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Cultural references

• Abraham Simpson's to-do list includes sleeping with competitive swimmer and actress Esther Williams, and be the first white man in Negro league baseball.
• Bart's homerun is a parody of the final homerun scene from the 1984 film The Natural.
• A reference to the long and ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict is seen at the baseball game when a Jewish man hugs a Muslim.
• Bart's wishlist includes appearing in a summer theatrical production. In order to do that he runs to the Springfield Community Theater to join a Grease 2 play, the famous sequel based on the film of the same name.

Bart watches Men in Black at the cinema

• Bart watches Men in Black at the cinema.
• Homer's wishlist includes "Find, destroy Atlantis".
• The History of Weapons! is sponsored by Kellog's, a parody of the American multinational food company Kellogg's.
• According to Homer, the audio tour is narrated by American actress Melanie Griffith.
• Famous single "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers is heard at "The Myth of Creation" exhibition in the Hall of Man.
• Reverend Lovejoy compares himself to American politician and Baptist minister Al Sharpton
• Skinner thinks Ned Flanders refers to Lamarckism when Ned is asking to teach alternatives to Darwinism at Springfield Elementary School. Lamarckism is the notion that an organism can pass on to its offspring physical characteristics that the parent organism acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime.
• Lovejoy threatens Skinner by burning a leasing contract for Skinner's Toyota Camry that he got from Christian Brothers Auto.
• Lisa mentions the Book of Genesis when discussing about Creationism.
• The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is compared to the Holly Bible on the video seen at the class.
• Lisa says that Evolutionism is accepted by people who tend to support Christian values, such as American libertarian George Will and even Pope John Paul II. John Paul II generally accepted the theory of evolution.
• Mayor Quimby mentions Pop-Tarts. Carl can be seen eating one.
• The room the kids meet in is called the "Single Purpose Room", a take on "Multi-Purpose Rooms" that are common in learning institutions.
  • The blackboard at the Single Purpose Room reads "Viva la evolución", a parody to the famous phrase "Viva la revolución" used during the Cuban Revolution.

Wallace Brady is seen petting Bambi, the famous deer from Disney

• Lisa's trial for teaching evolution is based on the 1960 film Inherit the Wind. The names of Clarisse Drummond and Wallace Brady are plays on Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, both lawyers that were modeled in that film.
  • Clarisse Drummond is part of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
  • Wallace Brady is seen petting Bambi, the famous deer from Disney, during Lisa's trial. Homer also mentions Thumper, another character from Bambi.
• After reading The Origin of Species work, Marge finds out Darwin's ship was named Beagle. The HMS Beagle is notable for carrying the recently graduated naturalist Charles Darwin around the world. Marge also thinks of Snoopy, the anthropomorphic beagle from Peanuts.
• Ned mentions Popsicle.
• The scenes with Nelson Muntz removing a latex mask to reveal his true self, which leads to a dissolve with a jigsaw-puzzle fade, are parodies of the 1960s television series Mission: Impossible.

Continuity

• Booberella's appearance is borrowed from "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can".

Goofs

• Seen from afar in the court room, Lenny has no stubble.
• When the jury is first seen, Barney is seated between Bernice Hibbert and Bumblebee Man, then later on he has been replaced by Jack Marley.
• Jaffee is seen among the kids Lisa invites to her reading of "The Origin of Species"; however, when Nelson leaves, Jaffee disappears.
• When Seymour Skinner holds up the textbook "Life In These 38 States", 39 states appear on the cover: the first 38, plus Oklahoma (the 46th state).