Krusty Gets Busted/References

Cultural references

 * As Bart and Lisa arrive at the crime scene, the music from  can be heard.
 * The District Attorney is dressed up, and even acts a lot like 1950's attorney.
 * A poster of Krusty says, "Give a hoot, read a book!" is a reference to the advertising slogan of, "Give a hoot, don't pollute!"
 * When Bart says, "Comedy, thy name is Krusty!", he references the line "Frailty, thy name is woman!"
 * The line of Sideshow Bob, "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for these meddling kids" is from Scooby-Doo.
 * The entire idea behind The Itchy & Scratchy Show cartoons is nothing more than an "extremely violent" version of the old ' cartoons. Their names, however, were inspired by the 1958 cartoon '.
 * The cover of Timely Magazine showing a picture captioned "Krusty - Krook of the Year" is an allusion to  magazine's annual issue.

Trivia

 * Sign on the Kwik-E-Mart microwave: "People with pacemakers should stay away from this thing."
 * Number of Slide Carousels Patty and Selma bring from their trip to the : Eight.
 * Krusty's prison number in this episode is . A113 is a little known easter egg that Brad Bird puts in his films and cartoons, such as this one, all the movies, two other Simpsons episodes ("Cape Feare" and "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"), and other films and cartoons.
 * This is the first episode to have Krusty's name in the title.
 * This is also the first episode to focus on a recurring character instead of focusing on one of the members of the Simpson family.
 * When Bart has images in his head while realizing Sideshow Bob was the criminal, some colored feet spin in the screen. All of them have five toes.
 * Debut appearances of:
 * Kent Brockman
 * Judge Roy Snyder
 * Scott Christian

Goofs

 * When Patty and Selma show their slideshow to the family, it is impossible that a photo could be taken of Selma giving the camera film to the developer.
 * When Apu says "You can emerge now from chips", Apu's right arm is missing.
 * Sideshow Bob refers to The Death of a Titan as Chapter 35 of , when in reality it is chapter 50.
 * When Chief Wiggum is first seen in this episode his skin is brown. In his next appearance, he is white, and in his last appearance in the episode his skin is brown again.
 * When Homer leaves Bart's room with the wheelbarrow of Krusty merchandise he has a Krusty balloon, however when he's walking down the corridor he doesn't.
 * In this episode, Apu treats Homer normally, as if he'd never seen him before. But in Season 5's "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Apu and Homer were in The Be Sharps, so Apu should know Homer.
 * The Kwik-E-Mart door opens before "Krusty" steps on the sensor.
 * The first row for the public in the courthouse keeps changing.
 * Homer tells the Police officer that the robber had a big nose and red hair as if he were describing Sideshow Bob not Krusty.

Continuity

 * Bob's large feet also reveal his identity in "The Bob Next Door".