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Two Bad Neighbors/References
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Debut appearances
Cultural references
- At the beginning of this episode, Bart and Homer interrupt Apu singing the Cheap Trick song "Dream Police" while washing his car.
- The relationship between Bart and George H. W. Bush is portrayed in a style reminiscent of Dennis the Menace and Mr. Wilson; Barbara Bush acts just like Mrs. Wilson, even using her catchphrase "Oh, George...".
- Homer asks Bush to "apologize for the tax hike", a reference to Bush creating a 31% income tax as part of the 1990 Budget Reconciliation Act, despite his 1988 campaign promise of no new taxes.
- When Homer and Bart shoot bottle rockets at the Bush house, it parodies a scene similar to the "Desert Storm" operation of the 1991 Gulf War, which occurred when Bush was in office.
- Bush uses a trick he "learned in the CIA". Bush was director of the CIA from January 30, 1976 to January 20, 1977.
- Bart references blowback from the "wig offensive", a reference to Bush's role as CIA chief.
- Bush says that he'll ruin Homer "like a Japanese banquet", a reference to an incident that happened on January 8, 1992. During a state dinner, then-president Bush vomited on the lap of the Prime Minister of Japan, Kiichi Miyazawa.
- Homer tricks Bush into coming to the door so he can glue a rainbow wig to his head by placing cardboard cutouts of Bush's sons in front of the door leading Bush to believe they're real. The sons represented are former President George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
- Bush is paid a visit by Mikhail Gorbachev. Homer calls him a "Commie friend" to Bush, referencing Gorbachev's role as the last leader of the Soviet Union before the fall of Communism, and the thaw in relations between the two countries during Bush's term in office. Ironically, Homer himself had befriended a "Commie friend" in the case of Adil Hoxha in "The Crepes of Wrath".
- During the shot in which the shredded memoir is falling, a torn piece of paper briefly falls past the screen, with the only non-shredded words reading "V.P. Quayle" and "embarrassment".
- When Bart and Bush are looking through a photo album, Bart says that Bob Mosbacher is "a dumb name".
- When Homer calls Bush a "wimp", this is a reference to the Wimp Factor, a criticism of Bush during the 1988 Election claiming that Bush looked "too weak" to be a president.
- Homer and Ford simultaneously fall over the sidewalk incline when the show ends. This is a parody of Gerald Ford's perceived clumsiness and trick knee (most notably when he fell down the stairs of Air Force One several times) while in office.
- Barbara Bush says George and Homer got off on the wrong foot, claiming their relationship is "just like the Noriega thing - now he and George are the best of friends." This reference to the former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is actually the opposite of the real situation: as CIA director, Bush had arranged for annual payments to General Noriega, but years later Bush launched Operation Just Cause to depose him.
- His going into the sewer was a reference to the 1988 campaign and the dirty tactics involved as a result of advice from Bush's then-advisor Lee Atwater.
- Twice during the episode, Bart says 'Helllooooooo, Mr. Bush!' similar to how Yakko, Wakko and Dot (to a male nurse) say 'Hellllooooooo, Nurse!'.
- Table 5 is a parody of the Bee Gees song, Stayin' Alive.
Trivia
Continuity
- Some of the items Marge sells at the yard sale include:
- The events of this episode are mentioned in several later episodes:
- In "The Cartridge Family" while reading Homer's background check Raphael points out that Homer once "beat up President Bush", Homer quickly corrects him by saying "former President".
- In "The Trouble with Trillions", Homer is trying to get dirt on his friends for the FBI, Moe mentions Barney beating up George Bush, Homer then reminds him that he was the one who beat up Bush, he also states "And I'd do it again".
- When trying to track down an attempted murderer, Homer mentions ex-President Bush could be one of the culprits. ("The Great Louse Detective")
- In "Regarding Margie", Homer shows Marge a photo album to rejog her memory and shows her a photo of his fight with Bush. He also shows her a photo of him fighting George W. Bush.
- In the couch gag of "Mathlete's Feat", Rick tells Morty The Simpsons did a episode when George W. Bush was their neighbor.
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