Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy/References

Cultural References

 * At the Springfield Convention Center, at Krusty Kon, a statue of Krusty in carbonite is shown, a reference to Han Solo being encased in carbonite in Star Wars.
 * In the season 40 gag reel, Miami Sound Machine appear and play the song "".
 * Lisa uses the terms throlled, memed, gifed and pwned, all internet references.
 * The plot of having an all-female cast to assist Bart is a reference to recent trend of rebooting movies with all-female casts and/or main characters, like the 2016 ' movie or the 2019 ' movie.
 * Krusty mentions "that movie where Superman was a chick".
 * Milhouse mentioned that Krusty had a Sideshow Leonard Cohen.
 * Kearney said that if they ever made a female, he would "lose it".
 * The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "Pitchfork Perfect" is a reference to the movie .
 * Lisa's timeline of cartoon women's history includes:
 * 1930 - Betty Boop
 * 1941 - Miss Grundy from .
 * 1997 - Daria Morgendorffer from ' and '.
 * 1998 - Blossom, and  from .
 * 2011 - Louise Belcher from Bob's Burgers.
 * Josh.0 is a parody of the TV series .
 * Milhouse mentions .
 * Erica says that if Bart tells anyone about their spray paint, he's " cancelled".
 * Bossy Riot is modeled after the protest group.
 * A parody of  poster with a cake is seen at Home Economics classroom.
 * During the montage of Bossy Riot and Bart vandalizing places in town, "" by plays.
 * Kent Brockman calls Bossy Riot "Gal-Qaeda", a reference to the terrorist organization.
 * Bart mentions Boba Fett from Star Wars. Homer and Bart then have an argument about Boba Fett. Lisa then asked why every discussion about feminism turns into an argument about Star Wars.
 * Bart calls Bossy Riot his "Ruthless Bader Ginsburgs", a reference to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
 * The scene after the fumes of the nail polish remover get spewed on the boys, with glittered and burning eyes, is a reference to the movie .
 * The song that plays as Lisa cycles away with Bossy Riot is "" by Moby.

Continuity

 * Two Itchy & Scratchy robots appear. ("Itchy & Scratchy Land")
 * Milo and his wife Strawberry appear. ("Husbands and Knives")

Trivia

 * This is the very first Itchy and Scratchy-themed episode since The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show in season 8.
 * When Bart gets tied to the maniquine in the promotional image, the stuff in his mouth are pink like the rope, while in the actual episode, they're grey.

Goofs

 * Rod and Todd go at the convention even though they were scarred permanently of Itchy and Scratchy after watching the episode "Foster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!". ("Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily")