Marge's reaction when Homer proclaims that it was Santa's Little Helper who buried all of their stuff implies that she herself was responsible for burying at least one of the items in the back yard—most likely, Homer's "The Best of Ray Stevens featuring the Streak" album.
This is the second time Bart uses a swear word, in this case 'Bitch', in its proper context, but still gets told off for saying it, having previously done so in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (in that case, 'Bastard', in reference to Herb Powell, Homer's half-brother).
The scene of Santa's Little Helper running after She's the Fastest was originally going to show SLH mounting She's the Fastest, but censors objected and asked that the scene be replaced with reaction shots that imply that SLH was having intercourse with She's the Fastest.
The "catnip" name is simular to Katnip from Herman and Katnip.
In 101 Dalmatians, 15 Dalmatians are born and then 99 and then with counting the parents 101, but in this episode there are 26.
The names of the puppies are:
Rover
Fido
Rex
Spot
Rover II
Fido II
Rex II
Cleo
Dave
Jay
Paul
Branford
Dave II
Jay II
Paul II
Branford II
Sleepy
Dopey
Grumpy
Donner
Blitzen
Grumpy II
King
Queenie
Prince
The puppy formally known as Prince
Cleo and Queenie appeared to be the only two female puppies.
After this episode, She's the Fastest is never seen or mentioned again.
The shot of the "BURNS MANOR" sign when Bart and Lisa arrive at Burns Manor is stock footage taken from "Rosebud".
A reference to this episode was made in Season 15's "Today, I Am a Clown " when Lisa references Santa's Little Helper having 25 puppies and then got neutered, which actually didn't happen.
Ironically, given Mr. Burns standing in for Cruella de Vil's owing to the episode's plot parodying 101 Dalmations, Cruella's live action actor Glenn Close would later play the role of Mona Simpson, who acted as Burns' nemesis.
"See My Vest" follows the same tempo as the song it is parodying.
The episode title and plot are based on the Disney film 101 Dalmatians; Burns' plan to kill the puppies and turn them into clothing references Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians, who wants to do the same thing. In addition, the maid who briefly appears during "See My Vest" looks like Nanny from the movie.
Bart and Lisa's rescue of the puppies is based on the actions of Sergeant Tibbs and the Colonel from 101 Dalmatians.
Smithers helping Mr. Burns steal the puppies is based on Horace and Jasper.
When refusing Burns' offer to buy the puppies, Homer panics and asks if he's fired, referring to how in the 1996 live action remake for the film, Anita Radcliff was fired by Cruella in response to the latter's refusal to sell her the puppies.
The clerk at the pet store performs a mind-meld on Santa's Little Helper, a reference to the Vulcan mind-meld from Star Trek.
Santa's Little Helper's escape from the car (as well as the scene's music) are parodies of Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
The scene where all the puppies are standing up is a parody of "I am Spartacus" from Spartacus.
Santa's Little Helper and She's the Fastest got together as a dog couple similar to Lady and the Tramp and had puppies just like Pongo and Perdita.
Homer and Marge had Santa's Little Helper and She's the Fastest like Jim and Darling, but when they saw that the puppies are born, they become like Roger and Anita Radcliff.
Goofs[]
The Simpsons have 25 puppies, but there are 26 when they are eating.
The bottom left of Marge's hair instead looks like part of her head.
Bart is barefoot after Lisa takes his shoes and socks off, but after getting cornered by Mr. Burns and Smithers, Bart is now wearing his shoes.
When the Simpsons are watching the dog race, there are a few frames where the bottom left curl of Marge's hair is incorrectly drawn and colored as if it was part of her head.
When the puppies are eating from their bowls, they are seen in a far away shot scattered throughout the kitchen. However, when the camera pans to showcase all the dog bowls, they are in a straight line.
During "See My Vest," one of the outfits on the coat hangers changes from blue to orange as it flies off-screen.
