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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.
Trivia[]
- This episode infamously mentioned Donald Trump as the previous president before Lisa, who has to deal with the budget crunch that he created. The episode premiered 16 years before Trump was actually elected as the U.S. President (and 24 before he was re-elected); it was inspired by his tentative third-party run in the 2000 election, often seen as a joke at the time.
- 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, as seen in other episodes.
Previous Episode References[]
- "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)":
- "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling" and "Bart the Fink"): 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.
- "Treehouse of Horror VIII" and "Take My Wife, Sleaze": The fat guy at the Indian casino who stares at Homer when Homer does his Indian war dance looks like either the Chris Farley caricature from "The Homega Man" or the caricature of Jay North (the original child actor for Dennis the Menace).
- "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")
- "22 Short Films About Springfield" and "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson": Simpsons episodes that have gone viral/become Internet memes years after their premiere (because of the "Skinner and the Superintendent"-"Steamed Hams" segment/because it was banned following the September 11th attacks/because it "predicted" that Donald Trump would be U.S. President).
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..."