The Bart Wants What It Wants/References

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• The episode title is a parody on the phrase by Woody Allen "The Heart Wants What it Wants".
• Maggie can be seen playing with a plush toy of Bongo, the one-eared rabbit from Matt Groening's Life in Hell comic strip.
• When Marge makes a cooking suggestion to Wolfgang Puck, he immediately heads to the "Puck-mobile" to the music of the 1960s Batman television series.
• One of the studios Bart passes by is filming "Canadian Graffiti" which is a parody of the George Lucas movie "American Graffiti". Graffiti consists of "Obey the Rules!"
• Milhouse's line "Take off hoser!" is a reference to Bob & Doug McKenzie.
• The music playing when the family arrives in Toronto is "Take Off" by Bob and Doug McKenzie, featuring Rush lead singer, Geddy Lee.
• Rainier Wolfcastle saying "Remember when I said I would eat you last? I lied!" to the piece of pie on the dinner table, is a parody of the movie Commando when Arnold Schwarzenegger says "Remember when I said I would kill you last? I lied!"
• Lisa's determination not to be a "Gamecock" indicates her unwillingness to attend the University of South Carolina, whose mascot is the Gamecocks.
• The "Paramountie Pictures" logo is a parody of Paramount Pictures.