Double, Double, Boy in Trouble/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a reference to the Shakespeare line "Double, double, toil and trouble" from, spoken by the three witches near the beginning of the play.
 * Joe Montana appears as Simon's photo of him.
 * The plot of the episode is similar to , a story where a poor boy and a prince decide to live each others' lives.
 * When Marge is washing the dishes, the song she sings to them ("Scrubbin' You") is a spoof of "" by.
 * When Bart is looking at the different mansions, he sees McDonald's and Macaulay Culkin.
 * When Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks are seen in Springfield Heights, the pose they are in is identical to how they appear on the cover of the Fleetwood Mac album .
 * The behavior of the Vac-U-Bots resembles the one of the leeches from.

Trivia

 * In the airings of this episode, the episode's blackboard and couch gags are cut.
 * Marge apparently drank a bit of alcohol when she expected Bart, causing him to be a prankster.

Continuity

 * In the shot inside Milhouse's house, a picture of Milhouse, Luann and Kirk can be seen in the background with Kirk's face glued back on. ("A Milhouse Divided", "Milhouse of Sand and Fog")
 * Bart originally switched lives with another lookalike in the Simpsons Comics story The Artist Formerly Known as Bart.

Goofs

 * When Milhouse answers Bart's call, the picture above with the family in, Milhouse's shirt is colored white.
 * Ruth Powers has gold coloured hair at Lenny's party, unlike the dark brown she usually has.
 * This may be an oversight, as background characters (like she appeared as in this episode) usually have inconsistent hair colours between episodes.