Do the Wrong Thing/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to 1989 movie Do the Right Thing.
- Milhouse recites a poem about the Oregon Trail.
- A banner at the Springfield Rock Skipping Championship says to try Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's "The Rock" Rock.
- Cletus has leeches on his feet which resemble the logo for Nike.
- Bart says that he cheated on COVID tests.
- Bart using a "butt buzzer" to cheat for Homer when he was playing poker is a reference to chess player Hans Niemann and the cheating allegations against him. A meme sprung up after the allegations which accused Niemann of cheating using vibrating anal beads.
- The song "Get Our Cheat On" mentions writing a term paper with ChatGPT as one of the various cheats.
- The song also mentions losing an election and calling it unfair, a reference to the Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of 2020 election fraud, which were proven false.
- Homer says that he and Bart have a special bond, like LaVar and Lonzo Ball, or Cecil and Prince Fielder before they became estranged.
- The electric truck that was converted back to gas is based on the Tesla Cybertruck.
- Marge says that she didn't cheat to win Harley-Davidson beard shampoo.
- Dean Belichick says that the Houston Astros are dreaming up ways to cheat. He then shows a picture of an Astros player being a robot. The robot resembles a Terminator from Terminator.
- The University of Springfield Summer Camp has a prestigious Lance Armstrong scholarship. The armband that comes with it says "Cheat Armstrong", a reference to the Lance Armstrong doping case where Armstrong was found to be cheating in races by using performance-enhancing drugs.
- The Sam Bankman-Fried Hall is a reference to American entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering in November 2023.
- The Jim Harbaugh Center for Competitive Imbalance is a reference to American football coach and former quarterback, Jim Harbaugh.
