Beware My Cheating Bart/References

References/Trivia

Season 23 Episode References

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"Beware My Cheating Bart"

Cultural references

The title could be a reference to the song "My Foolish Heart", in particular the line "beware my foolish heart".
The title could also be a pun on "Be Still My Beating Heart", which is the title of a song by Sting and a centuries-old catchphrase denoting breathless excitement, particularly in a romantic context.
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.
Films seen at Springfield Mall reference to many recently released films:
- Jackass: The Funeral is a reference to the Jackass franchise.
- Cars 3: New Merchandise is a reference to Disney-Pixar's Cars franchise.
- Horrible Premise is a reference to Horrible Bosses.
- Happy Little Elves II: The Sequelf is a reference to Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (and the second Alvin and the Chipmunks film).
- Transformers of the Caribbean is a reference to the Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises.
- Crawlspace could be named for the 1986 horror film of the same name.
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.

Strange glyphs

Stranded is an obvious parody of Lost.
- The strange glyphs on the mountain say, "Watch Futurama Thursdays at 10" in the Futurama alien alphabet.
- "The Lava Being" is a parody of the Smoke Monster.
When the screen zooms out from Earth, Fry and Leela from Futurama are sitting on a distant planet.

When Homer is saying "Watch whatever you want...", Milhouse is in front of a Transformers of the Caribbean movie poster. Then Homer, Bart and Milhouse keep walking. Afterwards, Homer looks round at them, but Milhouse is still in front of the Transformers of the Caribbean poster.
Jimbo mentions that Bart has two baby teeth. He lost his last baby tooth in "Fat Man and Little Boy".