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* When Stan fires Francine's boss and says "You're fired", UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump appears asking for money; this is a reference to the Creator/{{NBC}} reality show ''Series/TheApprentice''.

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* When Stan fires Francine's boss and says "You're fired", UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump UsefulNotes/DonaldSomeone With Tiny Hands appears asking for money; this is a reference to the Creator/{{NBC}} reality show ''Series/TheApprentice''.



* Much to the bafflement of an American audience, one episode sees Director Bollock of the CIA, in his downtime in between interviews, [[Music/GeorgeFormby pick up a ukelele and perform "When I'm Cleaning Windows]]". Creator/PatrickStewart even performs this in his native broad Yorkshire accent. Which must really bemuse Americans.

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* Much to the bafflement of an American audience, one episode sees Director Bollock of the CIA, in his downtime in between interviews, appointments, [[Music/GeorgeFormby pick up a ukelele banjo and perform "When I'm Cleaning Windows]]". Creator/PatrickStewart even performs this in his native broad Yorkshire accent. Which must really bemuse Americans.
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* Stan's quote "It's a bizarre situation. Not Series/EightSimpleRules, let's-keep-it-going-after-the-father-died bizarre, but close." is a reference to the show ''8 Simple Rules'', which the Creator/{{ABC}} network decided to keep going, despite the death of John Ritter who played the titular father under the original title of ''8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter''.

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* Stan's quote "It's a bizarre situation. Not Series/EightSimpleRules, let's-keep-it-going-after-the-father-died bizarre, but close." is a reference to the show ''8 Simple Rules'', which the Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] network decided to keep going, despite the death of John Ritter who played the titular father under the original title of ''8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter''.



* One of the stalls at the CIA fair holds the game "WMD Hunt". This is a reference to the hunt for WMDs in Iraq, a main justification for the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 2003 Invasion of Iraq]] and the perceived unfairness of carnival games. No contestant is able to find a WMD.

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* One of the stalls at the CIA fair holds the game "WMD Hunt". This is a reference to the hunt for WMDs [=WMDs=] in Iraq, a main justification for the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 2003 Invasion of Iraq]] and the perceived unfairness of carnival games. No contestant is able to find a WMD.



* The DVD commentary for this episode reveals the ending scene, Tearjerker's burned hand is an homage to the 1980 movie, ''Film/FlashGordon''.

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* The DVD commentary for this episode reveals the ending scene, Tearjerker's burned hand is an homage to the 1980 movie, ''Film/FlashGordon''.''Film/FlashGordon1980''.



* The license plate on Stan's [=DeLorean=] reads "STN TYM", a reference to "Stan Time" as well as a parody of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' [=DeLorean=]'s "Outtatime" plate. In addition, Steve leaves gasoline behind the [=DeLorean=] and unscrews the car's license plate is so he can leave a fiery trail and have the license plate spin off as in the film. Mr. Kirkoff is dressed as Marty [=McFly=] and an instrumental version of [[Music/ChuckBerry "Johnny B. Goode"]] playing during the episode's climax. Also during the climax, Joel McNeely plays music similar to Alan Silvestri's score from Back to the Future.

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* The license plate on Stan's [=DeLorean=] reads "STN TYM", a reference to "Stan Time" as well as a parody of the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' [=DeLorean=]'s "Outtatime" plate. In addition, Steve leaves gasoline behind the [=DeLorean=] and unscrews the car's license plate is so he can leave a fiery trail and have the license plate spin off as in the film. Mr. Kirkoff is dressed as Marty [=McFly=] and an instrumental version of [[Music/ChuckBerry "Johnny B. Goode"]] playing during the episode's climax. Also during the climax, Joel McNeely [=McNeely=] plays music similar to Alan Silvestri's score from Back to the Future.



* Kel's Good Burger is a reference to the film ''Film/GoodBurger'' as well as actorCreator/KelMitchell who starred in the film.

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* Kel's Good Burger is a reference to the film ''Film/GoodBurger'' as well as actorCreator/KelMitchell actor Creator/KelMitchell who starred in the film.



* The LivingObjects in the Krampus' castle, Steve being captured by the beastly Krampus only to learn that he's not such a bad guy after all, and [[spoiler: Jack's transformation into the new Krampus]] are a reference to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.

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* The LivingObjects [[AnimateInanimateObject living objects]] in the Krampus' castle, Steve being captured by the beastly Krampus only to learn that he's not such a bad guy after all, and [[spoiler: Jack's transformation into the new Krampus]] are a reference to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
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* When Stan meets Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, the actor is playing bongo drums. This is a nod to McConaughey's 1999 arrest for disturbing the peace by playing bongo drums. After the robot McConaughey falls to his death in the pit, he is surrounded by cats, a reference to a similar scene in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', when Indiana Jones falls in a tomb full of snakes.

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* When Stan meets Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, the actor is playing bongo drums. This is a nod to McConaughey's [=McConaughey=]'s 1999 arrest for disturbing the peace by playing bongo drums. After the robot McConaughey [=McConaughey=] falls to his death in the pit, he is surrounded by cats, a reference to a similar scene in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', when Indiana Jones falls in a tomb full of snakes.
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* When Roger shows Stan and Jessica the Tunnel of Booze, he says "[[Music/{{Beck}} In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.]]"

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* When Roger shows Stan and Jessica the Tunnel of Booze, he says "[[Music/{{Beck}} "[[Music/{{Beck|Musician}} In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.]]"

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