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Cultural References[]
- Crash Bandicoot and the PlayStation - "Dash Dingo" is a parody of Crash Bandicoot and its respective series, and Lisa plays the game on the original PlayStation;
- The Wind in the Willows - Lisa is assigned it for the book report;
- Super Nintendo - Ralph calls Superintendent Chalmers "Super Nintendo Chalmers";
- Alpha-Bits - punned on as "Alfalfa-Bits".
Trivia[]
- The title is a parody of an earlier episode title "Bart Gets an "F"", which was parodied earlier in "Bart's Dog Gets an F" and "Bart Gets an Elephant" and would later be parodied with "Bart Gets a "Z"". The title is ironic, seeing as despite the fact that Lisa does get an "A", she cheated. The ending of the episode was also similar to "Bart Gets an "F"", where Lisa tapes the test with an "F" on it, stating that is her true grade that she deserved.
- During Lisa's daydream that she has failed to qualify for Harvard University and now must consider Brown University, she ends it by chanting "Brown, Brown, Brown" as she returns to reality. Ian Maxtone-Graham inserted that as a joke, as he is a graduate of Brown University, while many other Simpsons writers are Harvard graduates.
- During Lisa's reluctance to enter the boys' room, Bart says there's nothing she didn't see when "Dad boycotted pants". This is likely a reference to the previous episode, "D'oh-in' in the Wind", where Homer at one point sits outside his house completely naked while playing with his Frizbee.
- In the Oscar Meyer's periodic table, the element molybdenum is replaced by "bolonium".
- Aside from bolognium, the rest of the Oscar Meyer periodic table appears mostly unaltered, except for being truncated on the right side. One notable exception is tungsten (W), which is changed to We on the periodic table, possibly signifying some version of the word "wiener".
- The subplot about Homer having a lobster for a pet was similar to a Garfield & Friends episode titled "Maine Course".
- Homer and Pinchy together weighed 300 pounds. This is most likely a reference to "King-Size Homer" where Homer himself weighed that much.
Maggie without a mouth
Goofs[]
- In the opening church scene, Maggie does not have a mouth.
Wendell with brown hair
- Wendell can be seen with brown hair early in the episode.
- When Chuck is seen in class, at one point, his shirt is lavender.
Two kids have no test sheets; globe colors are wrong
- Two kids in the middle of the class (a boy just behind Ralph and a girl two desks behind Lisa) do not have test sheets, however they are shown writing on their desks.
- In the same scene, the globe's colors are inverted: the continents are blue and the oceans are green. Both errors can be seen in the screenshot to the right.
- Lisa starts off barefoot when playing the PlayStation game. However when Ralph comes to see Lisa, she is wearing her aqua-green slippers. Then, after he leaves and she drops the book on the floor, she is barefoot again.
- Lewis can be seen with yellow skin.
Otto with blue headphones
- In this episode, Otto Mann's headphones are blue instead of their usual red.
- A person doesn't catch the common cold from very low temperatures alone.
- Principal Skinner calls Lisa to his office to, quote, "discuss the results of yesterday's test" except she got her grade back for said test the day before, which would mean the test would have had to be at least two days ago.
- Homer states that according to his driving license, he weighs 140 pounds, but in fact he (which is even written on the license) weighs 239 pounds. Because of this, Pinchy would in reality weigh 61 pounds. Homer goes on to assume that Pinchy must weigh 160 pounds, but if Pinchy was heavier than Homer, then Homer wouldn't be able to lift him. Homer probably said this just so he wouldn't feel bad about his weight.
- The school is being sold a Coleco computer, however Coleco went out of business in 1988, 10 years before this episode aired. Either Gil was trying to unload the last of the unsold models to anyone who would take it, Springfield Eementary is so poor that Coleco is all they can afford -- even with an emergency grant, or Principal Skinner is so cheap and out of touch with modern (at the time) technology that he thinks Coleco is a good brand to buy.
Production Notes[]
- The final draft for this episode was published on May 4, 1998.[1]
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