Bart, as one of his pranks, uses Leary's phone to, in Leary's name, order a ton of New York Yankees hats and Derek Jeter jerseys, much to Leary's annoyance (see above).
 * Thanks to one of Bart's pranks, Leary appears in the movie adaptation of the children's book Everybody Poops as the constipated gorilla.
 * The song playing when Bart is collecting golf balls is "Workin' Man Blues" by.

Trivia

 * Dr. Nick reappears in this episode, even though he appeared to have died in The Simpsons Movie.
 * This marks the secord time Bart has pulled a prank on Australia by since Bart vs. Australia.