Barting Over/References
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Cultural references
- The theme music from The Mary Tyler Moore Show plays as Bart moves into his apartment. After the music finishes, Bart tosses his cap into the air, similar to Mary Richards tossing her hat into the air during MTM's opening sequence, except that Bart's cap is destroyed by a ceiling fan.
- The scene in which Homer is sitting at his computer with a large glass of whiskey, watching Bart on the live feed from Tony Hawk's webcam, and says "Of all the sites, on all the web, I had to click onto his..." is a reference to a classic scene in the film Casablanca, in which Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick, sits at a table in his bar, drinking a large glass of whiskey, and says "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine...". The music that starts playing at the end of Homer's line is "As Time Goes By", which is played several times in Casablanca, including during the aforementioned scene.
- The "leave the parents" trial may be based on the movie North.
Trivia
- This episode was advertised to be the 300th episode of The Simpsons, but was the 302nd episode to air.
- This fact is referenced by Marge during the scene at the skate park. When Marge comments about not being able to count many crazy things Homer has done, Lisa claims that it's 300. Marge then remarks that she could have sworn it was 302, only for Lisa to nervously shush her.
- When Bart watches the video of the Baby Stinkbreath commercial, he states to Lisa that he didn't remember being in a commercial. Then he pulls out a Butterfinger and eats it. This is a reference to the old Butterfinger adverts The Simpsons used to be in.
- The tree that Bart and Milhouse sit under appears to be the Lemon Tree from "Lemon of Troy"; however, it is missing the lemons (implying the tree is not in season).
== Goofs
- Bart is clearly living on the top floor of the loft building (as indicated by the pan-in from the Absolut Krusty mural painted on the building's exterior), but when he panics and takes the elevator to escape the rat in his room, the elevator takes him up - numerous flights - and opens at Tony Hawk's pad.
