You Won't Believe What This Episode is About - Act Three Will Shock You!/References

==Cultural References==
*The uppercase title, the sensationalized tone and the addition of "ACT THREE WILL SHOCK YOU!" are all common tactics in .
*The character who comes out of the "Right-Wing Podcast House" is modeled after Joe Rogan, a comedian who was a subject of controversy regarding COVID-19 misinformation on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience; Rogan was also criticized for using racial, homophobic, and transphobic slurs in some of his episodes; Spotify (whom Rogan signed a $200 million contract with) removed numerous episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience off of its platform due to these controversies.
*The incident where Helen Lovejoy threatens to call the police on Sherri and Terri for operating the lemonade stand is based off a real-life event in 2018 where Allison Ettel, a white woman, confronted an 8-year old Black girl and called the police on her for "illegally selling water without a permit" in San Francisco. Ettel was nicknamed "Permit Patty" and was fired from her role as the CEO of a company that sells cannabis-infused medical products as a result of the incident.
==Trivia==
*At 73 characters long, this is the second longest episode title in the series, behind "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"", which has 83 characters.
*When Homer pushes Rev. Lovejoy out the church window, Lenny says "Ow, my dog's eye!", which is a reference to when Lenny says "Ow, my eye!" 
*This is the first episode to have former Saturday Night Live cast member Jay Pharoah voicing Drederick Tatum taking over from Hank Azaria, as part of the growing trend of white voice actors no longer voicing non-white characters.
==Continuity==
*This marks the second appearance of the restaurant Dead Lobster, which was lasted seen in the episode "E. Pluribus Wiggum".
*A dog resembling Laddie appears at the Dog Park. ("The Canine Mutiny")
*Becky is seen at the Dog Park. ("It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge")
*People seen by Homer's car when Santa's Little Helper is trapped in there:
**Quinn Hopper. ("The Girl Code")
**The Shipper, Mary Sue, and Stan from Troll Force Five. ("Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?")
**Jazzy James. ("The Great Phatsby")
**Amuse Bruce. ("The Food Wife")
**Lumpkin ("Colonel Homer/"Papa Don't Leech")
*The family visits Dead Lobster for the Prawn-a-thon!. ("E. Pluribus Wiggum")
*A news headline for Vindicators appears on Universal News Network, with a picture of Airshot. ("Bart the Bad Guy")