Bart's Girlfriend/References

Debut Appearance

 * Jessica Lovejoy

Cultural references

 * Bart struts down the street to the tune of "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees; the whole section is a reference to the movie Saturday Night Fever.
 * In a self-reference, one scene shows Marge criticizing a troll doll's tall blue hairdo.
 * When parents are flushing kids out of cattails and snaring some in nets, this is a reference to Planet of the Apes when Colonel Taylor and two of his fellow astronauts first encounter human life, only to be victims of an ape hunting party shortly afterwards.
 * The song during Jessica and Bart's date is 's version of "".
 * Jessica Lovejoy being an accomplished is a reference to .
 * Bart says: "She is smart, beautiful and a liar, so much better than that Sarah, plain and tall.", then causing a girl, most likely Sarah, go running off crying, referencing the book .
 * The song Ned Flanders sings in church is "".
 * After Bart is accused of stealing from the church collection plate, he is forced to wear a straitjacket and mask in church, which is a reference to Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Goofs

 * Bart's calendar shows April has 31 days and May has 30. It's actually the other way around.