Marge's Son Poisoning/References

Trivia

 * During the talent show, Apu is singing Paula Cole's "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone".

Cultural References

 * The store Marge and Bart go to is called "The China Syndrome". A "china syndrome" is a catastrophic nuclear accident and a 1979 movie of the same name.
 * The Tea Shop Marge and Bart go to, named "The Leaf Garrett Tea Shop" is a reference to Leif Garrett, a teen idol, actor and singer popular in the 1970s.
 * In the "attack of the couches" couch gag, Professor Frink's couch loosely resembles a war machine from The War of the Worlds.
 * At the tree house Marge shows a comic of Radioactive Man "side-by-side with Pelé", a famous Brazilian soccer player.