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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
* The episode's title is a reference to  
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*The episode's title is a reference to the 1956 film ''{{W2|A Kiss Before Dying|1956 film}}''.
** ''{{w|A Kiss Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ernest Gaines}}.
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*During the episode's [[A Test Before Trying/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]], the song "Battlefield: Milky Way" by Italian composer Enrico Cacace is heard.
** ''{{w|A Lesson Before Dying}}'', a novel by {{w|Ira Levin}}
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*[[Mr. Burns]]' team of economists consisted of {{W|Keynesian economics|Keynesian}} and {{W|Austrian school of economics|Austrian}}-style economists.
* The school that [[Nelson Muntz]] was being sent to was called the [[Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane]]. The name of the school refers to the {{W|Arkham Asylum}}, a psychiatric hospital from the {{W|DC Comics Universe}}.
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*The Simpsons own a [[William Devane's Divine De-Veiner]] and a [[All-Steel No-Peel Shrimp Deal]], a reference to American actors [[William Devane]] and [[Ron Popeil]], respectively.
* In Bart's nightmare of what would happen if the school would close down, [[Popeye]] is seen farming the spinach farm that used to be the school.
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*[[Edna]] uses a {{W|potato battery}} to play a film at [[Springfield Elementary School]].
* The music heard while the students are taking the test is the main theme from the film ''{{w|Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween}}''.
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*The music heard while the students are taking the test is the main theme from the film ''{{W2|Halloween|1978 film}}'' by {{W|John Carpenter}}.
* The music heard while the clowns are getting out of the clown car is the David Bowie song {{w|Changes (David Bowie song)|''Changes''}}.
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[[File:Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane.png|300px|thumb|The [[Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane]] is a reference to {{W|Arkham Asylum|Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane}} from the {{W|DC Comics Universe}}]]
* We can notice a reference to Norman Bates' Mother from {{w|Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho}}.
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*[[Nelson]] was being sent to the [[Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane]], a reference to the {{W|Arkham Asylum|Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane}} from the {{W2|Batman|comic book|''Batman'' comics}}. The bus driver is [[the Joker]], who frequently gets committed to Arkham.
* We can see The Great Raymondo from [[The Great Simpsina]].
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*The music heard while the clowns are getting out of the clown car is the famous [[David Bowie]] song "{{W2|Changes|David Bowie song}}".
* The episode is dedicated to {{w|Huell Howser}}.
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*[[Captain McCallister]]'s boat [[Arrr. M. S. Titanic|Arrr. M. S. ''Titanic'']] is a pun on the {{W|RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic''}} where the prefix RMS stands for {{W|Royal Mail Ship}} and Arrr is associated with when a pirate's answer is an excited yes.
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*In Bart's nightmare of what would happen if the school closed, [[Popeye]] is seen farming the spinach farm that used to be the school.
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*[[Chief Wiggum]] calls [[Homer]] "Jack Nickel-scum", a pun on actor [[Jack Nicholson]]'s name.
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*There is an article comparing {{W|Faber-Castell}}'s pencils to {{W|Dixon Ticonderoga}}'s on the ''[[Modern Proctor]]'' magazine [[Jennifer Clarkeson]] is reading.
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*The bug travels around the globe to the sound of the {{W2|theme from Superman|Main Title}}, composed by {{W|John Williams}}.
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*When Bart passes the test, he thanks the bug by saying "That'll do, bug", a reference to the phrase "That'll do, pig" in ''{{W2|Babe|film}}''.
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*The Skinner's house resembles the Bates' house from ''[[Psycho]]''.
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*The episode is dedicated to [[Huell Howser]].
  
 
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*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.
 
*[[Chief Wiggum]]'s skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.
 
*Bart's test score raised the entire score of the school by 1, so technically, since the school was judged the worst in the state, it would still make Springfield Elementary the worst school in the state, but tied with the second-worst, presumably Wilson Elementary, which was set to be destroyed. So, neither school would have been destroyed and more standardized testing should have been done.
 
*Bart's test score raised the entire score of the school by 1, so technically, since the school was judged the worst in the state, it would still make Springfield Elementary the worst school in the state, but tied with the second-worst, presumably Wilson Elementary, which was set to be destroyed. So, neither school would have been destroyed and more standardized testing should have been done.
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*When [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] find out they are being put in different buses for different schools, they change from the way they are to resemble old people, Twins Sherri and Terri becomes wrinkled.
  
 
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References/Trivia


Season 24 Episode References
517 "Homer Goes to Prep School"
518
"A Test Before Trying"
"The Changing of the Guardian" 519


Cultural references[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Goofs[edit]

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  • Chief Wiggum's skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.
  • Bart's test score raised the entire score of the school by 1, so technically, since the school was judged the worst in the state, it would still make Springfield Elementary the worst school in the state, but tied with the second-worst, presumably Wilson Elementary, which was set to be destroyed. So, neither school would have been destroyed and more standardized testing should have been done.
  • When Sherri and Terri find out they are being put in different buses for different schools, they change from the way they are to resemble old people, Twins Sherri and Terri becomes wrinkled.
Season 24 References
Moonshine River Treehouse of Horror XXIII Adventures in Baby-Getting Gone Abie Gone Penny-Wiseguys A Tree Grows in Springfield The Day the Earth Stood Cool To Cur, with Love Homer Goes to Prep School A Test Before Trying The Changing of the Guardian Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing Hardly Kirk-ing Gorgeous Grampa Black-Eyed, Please Dark Knight Court What Animated Women Want Pulpit Friction Whiskey Business The Fabulous Faker Boy The Saga of Carl Dangers on a Train