Diggs/References

Cultural references

 * The episode is a parody of 
 * Marge says the mental hospital Diggs is staying at is an type of place referencing Arkham Asylum from the DC Comics.
 * The episode makes various allusions to the novel "A Separate Peace". Particularly, Diggs's leap off of the tree branch,  Brinker Hadley's signature on Digg's cast, and the mental breakdown of a loner and outsider (Leper Lepellier).
 * Some of the names on Diggs's cast:
 * Cthulhu
 * TARDIS and Dalek #7 from Doctor Who.
 * , inventor of the.
 * Phineas Fogg, most likely intended to be from .
 * , a fictional character created by writer.
 * Oedipa Maas and Dr. Hilarius from  by Thomas Pynchon.
 * from  by.
 * Clare Quilty from  by.
 * Brinker Hadley from .
 * , an author.
 * , 's literary alter-ego.
 * Major T. J. "King" Kong from .
 * John Swartzwelder, former writer, producer and consultant for The Simpsons.
 * The song playing while Bart and Diggs are having fun is "" performed by.
 * The poem that Diggs quotes while Bart and Diggs sit in the tree and also when he releases all of the falcons is "" by.

Trivia

 * Skinner speaks.

Continuity

 * Bart once again displays his ability to swallow various inedible objects "They Saved Lisa's Brain".