Gorillas on the Mast/References

==Cultural References==
*This episode title references a 1988 drama film .
*Aquatraz Water Park is a reference to the island , which is San Francisco Bay, 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco, California, United States.
*Shame-u is a reference to the killer whale Shamu, who died on August 16, 1971.
*A young Homer sings by the singer and songwriter .
* The boat salesman sings "Drunken Salesman", which is parody of the song .
*Groundskeeper Willie helping to free the whale is a reference to the family drama film .
*Marge states that she hoped it wasn't Johnny Depp's as he was already in so much financial trouble.
*Lenny and Carl play a song written by Randy Bachman and first recorded by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive on stero.
*The boat salesman tell Homer that the film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and environmentalist might take interest in his sunken ship, a reference to the 1997 American epic romance and disaster film .
*One of the gorilla "sanctuaries" mentions making a Planet of the Apes.
**Another gorilla "sanctuary", UTA, mentions shaving gorillas in order to make them a double body of .
**In the Québec French dub, during the fake Foam Lenny Ad at the end of the episode, instead of saying Fox, it says Mousse De Lenny, Les Vendredi a 20h Sur Télétoon (télétoon is the channel where the simpsons airs in québec)
== Continuity==
*In the episode "The Winter of Our Monetized Content", Homer stated that he will purchase a boat on the 3rd November, which he did in this, which also aired on the 3rd November.
*Carl Carlson's sister and Lenny Leonard's sister who appeared at the beginning of the episode "The Blue and the Gray" return in this episode.
*On the other hand however, there is a continuity error evolving Hans Moleman's age. In a previous episode he states that he is 30 years old, but in this episode he says that he is 88.
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