Skinner's Sense of Snow/References
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"Skinner's Sense of Snow"
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the 1997 film Smilla's Sense of Snow.
- The school mentioned on the radio "Springfield Elementary My Dear Watson Detective School" is a reference to Sherlock Holmes and his catchphrase, "Elementary, my dear Watson" (a phrase which Holmes never actually said in the original stories).
- When Bart pokes Skinner with a stick saying "Didi mau!" it is a reference to what the Vietnamese guards said to their prisoners getting them to hurry up playing Russian roulette in The Deer Hunter.
- When Skinner's fellow prisoner in the Vietnam flashback says "Sarge, let's make a break for it while the guards are partying with Jane Fonda", it is a reference to her opposition to the Vietnam War..
Trivia
Goofs
- When the children are in flour sacks as they go to sleep, Bart rests his head on his red jacket. When Skinner switches the light off, it turns grey.
- Principal Skinner decided to open Springfield Elementary, even though Superintendents are the people who would decide that.
- When the kids are burning literature, someone throws Huckelberry Finn into the fire. Skinner then says that "It took [him] hours to cross out all the swear words", but his lips don't match the words.
