A Star Is Torn/References

Cultural references

 * This is the third episode with the title parodying the film , the other two being "A Star Is Burns" and "A Star Is Born Again".
 * The couch gag is a parody of the opening of the television sitcom 
 * When the scene changes to the family eating vegetables, the transition is a parody of the transitions from the TV show .
 * Lisa sings "" to her family. Clarissa Wellington later sings.
 * Krusty's Li'l Starmaker is a parody of  and this is even referenced in the episode ("Not affiliated with American Idol; we've never even heard of American Idol").
 * When Bart hits Lisa with a chicken bone, Bart says "Praise the Lord!", in a Martin Luther King style.
 * In Lisa's Itchy and Scratchy dream, Scratchy mentions.
 * Ralph sings the a song which starts off as the "", and then transitions into "".
 * Bart says that Clarissa Wellington "sings like Whitney Houston brought to life".
 * Milhouse begins to sing "" by.
 * The city Sideshow Mel asks about during "I'm Talkin' Springfield" is Jacksonville.
 * Cameron sings the song "Greensleeves".
 * Homer said that the song he wrote would make "" sound like a farting orangutan.
 * Homer strangles the Squeaky-voiced teen with after he was told they were.
 * Homer's line "Everything I did, I did for you" is a reference to a song from , a musical about a vicious stage parent.

Trivia

 * When Milhouse sings his first line "When a man loves a woman", Lenny and Carl questions his sexuality, causing Milhouse to walk off.

Continuity

 * The song "I'm Talkin' Springfield" makes references to "Bart-Mangled Banner", "The Regina Monologues" and "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo".

Goofs

 * In many scenes various characters have the wrong colors.
 * In one shot of the crowd cheering Clarissa, Roger Meyers, Jr. has Fat Tony's colors.
 * In the last shot of the crowd cheering Clarissa, Mayor Quimby has black hair.
 * When Krusty walks on stage after Clarissa's performance, Mrs. Glick has Helen Lovejoy's colors.
 * When the crowd at the mall cheers for Lisa, Agnes Skinner's head is pale yellow, Helen Lovejoy has blond hair, Mayor Quimby has light brown hair, Mrs. Glick has black hair and Roger Meyers, Jr. has gray hair.
 * When Milhouse walks on stage, Mayor Quimby has gray hair.
 * When Lisa says "Did I forget to mention you?", Mrs. Glick has red hair.
 * When the crowd goes silent after Krusty's joke, Roger Meyers, Jr. has Gil's colors, one of Quimby's bodyguards gains blond hair, Mrs. Glick's hair becomes brown and Charlie's hair goes from black to blue.
 * At the second Lil' Starmakers finals, Luann Van Houten has brown hair, Arnie Pye has gray hair and Jack Marley has black skin.
 * When the crowd applauds Lisa, Mr. Largo has brown hair and Lenny and Carl have gray hair.
 * When the crowd boos Cameron, Dr. Nick has Principal Skinner's colors and Fat Tony has white or blond hair.