Bart to the Future/References

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Bart to the Future

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Cultural references

• The title is a pun on Back to the Future. Nelson's hairstyle and attire are a tribute to the 1985-A Biff Tannen from Back to the Future II.
• When Bart asks why a vision of his own future has an unrelated reference to Abraham Lincoln's gold, the Indian Casino Owner says, "I guess the spirits thought the main vision was a little thin", a barb directed at sitcom writers who pepper thin plots with side plots, including other Simpsons episodes.

Previous Episode References

• "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)":
  • Marge has a gambling problem.
  • The Simpsons go to a casino.
• "Lisa on Ice": The idea of Lisa being U.S. President in the future.
• "Bart Gets Famous": Lisa is successful in the future while Bart is a loser.
• "Lisa's Wedding":
  • A "look into the future" Simpsons episode that premiered on March 19th.
  • A mystical character knows a character's name through mundane means (the fortuneteller reads it off Lisa's name tag/the Indian casino owner tells Bart that he's listed as collateral on the mortgage Homer took out).
  • "Lisa's Wedding" and "Lisa's Date with Density": Milhouse's unrequited crush on Lisa.
• "Lisa's Date with Density": "Smell ya later" is used as a substitute for "goodbye", "bye", see ya", and "see ya later".
• "The Crepes of Wrath": Bart throws an explosive in something (a cherry bomb down the toilets at school/a firecracker in the sacred fire).
• "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie":
  • A Simpson kid (Bart/Lisa) gets a high-ranking job in the U.S. government in the future (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court/President)
  • Soylent Green becomes a reality in the future.
• "The Otto Show":
  • Bart becoming a rock star in the future.
  • A slacker character (Otto/Bart in 2030) comes home to being evicted and laments leaving something in his evicted home (a jar of mustard and a couple of old cycle magazines, with Otto amazed that he had mustard/Bart lamenting that he had half a beer in his beachside cabin and that he was missing Bewitched).
• "This Little Wiggy": Bart and Ralph Wiggum are friends.
• "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious": Reference to Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" (Shari Bobbins and Barney drunkenly sing it/Future Bart sings a cover called "Wasted Once More in Daquiritaville")

Goofs

• The mosquitoes took the park ranger's class ring from his right hand, but it was previously shown on his left.
• When Bart plugged in the amp you can see a white (yellow) Carl sitting next to Lenny.
• When Bart throws the Future Duff Beer can on the floor, it turns into a normal Duff Beer can. The other cans are also labeled just "Duff Beer."
• When Bart sings, "Wasted once more/In Daquiritaville...", his lip-sync (and the closed captions when the episode premiered) say, "Wasted away again/In Daquiritaville..."