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Bart's Dog Gets an F |
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Cultural References[]
- The title of the episode refers to an earlier Simpsons episode: "Bart Gets an "F"". This title would be later reused for other episodes such as "Bart Gets a "Z"".
- The first-person sequences with echo-like whispers is a reference to the Friday the 13th series.
- When Marge and Lisa touch their fingers together, it is a reference to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and the theme to the movie plays in the background as well.
Trivia/Goofs[]
- When Santa's Little Helper is chewing on the remote changing the channels, Kent Brockman is shown talking about a woman hunt is out with a picture of Lucille Botzcowski, showing that she is still on the run after "Some Enchanted Evening".
- Another clip during Santa's Little Helper's channel-surfing shows Troy McClure hosting "I Can't Believe They Invented It!", voiced by Dan Castellaneta instead of his regular voice actor, Phil Hartman.
- Yet another channel is showing the same Duff Beer commercial as the one seen in "Homer's Odyssey".
- This is the first time Santa's Little Helper eats a bug, the second being "American History X-cellent".
- Lisa wears her teal nightgown instead of her usual red dress throughout the episode (due to staying home from school because of the mumps).
- Dr. Hibbert’s children were seen in this episode.
- The Family Quilt depicts certain events from history:
- King Tobacco - the discovery of Tobacco
- A woman hunting a Bison - the Oregon Trail
- A soldier getting shot - Spanish Civil War
- A line graph going down with the year 1929 - the 1929 stock market crash which led to the Great Depression.
- In the end, it says that Santa's Little Helper bit Bart but Homer didn't mind. This incident actually happens in the episode "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!" and they make a huge deal about it.
- Dogs do not see in black and white.
- Santa’s Little Helper eats a macadamia cookie, even though macadamia nuts are bad for dogs.
- Homer's line of 'yes, master' appears in 'The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
◄ Season 1 | Season 2 References/Trivia | Season 3 ► |
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Bart Gets an "F" • Simpson and Delilah • Treehouse of Horror (aka "The Simpsons Halloween Special") • Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish • Dancin' Homer • Dead Putting Society • Bart vs. Thanksgiving • Bart the Daredevil • Itchy & Scratchy & Marge • Bart Gets Hit by a Car • One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish • The Way We Was • Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment • Principal Charming • Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? • Bart's Dog Gets an F • Old Money • Brush with Greatness • Lisa's Substitute • The War of the Simpsons • Three Men and a Comic Book • Blood Feud |