Black-Eyed, Please/References

Cultural References

 * The episode's title is a reference to the R&B/hip-hop group, The Black-Eyed Peas.

Trivia

 * This is the 500th episode without The Treehouse of Horror episodes.
 * This is the second episode where a teacher bullies a Simpson. The first was My Fair Laddy.
 * This is the second episode where Homer's eye gets injured and must wear an eye patch. The first was The Way We Weren't.
 * This is the second episode where Springfield Elementary School has a faculty member with an embarrassing name. The first was Separate Vocations.
 * This is the third episode where a substitute teacher fills in for Miss Hoover. The first two were Lisa's Substitute and Rednecks and Broomsticks. The substitute teacher in this episode have a reversed personality to the substitute in the former.
 * Ms. Cantwell's car licence plate is "RABF09" the production code for this episode.

Goofs

 * Nina is seen in Mrs. Hoover's class, despite being a fourth grader and often seen in Mrs. Krabappal's class.
 * In Mrs. Cantwell's car, the steering wheel is on the right. But all subsequent shots put the steering wheel on the left.