The Fabulous Faker Boy/References

References/Trivia

Season 24 Episode References

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Cultural references

The episode title is a reference to the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys.
The billboard gag ("If you haven't sent your mother flowers, it's too darn late!") is a reference to the episode's original airdate (May 12, 2013) being Mother's Day.
The song Zhenya sings on-top of the piano in Bart's dream is a Russian translation of Walter Donaldson's and Gus Kahn's "Makin' Whoopee".
- The scene itself is a parody of the scene in The Fabulous Baker Boys where Michelle Pfeiffer sings the song atop a piano.
At the talent show Ralph sings Leslie Bricusse's and Anthony Newley's "The Candy Man".
The song playing over the end credits Frédéric Chopin's "Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53" plays.
The song Bart plays during the school show is Frédéric Chopin's "No 12 in C minor, Op 10 'Revolutionary'".

In Latin America, this episode was released as the 18th episode of the season for unknown reasons.
Robert Thies played all the Chopin works for this episode. He was uncredited.
In the piano lesson, Zhenya says 'Every Good Boris Deserves Fun' (a version of the mnemonic for the note names on the lines of a stave in treble clef), but she is seen to play, and we hear, "EGADF".

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