The Daughter Also Rises/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the novel ', which is also an episode of '.
 * The television show MythBusters is parodied throughout the episode's subplot, where Bart and Milhouse see the TV show MythCrackers and, inspired by the show, go on to test several myths on the own. Several of the myths they test are parodies of myths that were tested on MythBusters.
 * When and  shoot the stuffed bear out of a cannon, its fur burns off in mid-flight, revealing a robot skeleton that resembles the Terminator's.
 * "" is played during the episode.
 * Licky Strikes candy cigarettes is a parody of cigarettes.
 * The talking parrot in Disney's Pyramus and Thisbe is a reference to Disney's , and more specifically,.
 * Aunts vs. Zombies is a parody of .
 * Triangle Wars is a parody of .
 * The music that plays when Homer and Bart shoot baseballs at each other and play arcade games is the  by.
 * When Lisa was at the cafe and covered her peripheral vision, the song by  is played.

Trivia

 * Abe's version of Pryamus and Thisbe is incorrect. Most of it is true except that Pyramus and Thisbe died not long after reaching the tree.

Goofs

 * The driver that pulls up next to the Testoster-Zone is driving on the LEFT side of the road.
 * When outside Le Petite Appetit, and when Nick says to the waiter "Perhaps we can try a little harder, for the lady?", there is a noticeboard (it says "MENU", but below it is nonsensical text) behind the waiter with the cafe logo and two columns of text. In the next shot (a close-up of the waiter), there is now a blue box with a line down the middle there instead, underneath "MENU".