The scene where Bart speaks through fifteen megaphones in a row and blows out all the windows across Springfield went viral and the later result became a popular Internet meme.
Bart's megaphone prank was later tested in real life at a baseball park. The results showed that, contrary to what the show indicated, the sound didn't actually grow louder as a result of the megaphones being connected to each other, but instead grew distorted due to a feedback loop.
Homer's Odyssey and Bart Gets Famous: Bart wreaks havoc during a field trip (Mrs. Krabappel mentions Bart causing trouble during the field trip to the local prison/Bart sneaks out of the box factory to go to Channel 6 Studios/Bart's megaphone stunt).
Bart the Lover: A Springfield Elementary School class watches low-budget, outdated black and white educational videos.
Marge Be Not Proud: Bart is ignored as part of a punishment (Marge doesn't tuck him in or let them be a part of the family's Christmas celebrations/Bart keeps telling Marge and Homer "I want to quit and come home", but they're more concerned with Lisa wanting to be in military school than Bart).
Separate Vocations and Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie: Bart's personality changes when he gets disciplined (becomes the school's no-nonsense hall monitor/becomes Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after years of being banned from seeing The Itchy & Scratchy Movie/graduates from the military academy with a militant personality).
Lisa on Ice: Lisa is put in an all-male club (the hockey team/the military school)
Bart and Lisa go somewhere where children are physically and emotionally abused (Kamp Krusty/the military academy)
Adults cheering over kids (or a kid) getting sent away (the parents when the kids go to Kamp Krusty/Mrs. Krapabbel and Principal Skinner celebrating Bart being sent to military school).
Whacking Day: Bart is promised something fun (a new mountain bike/a trip to Disneyland), only to realize it's a trap to punish him.
Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadassss Song: A misdirected missile hits a distant target (the Kwik-E-Mart just as Apu and Sanjay are installing a gas station/Principal Skinner just as he's getting in his car)
Homer vs. Patty and Selma: reference to "Flavor Country" (Homer says he's "in flavor country" while smoking cigarettes/the military school commandant ends his introduction of the obstacle course with, "Gentlemen, welcome to Flavor Country").
As Chief Wiggum introduces the museum of crime, Milhouse is standing behind Wendell in the shot from the back. However, he is standing in front of Wendell in the shot from the front.
When Bart is driving a lawn mower and is pulled over by the police, Chief Wiggum is driving one of the police cars, even though he is inside telling Homer and Marge about sending Bart to military school.
During Bart's megaphone prank, a tan building turns blue for a frame.
Frink without lines on his glasses
For most of Professor Frink's appearance, the lines on his glasses are missing, making them plain white.
When Lisa looks down from the Eliminator, the platform under her disappears.
When driving to Rommelwood, the car is Homer's Pink Sedan. However, upon leaving, it is the Orange Station Wagon. Later on, when Bart and Lisa graduate from the academy, they leave in the orange station wagon. On the road, it is the pink sedan, however. Later, when it turns out Homer and Marge were taking them them to the dentist rather than Disneyland, it's the orange station wagon again.
Even though all the glass in Springfield breaks after Bart's megaphone prank, the glass in Chief Wiggum's patrol cruiser and Homer's car, as well as Professor Frink's glasses, stay intact.
Production Notes[]
The final draft for this episode was published on November 9, 1996.[1]
