the pop culture references were:

song from the lego movie
paradise falls and the house from up
the treachery of images (la trahison des images) by rené magritte
the seagulls from finding nemo
call me maybe by carly rae jepsen
started from the bottom by drake
quote from vizzini, the princess bride
quote from spock, star trek

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