Bart's Friend Falls in Love/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 3 Episode References
← 057 "The Otto Show"	058 "Bart's Friend Falls in Love"	"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" 059 →

Cultural references

• The scene where Bart steals the change jar parodies the famous sequence from the Indiana Jones film Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • When Bart grabs the change jar = Indy grabs the idol
  • When Homer falls down the stairs = The boulder scene
  • Maggie fires a suction arrow = The booby traps
  • When the garage door closes = The chambers door closes
  • Homer gets stuck in the door = Satipo in a booby trap
  • Homer chases Bart with a rake = The Hovitos with spears chase Indy
  • Bart escapes on the bus = Indy escapes in a plane.
• The major difference is while Bart did make off with the treasure, Indy did not.
• Milhouse has a Magic 8 Ball like Judy Moody.
• The French Canadian nun at Saint Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls is performing Dominique, a 1963 worldwide hit French language song by Belgian Soeur Sourire aka the Singing Nun.

Trivia

• When Milhouse and Samantha kiss for the first time, their arms make a heart shape.
• This episode marks the first time that Bart and Milhouse fight each other.

Goofs

• The robot head on Lisa's magazine is colored yellow instead of gray briefly.

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