Beware My Cheating Bart/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 23 Episode References
← 503 "Them, Robot"	504 "Beware My Cheating Bart"	"A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again" →

Cultural references

• The title could be a reference to the song "My Foolish Heart", in particular the line "beware my foolish heart".
• The title screen gag and chalkboard gag are references to Matt Groening's having revealed in an interview that the Simpsons' Springfield was named for Springfield, Oregon.
• During the montage of scenes with Shauna and Bart going on dates:
  • The song playing is "April Come She Will" by Simon and Garfunkel.
  • In the pool hall, when Bart stares open-mouthed at what is revealed to be Shauna's arm, the view before the camera zooms out is a sight gag on the movie poster from the 1967 film The Graduate, which features music by Simon and Garfunkel.
• The strange glyphs on the mountain in "Stranded" say, "Watch Futurama Thursdays at 10" in the Futurama alien alphabet.

Goofs

• When Homer is saying "Watch whatever you want...", Milhouse is in front of a Transformers of the Caribbean poster. Then Homer, Bart and Milhouse walk along. Afterwards, Homer looks round at them, but Milhouse is still in front of the Transformers of the Caribbean poster.