Lisa's Date with Density: Captain McCallister is seen next to Mrs. Krabappel (when Nelson is forced to give back the items he stole after the locker check/as part of SSCCATAGAPP as the "childless couple").
Simpson Tide, Secrets of a Successful Marriage, Homer's Phobia, Bart After Dark, A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love, Jaws Wired Shut, and Sideshow Bob Roberts: Smithers' homosexuality is heavily implied, despite that he wouldn't come out until later (dances with The Village People/was married to a woman in a spoof of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," whose male character was implied to be a homosexual trapped in a marriage with a heterosexual woman/John the antique store owner knows who Smithers is and may have dated him/only went to La Maison Derriere because "his parents wanted him to give it a try," implying that his parents are trying to "fix" his homosexuality/freaks out over being swarmed by female strippers/is in the "Stayin' in the Closet" parade float at the gay pride parade/says Sideshow Bob's conservative values conflict with his "choice of lifestyle" [which is a euphemism for any sexual preference or gender identity that isn't heterosexual or cisgender]/is in SSCCATAGAPP as the "gays").
The shot of Milhouse recreates a famous image that became a symbol of the French defeat to Nazi Germany. The photograph of a weeping Frenchman, publicly identified in 1948 as Jérôme Barzotti (1892-1976), was published in the March 3, 1941 weekly issue of Life magazine. The photograph is a still from film footage shot on September 15, 1940 in Marseilles, although often mislabeled as Paris, during a procession of French regimental flags on their way to Africa to preserve them from surrender.
The Roofi character is an obvious parody of children's entertainer Raffi.
On the news, Raffi denounces Roofi. The real Raffi also criticized Roofi upon seeing the episode, both because he is nothing like Roofi in real life and because the parody's name was a drug.
Woodstock festival - A concert takes place at farm (which belongs to Cletus) and expensive damage occur.
Altamont Free Concert - Babies wear traditional Hippie clothes and dance naked. They also lend themselves pacifier and then they all are in euphoria, just like after using drugs. Additionally, the documentary about the Altamont Free Concert is titled Gimme Shelter after the Rolling Stones song—the same song that plays over the hippie babies montage.
Bart and Lisa speak Pig Latin.
Marge readily understands and speaks the kids' Pig Latin, though she failed to understand Homer's Pig Latin in "The Front" - apparently she mastered the language between the two shows.
Springfield loses partnership with Kabul, Afghanistan's capital.
When Bart and Lisa fight over the control of the remote, they accidentally switch over to King of the Hill, where Hank Hill can be heard in the background saying, "Bobby, I've got propane in my urethra." which pokes fun at Hank's character (Hank has a son named Bobby, sells propane and propane accessories, and was diagnosed with a narrow urethra).
At the beginning of the episode, Bart watches TV. The program is called The Gator Baitor. It's an obvious parody of the Crocodile Hunter, complete with a Steve Irwin-esque host, he meets his end at the mouth of a crocodile.
When Maggie has the long handled pliers and grabs Homer by the nose, he rolls over and screams out just like Curly Howard.
The news report on the baby riot is accompanied by a graphic which reads "The Tot Offensive," a reference to the 1968 Tet Offensive.
At the end of the episode, the members of Lindsey Naegle's group are defeated by the hugs of children ("God's lowliest creatures"). This is a reference to The War of the Worlds, in which the Martians are defeated by bacteria ("God's lowliest creatures").
After the adults go on their rampage, a tearful Milhouse (with a blubbery lip and arched eyebrows) watches Moe reverse the "Я" in the Toys "Я" Us sign. His expression is a parody of a scene from the Frank Capra movie Divide and Conquer.
The toppling of the Itchy and Scratchy statue scene resembles the toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue.
The sentence pronounced by Lisa upon having defeated the voters is a reference to the final sentence of the movie based on The War of the Worlds which identify the defeat of a threat at the hand of infinitely smaller creatures ("The humblest things that God in his wisdom has put upon the earth").
Goofs[]
After Lindsay Naegle talks about "Children are the future; today belongs to me!", the hair and arm of Waylon Smithers, Jr.. are visible in the crowd, even though he was just up on the stage.
Production Notes[]
The final draft for this episode was published on April 7, 2003. [1]
