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Cultural References[]
The American Revolution battle depicted in the flashback is the Battle of Lexington, the first major military conflict of the war, fought on April 19, 1775 at Lexington Common in Massachusetts. The historic Buckman Tavern is in the background.
- The title of this episode is a parody of the movie, Gone Baby Gone.
- Marge predicts there will be a solar eclipse over north Yemen in 2027. This is a reference to the future Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027, where a total solar eclipse is set to happen on the aforementioned date and travel across the Central-Eastern hemisphere, being visible over The Atlantic Ocean, The Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, Morocco, The Horn of Africa, Luxor, Egypt, Jeddah, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sana'a, and most importantly of them all, Yemen.
- When Dr. Hibbert shows a video to explain "Tex Avery syndrome", the video shows a very attractive redheaded nurse being lusted over in wildtakes reactions. This is a reference to Tex Avery's famous cartoon work of Red Hot Riding Hood.
- The solar-powered diesel carries the ATSF (Atchitson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad) logo on its front.
- Homer's problem with the rat poison, the dog and Maggie is a reference to Fox, goose and bag of beans puzzle form of the River crossing puzzle in Professor Layton and the Curious Village.
- This is the Grain, Chicken, Fox puzzle which Cletus asked Homer to help him with until they were eaten and he was left with the fox.
- Santa's Little Helper out smarted the riddle and Homer by pointing out that dogs are excellent swimmers.
- The main plot of this episode spoofs National Treasure and The Da Vinci Code.
- After Benjamin Franklin cuts up the snake, it resembles his "Join, or Die" political cartoon.
- Mr. Burns claims it's his eye (and his pyramid) on the dollar bill.
- In another reference to the Da Vinci Code, Mr. Burns calls Smithers his loyal albino servant.
- The scene where Kent Brockman loses it on the air during his news segment is a parody of Bill O'Reilly losing it on Inside Edition.
- Mr. Burns' quips "Tardy Boys" and "Nancy Clueless" are references to popular children's mystery book series The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.
- The scene with Sister Marilyn parodies Marilyn Monroe's famous dress-blowing scene over a subway grate in The Seven-Year Itch.
- When the sisters landed in America, they were in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and were greeted by the Phillie Phanatic.
- Homer buys rat poison at "Pest Bye", a parody of Best Buy.
- When Bart turns Springfield into Hell, the swirling whirlpool above the church is similar to how Hyrule Castle appears after Ganon takes over in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
- The song the nuns are singing as Lisa enters the church is an arrangement of "O Fortuna" by Carl Orff.
- The song played after Maggie is set on the throne is similar to "Theme from 'The Mission'" by Ennio Morricone.
- When Lisa finds Principal Skinner and Comic Book Guy at the bell tower, Skinner quotes the reason why they call themselves "The brethren of the Quest" is because they use Agnes Skinner's Nissan Quest Minivan, which is a real minivan sold in the US.
- The scene with Snake stating that the gem has returned to its rightful place might refer to Snake having been an archeologist, and thus have known of this historic treasure.
- The scene with the rats in Homer's kitchen is a reference to "Ratatouille". Homer responds by saying "Rats in the kitchen? Just like that delightful movie I taped in the theater". He then holds up a DVD with "Ratatouille" spelt as "RATATOOEY".
- The rearrangement of "Regally, the rock gem is Lisa" is "It's really Maggie, Sherlock". It references Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective.
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode to have the very short version of the opening sequence in HD.
- The "Great Crimes Kill Holy Sage" may have predicted Cardinal, and then prominent Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell's 2023 death outside his native Australia.https://www.smh.com.au/national/cardinal-george-pell-dies-at-the-age-of-81-reports-20230111-p5cbqk.html Despite having a sex abuse conviction vacated, Pell, who later served as a Vatican advisor, was undergoing a new sex abuse investigation in Melbourne at the time of his death. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64231261
- This is the second episode to feature Maggie's name in the title. The first was "And Maggie Makes Three".
- This is the second episode that a character makes a supplication to Superman. The first was "Lost Our Lisa".
- This episode is rated TV-14 while it was rated TV-PG on Disney+.
- The scene with The Simpson family looking at the solar eclipse was cropped from 16:9 widescreen to the old 4:3 ratio in fullscreen when that scene was posted on the show's official Twitter for the 2017 Solar Eclipse in the US.
- This is presumably The Wardens' final appearance due to the death of his voice actor.
- Cartoon Nature: Dr. Hibbert tells Marge that she will only be blind from the Solar Eclipse for 2 weeks and that's it. In real life, though, it could take up to a month, or several, for your vision to be healed after the eclipse, and sometimes the damage would be permanent.
- First episode to use the short opening sequence in HDTV version.
Goofs[]
- Marge says that there will be a solar eclipse in North Yemen in 2027. However, the eclipse of 08/02/27 is actually slated to be seen in South Yemen.
- The writing at the Springfield sign does not appear until Lisa mentions it, and it disappears after she solves the anagram.
- When Lisa was looking at the Springfield Bell Tower from the park, the top level had only the bell, with two openings on each side. However, when Lisa, Comic Book Guy and Principal Skinner go to the top level, there is another room there and no openings at one of the sides.
- In the flashback, Saint Teresa of Ávila, on her deathbed, points to the North Atlantic seen just outside the window. Saint Teresa of Ávila died at the Church of La Anunciación in Alba de Tormes, Central Spain, which is nowhere near the coastline.