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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to Heartless.
• Milhouse reads Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
• Everyone Loves Their Job is a parody of books by children's author and illustrator Richard Scarry.
• 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 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
• Where the Mild Wings Are is a parody of Where the Wild Things Are.
• Ralph drawing with purple crayon is a reference to 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.
• "Morgenblätter, Op. 279" by 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 Shondaland, the production company that made Grey's Anatomy. All the scandals happening between staff members at the hospital are also a reference to Grey's Anatomy.
• Homer plays the "Charge" fanfare by Tommy Walker at the Isotope Stadium.
• "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill plays during the Rally Ferret scene on the jumbotron.
• "Lido Shuffle" by 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 Dateline.
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "The Great British Slaying Show" is a parody of The Great British Bake Off.
  • The judge mice are parodies of Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding who are presenters on the show.