Dr. Wendy Sage, the hypnotherapist, is a breast cancer survivor. This is seen from her visible port-o-cath scar, "uniboob", and curly hair regrowing from chemotherapy. Dr. Sage is voiced by Renee Ridgeley, who is also a breast cancer survivor.
Bart's lines, "So dawn bros down today. Nothing swole can stay." are a spoof of Robert Frost's "So dawn goes down today. Nothing gold can stay." from his poem Nothing Gold Can Stay.
Homer's teenage job at 'Riot Rivers' water park is similar to real life 'Action Park' amusement park, in Vernon Township, New Jersey that opened in 1978. It was featured in the documentary Class Action Park (2020).