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References

• Homer scales a house and travels on rooftops after Marge asks him to keep distance from her; (Homer also hopped on random surfaces in Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapes.)
• The couch gag is a parody of The Game of Life.
• "Catatouille" is a parody to the 2007 animated movie "Ratatouille".
• The title refers to Marge paying Tumi to be Lisa's pal, but it is also a reference to PayPal, which is an international e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet.
• "Booth Wilkes John" is named after John Wilkes Booth, the actor responsible for Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865.

Trivia

• It was revealed that there is another second grade class at Springfield Elementary School, which according to Lisa, only meets up with her second grade class during tornado drills.
• Marge paying Tumi to be Lisa's friend is a reference to Mean Girls.
• Apps on Homer's cellphone:
  • Worms with Friends (Worms/Words With Friends)
  • iRunes (iTunes/Google Translate)
  • Splinterest (Pinterest)
  • Insta-Grandma (Instagram)
  • Grand Theft Walrus (Grand Theft Auto)
  • Whimpr (Flickr/Tumblr)
  • Snub Hub (Stub Hub)
  • Quitter (Twitter)
  • Call of Daddy (Call of Duty)
  • Duff Countdown
• Homer's cellphone is similar to an iPhone 3
• The original title for this episode is "In The Game of The Father", which is the episode reference for In the Name of the Grandfather.

Goofs

• The light outside the Wilkes-John residence changes between scenes.
• Allison Taylor's square dance partner has a brief animation error on his right eye when they are dancing.
• Marge's "I'm Sorry" cake briefly disappears when Grampa tells Homer that Barney's his for nothing.
• The toaster besides the kitchen sink suddenly appears between scenes.