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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to John Steinbeck's final novel, published in 1961, The Winter of Our Discontent.
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode, "Downton Tabby", is a parody of Downton Abbey, which was previously parodied in the Season 24 episode, "Dangers on a Train".
• Some of the bully groups names are: The Blink Sneaks, Krusty's Kids, the Purple Nurples, Scary Potters and the Baseball Furries.
  • The Purple Nurples are a reference to the bully attack of doing so.
  • The Scary Potters are a reference to Harry Potter.

Trivia

• The number plate on Marge's car is SABF09, the production code for the episode.
• It's revealed that Black weasel and Yellow weasel were transferred to Shelbyville Elementary School.

Continuity

• This isn't the first time Nelson has been laughed at for being poor. "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

Goofs

• In the first shot of the school locker room, the buck-toothed boy has black skin.
• Coach Krupt hands out towels, however for the rest of the scene there are no towels in sight.
• Lewis is seen holding his shirt then in the very next shot it vanishes.
• The buck-toothed boy is missing his buck tooth.
• Throughout most of the locker room scene, Richard isn't wearing shorts but has a shirt, however when Coach Krupt says "what's wrong with you?", Richard's shorts reappear and his shirt vanishes.