Cultural References
The episode's title and the plot of Homer trying to forget an unpleasant memory refers to the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Homer's life appears in the form of a YouTube video, which is a spoof of Noah Kalina's "Noah Takes a Photo of Himself Every Day for 6 Years", which features the like-titled piano music of Carly Comando. Scrat, the squirrel from Ice Age, makes an appearance trying to catch an acorn off a tree, but is beaten and swatted away by Groundskeeper Willie. Krusty states that he did a "Mel Gibson" about Mexicans, referencing the incident when Gibson complained about the Jewish people. The episode also vaguely references the film The Game at various points in the episode, especially during the scene when Homer attempts take his own life. The music playing at the end of the episode is a version of "Day After Day" by Badfinger. When Chief Wiggum asks Homer if he knows who Jack the Ripper was, he answers Queen Victoria's personal doctor. In the chalkboard gag, Bart makes a reference to the hit Disney show Hannah Montana when he's writing "The Capital of Montana is not Hannah".
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