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*When Stephen Hawking says "A Brief History of Rhyme", it is a parody of "A Brief History of Time". Additionally there is also an album by {{W|MC Hawking}} entitled "A Brief History of Rhyme: MC Hawking's Greatest Hits". | *When Stephen Hawking says "A Brief History of Rhyme", it is a parody of "A Brief History of Time". Additionally there is also an album by {{W|MC Hawking}} entitled "A Brief History of Rhyme: MC Hawking's Greatest Hits". | ||
*When Lisa gets back from Performing Arts Camp, in band class, the School Band playing "My Country Tis Of Thee" and Lisa interrupting by playing Jazz is a reference to the [[Season 1]] episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]", and possibly the opening sequence. | *When Lisa gets back from Performing Arts Camp, in band class, the School Band playing "My Country Tis Of Thee" and Lisa interrupting by playing Jazz is a reference to the [[Season 1]] episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]", and possibly the opening sequence. | ||
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| + | * [[Marge]] plays a [[Goofy]] CD ("[[Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays]]"). | ||
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Cultural references
- The title of the episode is a pun on the High School Musical movie series.
- There is also an episode of South Park entitled "Elementary School Musical".
- The opening title screen gag pays homage to the Partridge Family.
- The chalkboard gag is a reference to the film Inception.
- The Nobel Prize nomination are written in 5 Languages:
| Russian | Chinese | French | English | |
| ЭКОНОМИКА | 经济学 | Économie | ECONOMICS | ECONOMICA |
| МИР | 和平 | PAIX | PEACE | PAZ |
- "Arts Education" is a parody of "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys.
- Sprooklyn is a parody of Brooklyn, a district of New York City.
- Dregs is possibly a parody of Greggs, a bakery in the UK.
- Krusty having a Super Bowl nip-slip, using a child as a shield and appearing on The Electric Company is similar to the character Greg Stillson from The Dead Zone.
- Spider-Man, the Marvel superhero, appears in this episode.
- When Stephen Hawking says "A Brief History of Rhyme", it is a parody of "A Brief History of Time". Additionally there is also an album by MC Hawking entitled "A Brief History of Rhyme: MC Hawking's Greatest Hits".
- When Lisa gets back from Performing Arts Camp, in band class, the School Band playing "My Country Tis Of Thee" and Lisa interrupting by playing Jazz is a reference to the Season 1 episode "Moaning Lisa", and possibly the opening sequence.
Continuity
Goofs
- Kent Brockman says that Krusty joins the likes of Gandhi as a Nobel Peace Prize winner. However, Gandhi did not receive the award.
- When Lisa meets Lea Michele and Cory Monteith, her saxophone disappears.
- When Marge is driving Lisa home from Sprooklyn, she looks up at a mural Ethan and Kurt have painted. When this mural is reflected into the car window - the reflection is the wrong way round.
International premieres
- "Elementary School Musical" premiered on 7 October 2010 in the UK.
