They Saved Lisa's Brain/References

References/Trivia

Cultural references

The title of this episode is a reference to the sci-fi movie They Saved Hitler's Brain.

Homer Simpson mistakes Stephen Hawking for Larry Flynt, the founder of Hustler Magazine, who has been confined to a wheelchair since an assassination attempt.

The "learned council" says that it would be better if dogs at the dog track chased a diploma instead of a rabbit. Dogs are motivated by a sense of smell, not sight. Most dogs pay no attention to an artificial rabbit. They have to be trained to do so through a conditioned response. Dog owners often train dogs to chase an electric rabbit by attaching kitten or rabbit meat to it and convincing the dog to tear it to shreds. This has been of the biggest factors of animal abuse in the United States.

When Marge copied something that was on the screen of Stephen Hawking's machine, Stephen Hawking said, "You copied that of my screen". But he was talking when something else was still on his screen.

In the dog track scene, Mayor Quimby can be seen in the stands, even though he earlier fled Springfield thinking MENSA had heard of his corruption.