Bart's Friend Falls in Love/References

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Bart's Friend Falls in Love

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Trivia

• When Milhouse and Samantha kiss for the first time, their arms make a heart shape.
• The scene of Homer chasing after Bart a la the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark was called one of the "Top Five Male Underwear Moments on TV".

Cultural references

• The scene where Bart steals the change jar parodies the famous sequence from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • 1.When Bart grabs the change jar = Indy grabs the idol
  • 2.When Homer falls down the stairs = The boulder scene
  • 3.Maggie fires a suction arrow = The booby traps
  • 4.When the garage door closes = The chambers door closes
  • 5.Homer gets stuck in the door = Satipo in a booby trap
  • 6.Homer chases Bart with a rake = The Hovitos with spears chase Indy
  • 7.Bart escapes on the bus = Indy escapes in a plane.
• The major difference is while Bart did make off with the treasure, whereas in the original movie just when Indy thought he was home free, Rene Belloq was waiting with a platoon of Hovitos to force Indiana Jones to hand over the treasure.
• At the end of the episode, there is a picture of Homer with a teacher's outfit, along with the text "Homer Sez" next to it. This may be a reference to Sonic Sez.

• A nun at Saint Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls play a French Canadian song on guitar.

• In Lisa's science fiction magazine it asks "A.D. 2525: Were Zager and Evans right?" which is reference to the best known song of Zager & Evans; In the Year 2525.