Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade/References

Cultural references

 * In Bart's daydream, Pikachu from Pokémon and Bender from Futurama can be seen.
 * On the field trip memorial wall when Willie has to enter Bart and Lisa's names, two of the names on the wall are El Jefe (Hefe) and Fat Mike - horns/guitar/backup vocals and bass/lead vocals/founding member (respectively) of the punk band.
 * In Bart's daydream, the characters sing the classic Jewish folk song.

Trivia

 * This episode marks Marcia Wallace's 100th appearance!
 * Whatever state Springfield is in, the state bird is the pot-bellied sparrow and the state pasta is bowtie.
 * The family shops for a satellite dish at a store called The Boob Tubery.
 * Bart says that when he gets through with Lisa's flag, "it's gonna be a Bart-mangled banner." "Bart-Mangled Banner" will eventually be the title of episode 334.
 * The DVS narrator is different in this episode only.
 * A common misconception about this future episode is that Bart fails the third grade. Something impossible for 4th grade students like Bart.
 * Bart's fanny pack says "Lisa's Brother" and Lisa's says "Bart's Sister."

Goofs

 * For some reason, the Capital City Goofball is orange in this episode, when in others, he is yellow.
 * Bart and Lisa's fanny packs disappear as soon as they get on the bus.
 * When we first see Willie standing by the Black Wall of field trips, the latest entry at at Willie's eye level. But when the angle changes, there are a lot more names on the wall, making the last entry appear just by Willie's chest.
 * When Bart and Lisa tumble into the creek, you can tell it's pretty deep from the underwater shot of them choking each other. But when they resurface they're able to stand and the water's only waist deep.
 * After Lisa is given her paper, you can clearly see that there is a B+ on top of the stack of the papers the teacher is holding. But a moment later, she gives Bart an A.
 * When Bart starts to imagine his classmates as TV characters, Richard is on Bart's left and turns into Bender then he is almost instantly on Bart's right and becomes one of the cast from "Japanese Friends".
 * When the kids are boarding the bus to Capital City and Otto says "Pukers in back", you can see him through the bus windshield but his mouth does not move.