Whacking Day/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 4 Episode References
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Cultural references

• Kent Brockman teases that a segment on Eye on Springfield will be about the Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz and where they are now.
• The scene where Groundskeeper Willie meets the Scottish woman is a parody of a scene from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice.
• The song "O Whacking Day" has the same melody as "O Christmas Tree".
• Looking for bass heavy music, Lisa only finds records by Tiny Tim, The Chipmunks and "A Castrato Christmas".

Trivia

• Apu announces that there is a snake hidden in the store. The first person to find it wins a free Squishee.
• The Springfield Christian School sign reads "We Put the Fun in Fundamentalist Dogma".
• At the episode's end, Nelson and Jimbo get emotional in the civic defense shelter, where they and their two bully buddies have been the whole show. If the viewer looks at Kearney's face; there is stubble around his mouth. This is one of many gags throughout the series that he is much older than a typical (or any) elementary school student should be.
• Bob Woodward is the author of The Truth About Whacking Day. One piece of information he reveals is that Richard Nixon once participated in Whacking Day. Ironically, Woodward and his partner Carl Bernstein were the investigative reporters responsible for breaking the story on the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to Nixon's resignation from the Presidency.
• Matt Groening once said that he feels they crossed the line by having Reverend Lovejoy make up quotes out of the Bible.
• Whacking Day is on May 10.
• Twice in this episode Homer is seen coming home in his car, forgetting about Marge homeschooling Bart in the garage. Both times, he manages to stop the car just inches away from Bart, though the second time this happens he yells "D'oh!", implying that he meant to run over Bart that time or because he forgot a second time.
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show cartoon in this episode is a parody of Jack Ruby shooting John F. Kennedy's alleged killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, with Scratchy being arrested before being shot by Itchy. The episode's guest director is Oliver Stone.

Continuity

• Ezekiel and Ishmael from "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" are seen at the Christian School.

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Kamp Krusty • A Streetcar Named Marge • Homer the Heretic • Lisa the Beauty Queen • Treehouse of Horror III • Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie • Marge Gets a Job • New Kid on the Block • Mr. Plow • Lisa's First Word • Homer's Triple Bypass • Marge vs. the Monorail • Selma's Choice • Brother from the Same Planet • I Love Lisa • Duffless • Last Exit to Springfield • So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show • The Front • Whacking Day • Marge in Chains • Krusty Gets Kancelled