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Season 24 Episode References

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The episode's title is a reference to A Kiss Before Dying.
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 Arkham Asylum, a psychiatric hospital from the DC Comics Universe.
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.
The music heard while the students are taking the test is the main theme from the film Halloween (1978 film).
The music heard while the clowns are getting out of the clown car is the David Bowie song "Changes".

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Chief Wiggum's skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.

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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