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Cultural references
- The title could be a reference to the song "My Foolish Heart", in particular the line "beware my foolish heart".
- The title could also be a pun on "Be Still My Beating Heart", which is the title of a song by Sting and a centuries-old catchphrase denoting breathless excitement, particularly in a romantic context.
- The title screen gag and chalkboard gag are references to Matt Groening's having revealed in an interview that the Simpsons' Springfield was named for Springfield, Oregon.
- Films seen at Springfield Mall reference to many recently released films:
- Jackass: The Funeral is a reference to the Jackass franchise and possibly to Jackass member Ryan Dunn, who died in June 2011.
- Cars 3: New Merchandise is a reference to Disney-Pixar's Cars franchise.
- Horrible Premise is a reference to Horrible Bosses.
- Happy Little Elves II: The Sequelf is a reference to Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (and the second Alvin and the Chipmunks film).
- Transformers of the Caribbean is a reference to the Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises.
- Crawlspace could be named for the 1986 horror film of the same name.
- During the montage of scenes with Shauna and Bart going on dates:
- The song playing is "April Come She Will" by Simon and Garfunkel.
- In the pool hall, when Bart stares open-mouthed at what is revealed to be Shauna's arm, the view before the camera zooms out is a sight gag on the movie poster from the 1967 film The Graduate, which features music by Simon and Garfunkel.
- Stranded is an obvious parody of Lost.
- The strange glyphs on the mountain say, "Watch Futurama Thursdays at 10" in the Futurama alien alphabet.
- "The Lava Being" is a parody of the Smoke Monster.
- When the screen zooms out from Earth, Fry and Leela from Futurama are sitting on a distant planet.
Trivia
- It says "Steve" on Squeaky-Voiced Teen's nametag at The Brown Burrito.
Goofs
- Jimbo mentions that Bart has two baby teeth. He lost his last baby tooth in "Fat Man and Little Boy".
