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The name of this episode is a reference to the drama film Mr. Holland's Opus.
The ending was a parody of All in the Family, with it even being showcased by Norman Lear threatening to sue the Simpson family for stealing his work.

Year	Lisa's Age	Bart's Age	Maggie's Age	Homer's Age	Marge's Age	Abe's Age
2010	1	3	Unborn	27	27	80
2016	7	9	4 Months	33	33	86
2023	14	16	7	45	43	93
2027	18	20	11	49	47	97

This is the second episode title to use the phrase "Mr. Lisa", the first was "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington".
This is the second episode to parody All In the Family at one point, the first time being "Lisa's Sax".
This is a sequel to "Barthood".
At the end of the episode, a teenage Lisa is holding a sign with texts reading: "Free China From Tibet".

The title screen is a Christmas version of "The Ned-liest Catch".
Lisa at age fourteen has a poster of the Doe-Eyed Boys, who previously appeared in the episode "Friend with Benefit".
Leon Kompowsky who thought he was Michael Jackson in "Stark Raving Dad" returns in this new verses of Happy Birthday, Lisa with Bart.
In "Holidays of Future Passed", Abe states that Homer stop drinking in the future.
In Homer vision, Moe brings up the drink the Flaming Moe which was played a major role in the episode "Flaming Moe's".
Homer and Marge sing a new version of Those Were the Days which was previously sing in the "Lisa's Sax".

When Lisa is seen as a baby, Marge has the same hairstyle she had in the 1990s in "That '90s Show", despite the fact she has always had her hair up in a beehive style since becoming pregnant with Bart.
When Lisa gets off the school bus and sees the Harvard drone, the bus says "Springfield Elementary School" when it should be clear that Lisa is a high school senior.
In the same scene, Bart's hairstyle changes.

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The Serfsons • Springfield Splendor • Whistler's Father • Treehouse of Horror XXVIII • Grampy Can Ya Hear Me • The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be • Singin' in the Lane • Mr. Lisa's Opus • Gone Boy • Haw-Haw Land • Frink Gets Testy • Homer Is Where the Art Isn't • 3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage • Fears of a Clown • No Good Read Goes Unpunished • King Leer • Lisa Gets the Blues • Forgive and Regret • Left Behind • Throw Grampa from the Dane • Flanders' Ladder