Brother's Little Helper/References

Cultural references

 * The title is a reference to The Rolling Stones 1966 single "Mother's Little Helper" (a song about pill abuse), and also to Santa's Little Helper.
 * Marge standing in front of the tank is a reference to Tank Man.
 * The Fire Safety Day slogan, "Learn, Baby, Learn", is a spoof of "Burn, Baby, Burn".
 * Homer remarks that Bart has gone from Goofus to Gallant.
 * When on his rampage, in a tank, Bart sings Don't Stop by Fleetwood Mac.
 * Bart expresses a preference for the allergy decongestant Claritin D over regular Claritin.
 * Bart's classmate Sherry reads aloud the poem "The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth.
 * The book that Bart gives to Homer, "Chicken Soup for the Loser", is a spoof of the book "Chicken Soup for the Soul."
 * On their date, Marge and Homer see the movie Showgirls.
 * The t-shirt in the army barracks, which reads "I went to the Persian Gulf and all I got was this lousy syndrome", is a reference to Gulf War Syndrome.
 * Bart's Ritalin song at the end is a parody of the theme song sung at the conclusion of the Popeye animated shorts.
 * Nelson's reaction when he thinks about violence or a girl while wearing the shock necklace may be a reference to "A Clockwork Orange".