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*[[Sideshow Mel]] plays the "{{W|Flight of the Bumblebee}}" on his {{W|slide whistle}}. | *[[Sideshow Mel]] plays the "{{W|Flight of the Bumblebee}}" on his {{W|slide whistle}}. | ||
*Some references to the science fiction franchise ''[[Dune]]'' can be seen at [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop]]. | *Some references to the science fiction franchise ''[[Dune]]'' can be seen at [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop]]. | ||
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*''[[Tonton in Paris]]'' is a reference to ''{{W|The Adventures of Tintin}}''. | *''[[Tonton in Paris]]'' is a reference to ''{{W|The Adventures of Tintin}}''. | ||
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*[[Jimbo]] creates a {{W|Newton's cradle}} with [[Milhouse]], [[Martin]], [[Database]] and [[Cosine]] in the school's playground. | *[[Jimbo]] creates a {{W|Newton's cradle}} with [[Milhouse]], [[Martin]], [[Database]] and [[Cosine]] in the school's playground. | ||
*The song [[Zhenya]] sings on-top of the piano in Bart's dream is a Russian translation of {{W|Walter Donaldson}}'s and {{W|Gus Kahn}}'s "{{W|Makin' Whoopee}}". | *The song [[Zhenya]] sings on-top of the piano in Bart's dream is a Russian translation of {{W|Walter Donaldson}}'s and {{W|Gus Kahn}}'s "{{W|Makin' Whoopee}}". | ||
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys.
- The billboard gag ("If you haven't sent your mother flowers, it's too darn late!") is a reference to the episode's original airdate (May 12, 2013) being Mother's Day.
- The episode's couch gag is based on the American adult stop motion-animated sketch comedy television series Robot Chicken.
- Otto makes a reference to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift when he is racing against Homer.
- A picture of former president Richard Nixon can be seen on Skinner's office wall.
- Skinner wants Bart to "be more Casper the Friendly Ghost and less Dennis the Menace and Gnasher.
- America's Most Tattoed Baby is a parody of America's Most Talented Kid.
- Sideshow Mel plays the "Flight of the Bumblebee" on his slide whistle.
- Some references to the science fiction franchise Dune can be seen at The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop.
- Comic Book Guy mentions the fictional instrument "baliset" which Gurney Halleck masters in the Dune universe.
- Tonton in Paris is a reference to The Adventures of Tintin.
- Moe mentions having read the Babar the Elephant books when he was a kid and also mentions how Babar actually married his cousin Celeste.
- Jimbo creates a Newton's cradle with Milhouse, Martin, Database and Cosine in the school's playground.
- The song Zhenya sings on-top of the piano in Bart's dream is a Russian translation of Walter Donaldson's and Gus Kahn's "Makin' Whoopee".
- The scene itself is a parody of the scene in The Fabulous Baker Boys where Michelle Pfeiffer sings the song atop a piano.
- The Kremlin and Lenin's tomb can be seen.
- Slava makes many jokes including Russian president Vladimir Putin.
- At the talent show Ralph sings Leslie Bricusse's and Anthony Newley's "The Candy Man".
- The song playing over the end credits is Frédéric Chopin's "Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53".
- The song Bart plays during the school show is Frédéric Chopin's "No 12 in C minor, Op 10 'Revolutionary'".
Trivia
- In Latin America, this episode was released as the 18th episode of the season for unknown reasons.
- Robert Thies played all the Chopin works for this episode. He was uncredited.
- In the piano lesson, Zhenya says 'Every Good Boris Deserves Fun' (a version of the mnemonic for the note names on the lines of a stave in treble clef), but she is seen to play, and we hear, "EGADF".
Continuity
- Bart also used a recording when he played an instrument in Saxophony!.
