Editing Bartless/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to ''{{W|Heartless}}''.
*[[Milhouse]] reads ''{{W|Goldilocks and the Three Bears}}''.
*''[[Charlotte's Web History]]'' is a parody of ''[[Charlotte's Web]]''.
*''[[Everyone Sometimes Has Dry Skin]]'' is a parody of ''[[Everybody Poops]]''.
*''[[If You Give a Mouse a Bookie]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|If You Give a Mouse a Cookie}}''.
*''[[Where the Mild Wings Are]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Where the Wild Things Are}}''.
*[[Ralph]] drawing with purple crayon is a reference to ''{{W|Harold and the Purple Crayon}}''.
*[[Springfield Elementary School]] accidentally stocked [[Matthew Perry]]'s autobiography. Perry released an autobiography called ''Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing'' in [[2022]].
*"{{W|Morgenblätter|Morgenblätter, Op. 279}}" by {{W|Johann Strauss II}} plays during the scene of [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] getting ready for the day and the first morning [[Bart]] is there for.
*[[St. Shondaland Animal Hospital]] is a reference to {{W|Shondaland}}, the production company that made ''{{W|Grey's Anatomy}}''. All the scandals happening between staff members at the hospital are also a reference to ''Grey's Anatomy''.
*Homer plays the "{{W2|Charge|fanfare}}" fanfare by {{W2|Tommy Walker|events director}} at the [[Isotope Stadium]].
*"{{W|Insane in the Brain}}" by [[Cypress Hill]] plays during the Rally Ferret scene on the jumbotron.
*"{{W|Lido Shuffle}}" by {{W|Boz Scaggs}} plays on the jukebox in [[Moe's Tavern]] and later in [[Seymour Skinner]]'s car, and then again during the end credits.
*[[Chief Wiggum]] says that a prisoner in the cell next to where Bart would be staying would become huge on ''{{W|Dateline NBC|Dateline}}''.
*''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[The Great British Slaying Show]]" is a parody of ''{{W|The Great British Bake Off}}''.
**The judge mice are parodies of {{W|Matt Lucas}} and {{W|Noel Fielding}} who are presenters on the show.

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