The Boy Who Knew Too Much/References

Trivia

 * Matt Groening is the court-appointed artist.
 * Other purely coincidental parallels between German-accented and occasionally miscast action film star Rainier Wolfcastle and Arnold Schwarzenegger, revealed in this episode:
 * Both have wives named Maria.
 * Both drive a Humvee.
 * When Bart is running away from Principal Skinner, one of the scenes is of Bart running down a hill, which was cut directly from episode 4-1, "Kamp Krusty."
 * This is the first episode to feature Bart's "Lil Bastard" prank kit.
 * The episode plot is similar to that of "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain
 * There is "El Barto" graffitti outside the courthouse.
 * The sign outside Quimby's house reads: "Thursday Is Ladies' Night"
 * Bart uses the "Li'l Bastard Clock-Tampering Kit."