You Kent Always Say What You Want/References

Trivia

 * On one wall of Kent Brockman's office is a picture showing him on the Berlin Wall. One of the writings on the wall is German for "Kent was here".
 * The last time Kent swears on the air and eventually gets fired occurred in Krusty Gets Kancelled.
 * The last episode with a Tracey Ullman short is inserted in was The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular.
 * The last time a character shouts out a swear word in front of Ned Flanders which is unknown to the audience was in Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One).
 * Originally, the episode was supposed to be titled "The Kent State Massacre," but after the Virginia Tech shootings made the news, the episode title was changed.
 * There is a Wall of Visitors in the Simpsons House which features photos of everyone who stayed with them throughout the series.
 * Homer mentions Apu singing Who Needs The Kwik-E-Mart in the episode Homer and Apu

Goofs

 * The FOX announcer talking over Lisa mentions American Idol and American Idol Results Show.  In real life, these are the same show.

Cultural references

 * The scene where Kent Brockman says to stand up to FOX while smoking is in reference to Edward R. Murrow and the film "Good Night, and Good Luck".
 * The title of the video shown in the dentist's office, "Menace Tooth Society" (which was implied to have been shown without Ludacris' permission), is a spoof of "Menace II Society". Lisa's comment that the cartoon sends mixed messages parallels critiques of the spoofed movie.
 * The title of this episode is a play on the The Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want".
 * When ordering his ice cream cone, Homer mentions several toppings, all of which are real candies with their names slightly but noticeably changed, such as Herschel's Smooches and Mrs. Badbar. Even though real candies have been mentioned several times in the show before.
 * As Marge runs hurriedly home to greet Bart and Lisa, the main yodeling music of the Coen Brother's film "Raising Arizona" is heard.

Simpsons Movie
You Kent Always Say What You Want is the last episode of season 18 and The Simpsons Movie.