Separate Vocations/References

Trivia

 * Dr. Pryor has pictures of Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud on the wall behind his desk.
 * When Bart is assigned detention, he has to write "I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty." on the blackboard over and over.
 * A tiny skull hangs on a chain from Snake's rearview mirror.
 * Career Aptitude Normalizing Test (CANT): Name of the test given to the students at Springfield Elementary.

Cultural references

 * Lisa's flippant remark of "What 'cha got?" to Miss Hoover is similar to Marlon Brando in The Wild One.
 * Bart's fantasy of being a drifter and remarking that he was banished from a town by a sheriff is similar to First Blood, which revolves around the fact that the film's protagonist, John Rambo, was banished from a town on account of the fact he was scruffy and long-haired and the sheriff did want his kind in the town.
 * The scene where Snake nearly runs down Bart is loosely based on the 1983 film Christine.

Goofs

 * When Bart and Principal Skinner are closing in on Lisa's locker, several shots of them opening lockers are repeated.