Lisa's Rival/References

Trivia

 * Bart reads Bad Boys Life magazine.
 * Allison has an autographed picture of Bleeding Gums Murphy in her room.

Cultural references

 * The scene where a federal agent confronts Milhouse at a dam is identical to a scene from the 1993 movie The Fugitive. The agent resembles ' character and uses he signature line "I don't care."
 * Marge is seen reading (and fantasizing about) a romance novel titled Love in the Time of Scurvy, which is a reference to Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.
 * Homer's "In America" speech while guarding his sugar pile comes from .
 * His line "Oh what a world!" when the sugar melts was used by in .
 * Ralph's collection of Star Wars action figures includes, and.
 * Lisa's hiding of The Tell-Tale Heart diorama under the gym floorboards is a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "".
 * The speech patterns of the beekeeper voiced by Hank Azaria are based on Adam West's portrayal of Batman.
 * Lisa's nightmare features her playing in a band with famous second bananas of rock and roll:, and . The concert is sponsored by Avis, the number two rental car company whose famed slogan is "We Try Harder". The song "Born to Runner-Up" is a parody of "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen, who never topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts.