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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 Disney/Pixar film "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 who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
  • The song that plays while Bart is watching for Tumi and Lisa is called Back Stabbers by The O'Jays.
  • All Sales Vinyl is a pun on business policy of all sales final. On the wall is a poster of the Be Sharps's "Bigger Than Jesus" from "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and in front of Comic Book Guy is the album "Sax on the Beach" by Bleeding Gums Murphy from "'Round Springfield".

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 beside the kitchen sink suddenly appears between scenes.