Cultural references[]

• The couch gag is a reference to the video game Minecraft. Also, Moe is green and blows up near the end similar to a Creeper.
• When Moe sees how effective his news drinking game is, he smiles in same manner as the Grinch from the How the Grinch Stole Christmas! TV special and the rat wears a make-shift antler, same as Max, his dog.
• The scene where Homer is sleepwalking is a reference to Bizkit the sleepwalking dog.
• The quote by Skinner "Skate, skate as fast as you can, but I'll catch you I'm the Principal man" is a reference to the Gingerbread Man. 
• The scene on the myPad with the bubble game called Alaxies is a reference to game Osmos. 
• In the scene where Chief Wiggum plans to execute Snake, Officer Lou attempts to assemble an electric chair made by IKILLYA, which is a parody of the Swedish furniture maker IKEA. 
• The PlayStadium4 is a parody of the PlayStation 4. 
• The name of this episode is possibly a reference to the series Vega$.
• Adele is mentioned in this episode.
• The title could also be a reference to pop singer Kesha who until 2014 had a dollar sign in her name.

Trivia[]

• Almost a year after this episode was released, Microsoft announced The Simpsons DLC for the game Minecraft, which was referenced in the couch gag.
• Man of Steel is referenced again, when Milhouse gives up Snake to the Police, showing Snake's photos from the Police with the caption "Man of Steal", and this could be also a reference to the previous episode "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee".
• Bart has a different relationship with Snake then he did in "Separate Vocations" and "Treehouse Of Horror Ix" (In the former Bart was almost deliberately run over by Snake in his car, while in the latter Snake was going to be killed and vowed he kill all the witnesses of his crime, including Bart.). In this episode Bart tells Snake that Outlaws have to stay together. It can be argued however that Treehouse of Horror IX's plot is non-canon and in Separate Vocations Snake tried to run Bart over because he was with the police while this time around Bart isn't with or siding with the police.
• This is one of the two episodes in the series to have a dollar sign ($) in the title. The other is "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)".
• The prison number of the author on the back of Carls book is SABF12, The production code for this episode.
• The apps in Milhouse's Mypad are references to real apps.
• Nosebook is a reference to Facebook.
• Nerds With No Friends is a reference to Words With Friends
• Splintrest is a reference to Pinterest.
• Candy Brush is a reference to Candy Crush.
• Insta-Grandma is a reference to Instagram.
• Grand Theft Otto is a reference to Grand Theft Auto.
• Wedgiepedia is a reference to Wikipedia.
• Snubhub is a reference to Grubhub.
• Quitter is a reference to Twitter.
• Call of Daddy is a reference to Call of Duty.
• Non-Threatening Birds is a reference to Angry Birds.
• Puppy Google is a reference to Google.
• The dress Marge wears was created by Irina Shabayeva of Project Runway All Stars season 3 during the sixth episode, Marge Madness, where Marge guest starred as a judge.

Goofs[]

• In his first scene, Lucas eats two thirds of a pizza. After he greets Lisa, more than half is left.
• In the scene where Homer calls Lisa to ask her out on a date, when he starts calling Lenny says "Oh my god" and swivels around on his barstool. However, the barstool is not the type that swivels.
• In this episode, Bart states that he doesn't like female police officers. However, he is shown to support his mom when she became a cop in a previous episode "The Springfield Connection".

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