Little Big Girl/References

References/Trivia

Season 18 Episode References

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Trivia

The title is reference to Little Big Man a film staring Dustin Hoffman.
According to this episode, Lisa wants to study at Wellesley College.
Darcy has a mole on her left cheek just like Natalie Portman who provides her voice for the role.
At the beginning of the episode, it's revealed that Nelson is of German heritage and that he's proud of it. He holds a dachshund (Dackel/Teckel) and a stein, also, he's wearing a typical hat from the region of Bayern (in Germany).
In this episode, we learn that Lenny & Carl share a mother. This would indicate that they are possibly half-brothers.
Sign upon leaving town: "Now leaving Springfield, birthplace of Nelson."
The Spuckler Family Tree shows that Cletus' wife Brandine is the child of Cletus and an alien. Also, Cletus and Brandine have twelve children, with one being a sheep and one being a walking hot dog.
It's revealed that Dolphin "Dolph" Starbeam is of Mursi heritage. He has a stone/plate in his mouth as typical for this ethnic group.
North Haverbrook has a Hispanic version of the Comic Book Guy and his Comic shop named "Mylar Baggins Comic Book Shop. Baggins is also the surname of The Lord of the Rings hero Frodo.

"Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott (used during the sequence at where the fire is lit)
"Low Rider" by War (played when Bart drives to North Haverbrook)
"Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets (played after Bart's visit in the comic book store)
"Polovetsian Dances" from Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor (during Bart's fantasy life in Utah)
"Jessica", by the Allman Brothers Band (played during the parody of the opening sequence, also known as the theme song of Top Gear)
"Für Elise" (The ringtone of Bart's cell phone)

Two of the towns Bart drives past are Ogdenville and North Haverbrook. Lyle Lanley sold monorails to these towns before coming to Springfield in the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail".
Bart had previously driven a car. ("Bart on the Road")

Bart pictured himself in Utah skateboarding down Merrick Butte which is not in Utah, but across the border in Arizona.

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