I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on 's 1969 autobiography.
 * The bank robbery is a parody of the movie .
 * The Shawshank Redemption: Dwight's escape from Springfield Penitentiary via a sewage pipe is a reference to Andy Dufresne's escape from Shawshank (by the same means). Dwight's escape takes an ironic (and parodical) twist when he discovers a "Pure Mountain Spring Water" pipe right next to the sewage pipe immediately after he emerges from it.
 * The song that featured during the sequence where Marge is being stalked by Dwight is "" by.
 * When Marge and Dwight are at the amusement park, the Dilbert's Flying Cubicle ride is visible in the background, a reference to 's popular comic Dilbert. The theme song of the  animated series can be heard in the background for a large portion of the scene.
 * Also at the amusement park, there is a ride entitled, "It's a Long Line", a parody of the ride, "It's a Small World", found at Disney theme parks.
 * The ads in the school newspaper are the same text and font used by Coffee News, a small newsletter.
 * In the part where Bart and Lisa are watching Itchy and Scratchy, Scratchy appears to be wearing a Star Wars rebel pilot helmet when he is piloting the jet.
 * Agnes Skinner says Johnny Stabbo and Dwight are like "Johnny and Clyde", a take on.
 * Chief Wiggum watches  on a portable DVD player to learn how to deal with a hostage situation during the bank robbery.
 * The Itchy & Scratchy episode "The Un-Natural" parodies the baseball steroids scandal, and the title references the book and movie .

Trivia

 * Johnny Stabbo's prison number is the same as the production code for this episode, JABF19.
 * The names on Marge's list of women Homer can marry if she dies are Booberella, Lindsay Naegle and "And feed the cat"

Goofs

 * Dolph's hair is covering his left eye instead of his right one.
 * In reality Dwight would have been too heavy to be able to stay afloat on Jaffee's kite.