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Cultural references[]
- In the flashback and while descending the Devil's Deluge, "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister plays.
- Riot Rivers/Quiet Rivers, and the documentary about it, are based on the theme park Action Park and the documentary about it, Class Action Park. Throughout its existence, Action Park was embroiled in many controversies regarding its safety.
- Lisa's subconscious jazz garden world is based on the Pixar movie Soul.
- Bart recites a parody of Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay".
- This is the second time the poem has been mentioned, as it was first spoken by the Sea Captain in the episode "Fat Man and Little Boy".
- Patty and Selma dance the hilarious "Who Gives A Crap" to the tune of "The Age of Aquarius", which, along with Lisa humming "Let the Sunshine In", by the popular music vocal group The 5th Dimension, both from "Hair".
- The Powerpuff Girls from the animated series of the same name are crushed by the chunky sign.
- Bart mentions Raging Waters, a real life water park.
Continuity[]
- Bart is obese again. ("The Heartbroke Kid")
- Lisa is insecure about her appearance ("Lisa the Beauty Queen" and "Sleeping With the Enemy")
- The Cool Moms and their husbands are seen at Riot Rivers. ("Moms I'd Like to Forget")
- Sam Monroe is seen at Riot Rivers. ("The Girl on The Bus")
Trivia[]
- This episode has no opening sequence; the clouds just skip to the TV set.
- An encore airing of the episode included an "In Memoriam" tribute card to Betty White during the closing credits, who died on New Year's Eve 2021 at age 99. She appeared as herself in "Missionary: Impossible" and "Homerazzi".
- Bart and Lisa repeating "Can we leave yet?" is a parody of the "Will you take us to Mt. Splashmore?" line repeated by Bart and Lisa in "Brush With Greatness" and "D'oh Canada", as well as "Are we there yet?" in "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner".
- The last time Bart and Lisa both had physical side effects (in this case, gaining weight and thus being swole) was in the Season 27 episode "Teenage Mutant Milk-caused Hurdles".
- Bart and Lisa have gain weights because they ride in the Devil's Deluge at the abandoned water park, However, they were return to normal in later episodes since the side effects have worn off by then.
- The last time Lisa was concerned about her weight was in the Season 16 episode "Sleeping with the Enemy".
- A lot of Jessica Lovejoy's appearances have her stay quiet and not misbehaving, but this episode reveals that she had some medicine that keeps her attitude under control.