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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
• The advert for Stabby-Oh's is a parody of Lucky Charms.
• The scene where the other baby-helping business has to close down is a parody of Titanic
• During the scene where Marge chases the school bus, Milhouse says, "It's like Speed 2! Only with a bus instead of a boat!", off-handedly summarizing the plot of the original film, Speed.
• When Bart and Milhouse are making unkind comments about Francine Rhenquist on her first day at Springfield Elementary School, Milhouse says, "Yeah, she thinks she's Babe: Pig in the City, referring to the second movie about Babe the pig.
• The song playing during the baby-proofing montage is "Always Safety First" by NRBQ.
• The "dingo alarm" included in the baby safety equipment refers to a 1980 Australian case where a mother claimed a dingo stole her baby.
• The grey-haired and -bearded man in the audience that Lisa addresses as Dr. Koop in her presentation is former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop.
• The music that plays as Marge prepares Bart and Lisa for the school bus is the Sabre Dance
• Otto, believing he is being challenged in a car race, mentions the movie "Rebel Without a Cause" referring to the Chickie Run scene^[1].
• The car vs school bus race scene in the aqueduct with broken gates is a quote from the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
• The white T-shirt with the phrase "Frankie says: relax" that is seen worn by a little boy in the school bus is a reference to the song "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
  • T-shirts with this writing are really for sale.
• Young bully Homer while beating young Smithers sings "Kung Fu Fighting" (1974).

Trivia

• Among the scientists at the big annual big science thing:
  • Pharm team male researcher
  • Female researcher
  • Miss Phipps
  • One of the Nuclear inspectors from "Homer Goes to College"
• The Springfield school bus base is sponsored by "World Industries" a real existing skateboard company famous in the 2000s.
• When Francine Rhenquist gets on the school bus one of the Mackleberry twins says "Red hair? - What's she trying to pull?” referring to the popular rumor that people with red hair get crazy very easily.
• As Lisa illustrates her nerd-bully theory she presents an image showing a bully throwing an apple at Sir Isaac Newton's head, an original and unique theory about the legendary event.

Goofs

• In the chase scene, Milhouse is sitting on the left side (our view), however after Otto reverses to pick up the new kid, Milhouse is on the right side.
  • He could have easily switched seats.
• In Homer's grade school flashback where he is beating up a young Waylon Smithers, Jr., the musical instrument Barney is shown playing is a recorder, but the sound produced is that of a kazoo.
• Lisa has 4 Indian burns, then 3, then 4, then it's gone altogether.
• In a rush, Marge mismatches the shirts of Bart and Lisa (Bart has Lisa's dress and Lisa has Bart's shirt) but in the kitchen it's normal.
• Francine has a nose clip in the swimming pool scene on CCTV. It disappears when Lisa puts it forward, but then it reappears and she then says "Of course. The nose clips."
• Homer does not lose a drop of blood even though he gets 6 nails in his body,
• Apu says "No more Shiva-related pokings" when Homer accessorizes a statue with foam novelty fingers. Shiva is a male Hindu deity but the statue object of the joke is female, so it cannot be Shiva; rather, it appears to be Kali.

References