Marge Gets a Job/References
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Cultural References
Bart's vision of Marie and Pierre Curie, inventors of radium, are much like Godzilla, complete with the Japan setting.
Smithers' song and dance number at Jack Marley's retirement party are reference to the 1941 film, Citizen Kane.
The music from The Empire Strikes Back plays while Mr. Burns surveys his monitors in his office.
As a subplot in the story, Bart cries 'wolf' to get out of a test, in reference to The Boy Who Cried Wolf.