Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song/References

Debut appearances

 * Gerald Samson
 * Leopold
 * Luigi Risotto

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a reference to the 1971 film .
 * The home movie sequence is a parody of The Wonder Years.
 * The song playing is 's version of "", which was used as the show's opening theme music.
 * The sequence where Groundskeeper Willie chases Santa's Little Helper through the air ducts parodies scenes from the first three Alien movies.
 * When Bart and Skinner realize that they will need to return to being enemies if Skinner returns to being the school principal, Skinner, fondly remembering their time as friends, says, "We'll always have the laundromat." Skinner's line is a reference to 's line "We'll always have Paris" from .
 * The song Martin sings while in the cage is the "".

Trivia

 * Principal Skinner's barbeque apron reads: "Principals Do It Nine Months A Year".
 * The flavors of drink at the Kwik-E-Mart are Red and Green.
 * Principal Skinner has sweat stains under his armpits when talking to Superintendent Chalmers on the phone.
 * This is the first episode to have a bad word of such in its title.

Goofs

 * Janey appears in Mrs. Krabappel's classroom, but she is actually in Miss Hoover's class.