The episode title is a pun on the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
The song playing during the baby-proofing montage is '"Always Safety First" by NRBQ.
When the School Bus goes off the ramp during the persecution with Marge's car, it have a big deck of "World Industries Flameboy", a brand of mini skateboards, on his base.
In the flashback when Homer and Barney are bullying Smithers, Homer is singing "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas.
Previous Episode References[]
"The Springfield Files": A Simpsons character indirectly mentions the movie Speed (Homer calls it The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down/Milhouse calls it Speed 2, "...but with a bus instead of a boat")
"Bart the General": A Simpson kid gets bullied, and uses outlandish ways to fight back (Bart starts an army/Lisa uses scientific theory and experimentation to find the underlying reason why bullies pick on nerds).
"Brother's Little Helper": Milhouse takes medication (Claritin D for allergies/Repressitol to keep from remembering his first day of school)
"Lisa's Rival" and "Lard of the Dance": A new girl in school voiced by a celebrity guest star (Alison voiced by Winona Ryder/Alex Whitney voiced by Lisa Kudrow/Francine voiced by Kathy Griffin) antagonizes Lisa (Alison is better than her/Alex wants her to act more mature/Francine beats her up).
"Bart on the Road": An Itchy and Scratchy cartoon (or commercial, in this case) plays during the morning.
"Itchy and Scratchy Land", "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie", and "HOMR": Itchy and Scratchy appear in a commercial (the commercial for Itchy and Scratchy Land/the trailer for The Itchy and Scratchy Movie/the vintage cigarette commercial from the 1950s/the cereal commercial)
"HOMR": Homer drives a factory out of business (the nuclear plant due to his safety report/the baby greeting card factory because of his safety measures).
"Homer Alone": Marge goes crazy trying to get the kids ready for school.
"Bart Gets Famous": the song "Kung Fu Fighting" is mentioned (two radio announcers discuss how it's a one-note fad, just like Bart being the "I Didn't Do It" boy/teenage Homer sings it while punching teenage Smithers in the stomach).
"Boy-Scoutz 'n The Hood": An episode ends with someone getting attacked (an unseen predator lunges at Ernest Borgnine/Francine sniffs the air and attacks the viewer).
"Homer Badman": Groundskeeper Willie's videotaping fetish helps a Simpsons character (Willie tapes Homer grabbing the Venus de Milo candy off Ashley's pants, which is proof that Homer didn't sexually harass Ashley/Lisa looking through Willie's tapes to find out why Francine picks on her).
Trivia[]
Originally, the main story of Lisa being threatened by a female bully would have had Lisa try to punch Francine, but ends up punching Principal Skinner and gets sent to juvenile hall and sewing counterfeit jeans, but the writers rejected it. The premise of a Simpson kid getting sent to juvenile hall would later be seen in "The Wandering Juvie."
The meme template for "Lisa Simpson's Presentation".
A frame of Lisa walking towards the audience right after she finishes her slideshow presentation is used as an Internet meme template ("Lisa Simpson's Presentation").
Goofs[]
Nails from a nail gun don't fly upon use (which was the same mistake seen in the first Lethal Weapon movie). They're released upon depression of the safety, on an object, before the trigger is tripped. Also, Homer's nail wounds disappeared and he didn't bleed from being shot.
Edna with a dark green skirt
Looking at the footage of the pool, Francine had a nose-clip but in one angle, it's gone.
The Get-Well card business and Julius Hibbert must've forgotten that Homer didn't prevent childhood illnesses (or the fact that teenagers and adults can get injured too -- and several past episodes reveal that Dr. Hibbert does treat adults as well as children), so they shouldn't have had to worry about losing their income. Unless childhood injuries make up a large amount of their income, but even that doesn't make sense as to why they're worried about their jobs because of Homer.
The flashback of Homer beating up Smithers in grade school shows that both Homer and Smithers grew up around the same time (which explains why Smithers was in high school around the time Homer was on the gymnastics team on season nine's "Bart Star"), but season 13's "The Blunder Years" shows that Smithers was a baby around the time Homer was in grade school.
Also: If Homer did beat up Smithers as a teenager (and it wasn't some half-remembered power fantasy Homer had), wouldn't Smithers have recognized Homer when he applied for his nuclear plant job on the season three episode, "I Married Marge"? Unless Smithers takes Repressitol just like Milhouse does to keep the memories of being bullied from coming back.
Production Notes[]
The final draft for this episode was published on June 15, 2000.[1]
