Little Big Girl/References

Trivia

 * According to this episode, Lisa wants to study at Wellesley College.
 * Darcy has a mole on her left cheek just like Natalie Portman who provides her voice for the role.
 * At the beginning of the episode it's revealed that Nelson is of German heritage and that he's proud of it. He holds a dachshund (Dackel/Teckel) and a beer jug, also he's wearing a typical hat from the region of Bayern (in Germany).
 * In this episode, we learn that Lenny & Carl share a mother. This would indicate that they are possibly half-brothers.
 * Sign upon leaving town: “Now leaving Springfield, birthplace of Nelson.”
 * The Spuckler Family Tree shows that Cletus's wife Brandine is the child of Cletus and an alien. Also, Cletus and Brandine have twelve children, with one being a sheep and one being a walking hot dog.
 * It's revealed that Dolphin "Dolph" Starbeam is of Mursi heritage. He has a stone/plate in his mouth as typical for this ethnic group.
 * North Haverbrook has a Hispanic version of the Comic Book Guy and his Comic shop named "Mylar Baggins Comic Book Shop. Baggins is also the surname of Lord of the Rings hero Frodo.
 * Two of the towns Bart drives past are Ogdenville and North Haverbrook. Lyle Lanley sold monorails to these towns before coming to Springfield in the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail".
 * The scene, when Bart and Darcy are slurping the same spaghetti, references Lady And The Tramp, when it has the same scene. But Lady and Tramp kisses each other, when they had done slurping that spaghetti, and in the Simpsons, Darcy kisses the dog instead, and both Darcy and Bart laugh.
 * This episode’s title is a reference to the movie Little Big Man and to the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Soundtrack

 * "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott (used during the sequence at where the fire is lit)
 * "Low Rider" by War (played when Bart drives to North Haverbrook)
 * "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley &amp; His Comets (played after Bart's visit in the comic book store)
 * "Polovetsian Dances" from Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor (during Bart's fantasy life in Utah)
 * "Jessica (Allman Brothers Band song)", by the Allman Brothers Band (played during the parody of the opening sequence, also known as the theme song of Top Gear)
 * "Für Elise" (The ringtone of Bart's cell phone)

Goofs

 * When Bart and Homer are singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", Bart's tongue is green.
 * Darcy called Norway "Norwegia", when telling about Norwegian exchange student.