The Debarted/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 19 Episode References
← 412 "Love, Springfieldian Style"	413 "The Debarted"	"Dial "N" for Nerder" 414 →

Cultural references

• The title and plot of the episode reference the 2006 film The Departed.
• The episode contains several elements of the film, including the use of the Dropkick Murphys song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston", the chasing scene and the ending, which shows a Rat.
• While driving in the loaner car, Homer sings a parody version of the song "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes.
• Bart also references the Diet Coke and Mentos eruption, using a pack of Green Apple Mentos, a normal can of Coke, and a styrofoam cup.
• The car Homer loans is a 1st generation Cadillac CTS.

Trivia

• At the end of the episode, Ralph states "The rat is a sign of obviousness." He then smiles slightly, hinting that Ralph may have been the one true Rat.

Goofs

• After Principal Skinner locks Bart and Donny in the detention room, he chuckles to himself, but his mouth doesn't move.
• When Bart found out that that Groundskeeper Willie is on Principal Skinner's side as a rat, Bart's lips saying "Willie? You're on Skinner's side?" were out of synch.

References

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He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs • The Homer of Seville • Midnight Towboy • I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings • Treehouse of Horror XVIII • Little Orphan Millie • Husbands and Knives • Funeral for a Fiend • Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind • E Pluribus Wiggum • That '90s Show • Love, Springfieldian Style • The Debarted • Dial "N" for Nerder • Smoke on the Daughter • Papa Don't Leech • Apocalypse Cow • Any Given Sundance • Mona Leaves-a • All About Lisa