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Citations
- The video game Bonestorm is based on the Mortal Kombat series.
- Video game characters that appear to Bart include Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Lee Carvallo, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Lee Carvallo is the only one that tried to talk Bart out of shoplifting. Sonic speaks in a similar voice to Krusty.
- The episode features Allan Sherman's song, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, played on the answering machine in lieu of Don Brodka's message about catching Bart shoplifting.
- The episode also mentions rapper and actor Tupac Shakur.
Trivia
- A similar plot was used in the short "Shoplifting," where Bart shoplifts candy from the Grocery Store and gets caught.
- A tattoo on Don Brodka's left arm reads USMC (U.S. Marine Corps).
- Bart steals a video game on December 21, according to the surveillance video.
- The episode premise was based on an incident in episode writer Mike Scully's childhood, in which he stole from a store and later returned the item.
- This episode was broadcast exactly six years after the very first full length episode of The Simpsons, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire."
- Running Gag: Millhouse lies to his mom by tattling on Bart saying that he is "swearing" and "smoking" whenever Bart gets into a fight with him over toys.
Goofs
- Maggie appears in every Christmas photo even though she is just one year old. They could have been taken on other occasions however.
- Bart still wears shorts instead of pants even though it is cold enough to snow, and snow is on the ground.
- When Marge is lifting Bart up to kiss him, Bart's head and eyes are bigger than Marge's. Even though they're roughly supposed to have the same sized heads.