Dr. Pryor has pictures of Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud on the wall behind his desk.
When Bart is assigned detention, he has to write "I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty." on the blackboard over and over.
A tiny skull hangs on a chain from Snake's rearview mirror.
Career Aptitude Normalizing Test (CANT): Name of the test given to the students at Springfield Elementary.
According to the DVD commentary, it took nine takes to get guest star Steve Allen to pronounced "Aye, Carumba" correctly.
In 1992, Nancy Cartwright won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for this episode.
Cultural references
Lisa's flippant remark of "What 'cha got?" to Miss Hoover is similar to Marlon Brando in The Wild One.
Bart's fantasy of being a drifter and remarking that he was banished from a town by a sheriff is similar to First Blood, which revolves around the fact that the film's protagonist, John Rambo, was banished from a town on account of the fact he was scruffy and long-haired and the sheriff did want his kind in the town.
The scene where Snake nearly runs down Bart is loosely based on the 1983 film Christine.
Goofs
When Bart and Principal Skinner are closing in on Lisa's locker, several shots of them opening lockers are repeated.
