Lisa's Date with Density/References

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◄ A Milhouse Divided

Lisa's Date with Density

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Trivia

• Lisa's complaint on how Bart manages to do the writing every week for detention is a reference to the Chalkboard gag Bart does in nearly every title sequence.
• Maggie doesn't appear in this episode.
• In the promos for this episode, there is a scene where Lisa and Nelson ride a bike together. This isn't in the actual episode, but is included on the season eight DVD set as a deleted scene.
• It is revealed that Janey has a crush on Milhouse, and Üter has a crush on Janey.

Cultural references

• The episode title is both a reference to the phrase "Date with Destiny" and a reference to the 1985 film Back to the Future, where George McFly mixes up the words "destiny" and "density."

• Homer's doughnut "sprinkles" are made up of 13 M&M's (5 brown, 4 light orange, and 4 yellow), 3 Jolly Ranchers, a Twizzler, and a Mounds bar.

• When Nelson is playing the guitar, he does a move similar to Angus Young's (and Chuck Berry's) "Duck Walk." He also mimics Pete Townshend's "Windmill."

• At one point, Lisa says that Milhouse likes "Vaseline on toast," a possible reference to the song "She Don't Use Jelly" by the psychedelic alt-rock band The Flaming Lips - "She'll make ya toast/she don't use butter/she don't use cheese/she don't use jelly/or any of these/she uses Vaseline."
• Nelson Muntz's song Joy to the World is a parody of popular Christmas song Joy to the World.

Goofs

• In Lisa's music class, there is a wide shot of the entire class. Üter sits next to Milhouse Van Houten in this shot. However, in the next shot, its Ralph Wiggum. In a following shot of the entire class, it's Üter again. They both replace each other in the same seat (i.e. Ralph is nowhere to be found in the shots with Üter and vice versa.)
• The hole in Nelson's locker appears to increase in size.
• After discovering the missing "H", Skinner refers to Nelson as Bart when telling him to return the items he stole.

Homer's "Happy Dude" Scam

The initial message that Homer made for the Auto-Dialer is as such:

"Greetings, friend. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So use it. And send $1 to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay; eternal happiness is just $1 away!"

After he is caught and tried, Homer replaces the above message with the following.

"Greetings friend, this is Homer Simpson, aka, Happy Dude. The courts have ordered me to call everyone, and apologize for my telemarketing scam...I'm sorry. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, send $1 to Sorry Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. You have the power!"

◄ Season 7	Season 8 References/Trivia	Season 9 ►
Treehouse of Horror VII • You Only Move Twice • The Homer They Fall • Burns, Baby Burns • Bart After Dark • A Milhouse Divided • Lisa's Date with Density • Hurricane Neddy • El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) • The Springfield Files • The Twisted World of Marge Simpson • Mountain of Madness • Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'oh-cious • The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show • Homer's Phobia • Brother from Another Series • My Sister, My Sitter • Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment • Grade School Confidential • The Canine Mutiny • The Old Man and the Lisa • In Marge We Trust • Homer's Enemy • The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase • The Secret War of Lisa Simpson