Bart vs. Thanksgiving/References

Cultural references

 * Homer and Bart watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They talk about the Helium balloons modeled after Bullwinkle and Underdog.
 * 'The Simpsons is self-referenced when Homer tells Bart that if the parade "turned every flash-in-pan cartoon character into a balloon, it will be a farce", the TV shows a giant balloon of Bart. Not coincidentally, 1990 was the year the Bart Simpson balloon was added to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
 * While Homer is watching football, the announcer says the teams are playing in the Pontiac Silverdome, yet when it cuts to the television, the stadium is an open air stadium.
 * Hooray for Everything, the band performing during the halftime show, is a parody of.
 * Mr. Burns lives on the corner of Croesus and Mammon, two symbols of wealth.
 * When Bart is discovered attempting to steal a pie from the window sill, one of the guards at Burns' mansion is reading Les Misérables, in which the main character is imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread after breaking a window.
 * Kent Brockman references, the character  and the  character Freddy the Freeloader.
 * The music Bart sings when he brings the turkey to the table is the 20th Century Fox theme.
 * The poem Lisa is seen writing in her room is a direct parody of the first lines of 's most famous poem, .
 * ’ "Get Dancin'" is heard on the radio.

Trivia

 * This is the fourth episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
 * Character debut: Jacqueline Bouvier.
 * Lou has black skin instead of yellow, starting in this episode.

Goofs

 * When Patty and Selma arrive, Patty's dress is blue in one shot and is magenta again in the next.