Wild Barts Can't Be Broken/References

Cultural references



 * The title of the episode is a reference to the drama film .
 * sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" to the tune of her song "".
 * In the Springfield Elementary School locker room, Homer, Lenny, Carl and Barney sing "" and "" by Queen.
 * Milhouse is seen watching the children's TV show  (right) before switching to the movie commercial.
 * The Bloodening (the movie being shown at the drive-in) is based on the horror film .
 * The review Marge reads of Talk to the Hand, "The writing snaps, crackles and pops", was how ' reviewed the sitcom '.
 * When Lisa is going through TV channels, Franklin D. Roosevelt's can be heard.
 * The scene where the kids take the different electronics through the fence parodies scenes from , including Milhouse dressed as Alfalfa.
 * The scene where people are running out of the movie theater is a clear reference to a scene from .
 * The song near the end of the episode parodies the song "Kids" from .
 * Grampa's line, "We're gonna gonna teach you rugrats a lesson", may be a reference to the long-running animated series , but it's also possible that Grampa is using the word in its slang sense, as a pejorative term for children.
 * The last scene with the elderly playing in the street is a reference to the Twilight Zone episode .

Goofs

 * The order the kids are sitting in at the drive-in changes.
 * First it is Bart-Lisa-Milhouse-Nelson-Janey-Lewis then later changes to Nelson-Janey-Lewis-Milhouse-Lisa-Bart-Allison Taylor.
 * When the kids plan their revenge at the billboard, Lewis' and Sherri or Terri's voices can be heard, even though they were not present.
 * In two shots at Moe's, Lenny's shirt is lime-green.

Trivia

 * When the Gracie Films logo is shown in the closing sequence, when the woman says "Shh!", Increase shouts, "Don't tell me to shush, you stupid lady!"

Continuity

 * Lisa is left-handed in this episode, despite normally being right-handed.
 * A picture of Kent Brockman's dog Jessica is seen in his house. ("The Canine Mutiny")