Lisa the Skeptic/References

Cultural references

 * The scene in Judge Snyder's courtroom where Lisa is put on trial for stealing the skeleton is seen as a reference to the 1920s in Dayton, Tennessee, which dealt with issues of separation of church and state and the debate between creationism and evolutionism.
 * The publicity stunt created by the mall developers in the episode has been compared to scientific hoaxes such as the and the.
 * At the end of the episode, when Lisa asks if the townspeople are outraged for being fooled by a publicity stunt, Police chief Wiggum is about to answer her, but is distracted when he catches sight of a in the new Heavenly Hills mall.
 * The students digging by the sunset and their silhouettes are shown is similar to the scene in  when Indiana Jones and Sallah free the Egyptian excavators from the Nazis, and they in turn help Indy. The scene against the sun is when Sallah tells Indy that the workers have found the Well of Souls.

Trivia

 * Citizens seen at the excavation site:
 * Principal Skinner
 * Lionel Hutz
 * Mr. Burns
 * Smithers
 * Eddie
 * Lou
 * Sideshow Mel
 * Ned Flanders
 * Maude Flanders
 * Mrs. Krabappel
 * Kirk Van Houten
 * Groundskeeper Willie
 * Agnes Skinner
 * Moe
 * Ruth Powers
 * Carl
 * Lenny
 * Dr. Hibbert
 * Miss Hoover
 * Mrs. Glick
 * Apu
 * Manjula
 * Comic Book Guy
 * Barney

Goofs

 * In the very first scene, Skinner's water bottle is on his right side, but after the scene zoomed out, the water bottle is flipped to his LEFT side.
 * After she uncovered the angel skeleton, Lisa backed up and snapped one of the grid ropes. The snapped rope isn't shown after that.
 * When Dr. Gould says, "inconclusive," in the background Apu's skin-tone appears to be yellow.
 * In one shot of the crowd awaiting sundown, Richard has Rod's colors.
 * In the church, Maude Flanders has Helen Lovejoy's colors.