The Girl on the Bus/References

Cultural references

 * The episode name is a reference to the novel  by and the  based on the book.
 * Marvel's shows up on the couch gag with his Infinity Gauntlet and proceeds to vaporize the Simpson family except for Maggie.
 * The three belts are reference to:
 * WLBA: the (WBA).
 * Federación Internacional de Lunch-Boxeo: the Spanish name, Federación Internacional de Boxeo, for the (IBF).
 * WLBO: the (WBO).
 * One of Bart's lunch boxes is one of Eeyore from .
 * U.S. Ninja Ultimate Beast Blaster is a parody of:
 * Japan's 's, known internationally as Ninja Warrior.
 * its American counterpart 's .
 * Netflix's .
 * One of the contestants has a tattoo that says "Steroids to Heaven", a reference to the song "" by Led Zeppelin.
 * The song Lisa sang on the bus, "Lisa's Lonely Song", is a parody of the song "" from the movie .
 * Books at Sam's house:
 * The Collected by Kurt Vonnegut.
 * Doorknobs of Denmark.
 * Goya's Stabbiest Paintings.
 * European Train Menus.
 * Klimt und Koons Eine Retrospective, a book talking about 's Gazing Ball (Klimt Kiss).
 * The Big Book of Glass by Maurice.
 * Authors of the Russian novels in Sam's house:
 * Alexander Pushkin.
 * Ivan Turgenev.
 * Fyodor Dostoevsky.
 * Leo Tolstoy.
 * Boris Pasternak.
 * Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
 * Sam mentions the and listening to  by.
 * Sam's parents play and sing "It Had to Be You", originally by.
 * Homer mentions.
 * A break card says to stay tuned for Bob's Burgers in French.

Trivia

 * Marge and Lisa reenact the scene where Sideshow Bob appear in front of Bart and Bart shouts "Ah, Sideshow Bob", with Marge appearing out of the shadows saying "Hello, Lisa" and Lisa shouting "Ah, Sideshow Mom".
 * Sam's father drives a Toyota.
 * When Ned tries to act like Homer, he says the words "Annoyed Grunt" instead of "D'oh!", which is what an annoyed grunt is.

Continuity

 * reprises her role as a radio host. ("The Debarted")
 * Temple Beth Springfield has a marquee that says "In loving memory of Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky. ("Clown in the Dumps")
 * Homer textes Lisa the animated gif meme of himself hiding in the bushes. ("Homer Loves Flanders")
 * Bart did the same prank he did on Homer to Milhouse. ("Homer Defined")