Double, Double, Boy in Trouble/References

Cultural References

 * The episode title is a reference to the Shakespeare line "Double, double, toil and trouble" from MacBeth, spoken by the three witches near the beginning of the play.
 * Joe Montana appears as Simon's photo of him.
 * Bart's double Simon acts a bit like Stewie from Family Guy.
 * The plot of the episode is similar to The Prince and The Pauper, a story where a poor boy and a prince decide to live each others' lives.
 * When Marge is washing the dishes, the song she sings to them ("Scrubbin' You") is a spoof of "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton.
 * When Bart is looking at the different mansions, he sees and.

Trivia

 * In the TV6 airings of this episode, the episode's blackboard and couch gags are cut.
 * This episode reveals Mr.Burns has 9 siblings. They each are deseaced because: One brother was trampled by a horse, his twin was shot, his sister was stabbed, one had spongtanious constumpian, another down a well, another impladed on a building, and 4 ate poison potatoes. As Mr. Burns survived he got the entire fortune.
 * Devan was implied to have died as when Quinley pushes Bart down the hill she offers Devan a potato impling she is trying to kill him as the potato was implied to be poisonus. Devan's fate stills remains unknown and it is still unknown if he is still alive or if only Quinley and Simon are alive.

Goofs

 * When Milhouse answers Bart's call, the picture above with the family in, Milhouse's shirt is colored white.
 * It would be unknown how Simon could see as Bart without his glasses. Simon could have just simply put contacts on before he went out of the bathroom. Also by wearing Simon's glasses Bart's vision would be affected however Simon could have just taken the lenses of the glasses out and gave them to Bart.