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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the film The Parent Trap.
• As the out-of-control police cruiser heads toward the hot soup truck, the police dog in the back covers his eyes and says, "Ruh-oh!" in a similar manner to Scooby-Doo.
• Lisa mentions that, as a result of creative sentencing, Bill Clinton is their mailman.
• "Dang Me" by Roger Miller is the song playing on the car radio at the end of the episode.
• In addition to the $40 prize for the winning the radio contest, Homer receives a Blue Oyster Cult medallion.
• "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by B.O.C. is also played over the closing credits.
• Judge Constance Harm says that she would read Hemingway if she wanted a cock and bull story. This is a reference to Hemingway's novella, The Sun Also Rises, which involves an impotent war veteran and a matador.

Trivia

• Professor Frink nearly runs over Bart and Milhouse with his Hover bike. The bike was first seen in Lemon of Troy.
• The Miranda Rights teleprompter in the police cruiser instructs officers to say, "You have the right to remain silent," then to "(Punch in belly)."
• Outside the Juvenile Courthouse is a statue of Blind Justice, depicting a little girl wearing a blindfold while holding a scale in one hand and a sword in the other.
• Jimbo Jones can be seen outside the courtroom with a lawyer and his mother, waiting to go before Judge Snyder.
• Homer's burglar outfit is similar to the one he wears while stealing Moe's car in Dumbbell Indemnity and when smuggling sugar in Sweets and Sour Marge.
• Judge Constance Harm indicates she was born male when she tells Bart he reminds her of herself when she was a little boy.
• In this episode, Judge Snyder's first name is revealed to be Roy.

Goofs

• When Homer goes to sleep in Mrs. Krabappel's class, his tongue's palette color changes from pink to white.