Gone Abie Gone/References

==Cultural references==
*The title references to the 1998 detective novel and .
**This episode is also the second title that makes a reference to this novel and movie; the other is "Gone Maggie Gone."
* The chalkboard gag is a reference to Karl Rove's on-air meltdown on the night of the 2012 U.S. presidental election, in which he refused to concede that Barack Obama won Ohio when Fox News called it.
* The couch gag is based on Hanna Barbera's .
* The sound effect that plays when Bart is playing online poker is from the video game .
* As the young Homer and Abe enter the airport bar, music similar to Where Everybody Knows Your Name (the theme song of ) can be heard. The song was also inspiration for the song Flaming Moe's. 
*In the closeup of the November 17 calendar block, a sticker underneath reads "Blue Moon" which is a reference to the phrase 'once in a blue moon', which means 'very infrequently'.
*The title of the book Homer reads in Abe' room, The Wander Years: A Guide to Finding the Walking Dad is a mix of and .
*Chucky from appears on the Jennifer Tilly poker tutorial video Lisa was watching. Tilly appeared in the films Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky.
==Trivia==
*Maggie does not physically appear in this episode but is seen in the family portrait above the fireplace.
*This is the second episode where a character draws on another with a pen who finds it painful. The first was "Treehouse of Horror XV".
*This is the second episode where Homer eats an object that just burned him. The first was "The Wife Aquatic".
*This is the second episode where a Simpson develops a gambling addiction. The first was "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)".
*This episode takes place on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18, 2012. The days of the week on the calendar match that of November 2012.
*Abe is 35 years old in the beginning of the episode's flashback. Apparently, Homer was also 6 years old at the time. This indicates the events took place 33 years earlier, making Abe currently 68.
**However, this contradicts "Million Dollar Abie", where it was mentioned that Abe was 83.
*The Gracie Films jingle plays in a Peanuts-style theme, which is the same as heard in "Treehouse of Horror XIX". 
==Goofs==
*At the beginning, when the Simpsons are coming to sit to their sofa they are in their trademark outfits. But in a split second, their trademark outfits become racing outfits.
*It would be illegal for the bartender to give a beer to Homer when he was six years old.
*At Gulp 'n' Blow a Laughy Meal box is seen, however Laughy Meals are a Krusty Burger menu item.
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