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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Abe plays the show's ThemeTune on a guitar, saying that it's been in the family a long time (possibly a ContinuityNod to Season 25's "Labor Pains," in which Homer described it as a lullaby that Abe used to sing to him).
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** With reference to his usual "[[ElSpanishO El Barto]]" tag, Bart spray-paints "The Bart" on a wall.

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** With reference to his usual "[[ElSpanishO El Barto]]" tag, Bart spray-paints "The Bart" on a wall.wall in Cuba.
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** [[TheCameo Sideshow Bob sneaking into Cuba]] while Homer is at customs.
** With reference to his usual "[[ElSpanishO El Barto]]" tag, Bart spray-paints "The Bart" on a wall.
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** The title is a pun on the 1965 movie ''Having a Wild Weekend'' starring the Dave Clark Five.

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** The title is a pun [[PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle pun]] on the 1965 movie ''Having a Wild Weekend'' starring the Dave Clark Five.

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This is notable as being the final episode to be produced at Creator/FilmRoman (having worked on the show since the fourth season in 1992) due to Waterman Entertainment buying out the studio. Beginning with the next episode, domestic production [[http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2016/02/al-jean-speaks.html moves to FOX Television Animation]].



* ShoutOut: The TV show ''Vulture's Nest'' is a parody of ''Series/SharkTank''.[[note]]a.k.a. Shark Tank[[/note]] Homer even mistakenly calls it "Shark Tank" once.

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** The title is a pun on the 1965 movie ''Having a Wild Weekend'' starring the Dave Clark Five.
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The TV show ''Vulture's Nest'' is a parody of ''Series/SharkTank''.[[note]]a.k.a. Shark Tank[[/note]] Homer even mistakenly calls it "Shark Tank" once.
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* EpicFail: It took Rich Texan 12 years after he started digging for oil before he realized he should drill in Texas instead of New Hampshire.

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* GlobalIgnorance: Homer and Abe decide to go to Cuba instead of Canada because they think Canada is the communist nation.

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* GlobalIgnorance: GlobalIgnorance:
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Homer and Abe decide to go to Cuba instead of Canada because they think Canada is the communist nation.nation.
** One of the twelve legal reasons for people to visit Cuba is to mistake it for Aruba.


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* NoodleIncident: Homer learned from a real estate deal that chewing your leg is not a yes.
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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says "Being right sucks" is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump would be elected president back in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture "Bart To The Future"]].

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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says "Being right sucks" is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump would be elected president back in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture "Bart To The Future"]].
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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says ''Being right sucks'' is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump would end up as the president back in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture Bart To The Future.]]

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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says ''Being "Being right sucks'' sucks" is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump would end up as the be elected president back in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture Bart "Bart To The Future.]]Future"]].
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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says ''Being right sucks'' is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump would end up as the president back in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture. Bart To The Future]]

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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says ''Being right sucks'' is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump would end up as the president back in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture. [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture Bart To The Future]]Future.]]
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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says ''Being right sucks'' is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump would end up as the president back in Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture.

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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says ''Being right sucks'' is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump would end up as the president back in Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture.[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture. Bart To The Future]]
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* SelfDeprecation: The chalkboard gag at the beginning of the episode which says ''Being right sucks'' is them making fun of their supposed prediction that Creator/DonaldTrump would end up as the president back in Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture.
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* GilliganCut: Marge says the people at Springfield Retirement Castle will know what to do about Grandpa's incontinence. The next scene shows the receptionist saying they don't know.


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* LoopholeAbuse: One of the twelve ways people are allowed to visit Cuba is being a journalist. Lisa gets the family in by showing her school newspaper article about Principal Skinner being arrested over a school stapler found at his house.
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* ShoutOut: The TV show ''Vulture's Nest'' is a parody of ''[[Series/SharkTank Shark Tank]]''. Homer even mistakenly calls it "Shark Tank" once.

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* ShoutOut: The TV show ''Vulture's Nest'' is a parody of ''[[Series/SharkTank ''Series/SharkTank''.[[note]]a.k.a. Shark Tank]]''. Tank[[/note]] Homer even mistakenly calls it "Shark Tank" once.
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* ShoutOut: The TV show ''Vulture's Nest'' is a parody of ''Series/SharkTank''. Homer even mistakenly calls it "Shark Tank" once.

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* ShoutOut: The TV show ''Vulture's Nest'' is a parody of ''Series/SharkTank''.''[[Series/SharkTank Shark Tank]]''. Homer even mistakenly calls it "Shark Tank" once.
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The Simpsons go to Cuba to get Grampa cheap medical care, since the retirement home and the V.A. hospital can't solve his health issues.

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* BaitAndSwitchComment:
** Chief Wiggum expresses outrage at seeing an old man being abandoned at skid row because mentally challenged people are those that should be adandoned there.
** During the epilogue, Abe suggests that he and Homer could enjoy a golf match. The next scene shows them disturbing the players.
* TheCameo: Sideshow Bob is seen entering Cuba while Homer and a customs agent discuss the reasons people are legally allowed to visit Cuba for.
* GlobalIgnorance: Homer and Abe decide to go to Cuba instead of Canada because they think Canada is the communist nation.
* ProperlyParanoid: During the trip to Cuba, Grampa won't try to get a tan because he's worried Homer will push him off the ship. Homer does think about doing it.
* ShoutOut: The TV show ''Vulture's Nest'' is a parody of ''Series/SharkTank''. Homer even mistakenly calls it "Shark Tank" once.

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