Separate Vocations/References
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Cultural references
- Lisa's flippant remark of "What 'cha got?" to Miss Hoover is similar to Marlon Brando in The Wild One.
- Bart's fantasy of being a drifter and remarking that he was banished from a town by a sheriff is similar to First Blood, which revolves around the fact that the film's protagonist, John Rambo, was banished from a town on account of the fact he was scruffy and long-haired and the sheriff did want his kind in the town.
- Bart's courtroom appearance (where his face is concealed by a blue dot and his voice is altered to sound like Steve Allen's) is a reference to the 1991 rape trial of William Kennedy Smith. In television coverage of the trial, his accuser's face was concealed with a blue dot.
- The chalkboard gag references Bulimia nervosa.
- The song that plays as Bart and Principal Skinner are closing in on Lisa's locker is based on the theme song "Axel F" from Beverly Hills Cop and has also been used in ("Radio Bart").
Trivia
- Dr. Pryor has pictures of Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud on the wall behind his desk.
- When Bart is assigned detention, he has to write "I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty." on the blackboard over and over.
- A tiny skull hangs on a chain from Snake's rearview mirror.
- Career Aptitude Normalizing Test (CANT): Name of the test given to the students at Springfield Elementary.
- According to the DVD commentary, it took nine takes to get guest star Steve Allen to pronounce "Aye, Carumba" correctly.
- In 1992, Nancy Cartwright won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for this episode.
- Snake's car Lil' Bandit makes an appearance, albeit without a snake design and gets smashed halfway through the episode.
- Dr Pryor makes a rare non-cameo appearance in the episode.
Goofs
- When Bart and Principal Skinner are closing in on Lisa's locker, several shots of them opening lockers are repeated.
- When the people to collect the tests enters the room, we can clearly hear "Here for the tests", but both of them don't open their mouths.
- The color of the school keeps switching from purple to orange throughout the episode.
- In one scene of Lisa's detention, the Aa sign on the strip above the blackboard is missing, and has just the color orange in its place
- When Kearney gives Milhouse a wedgie, he and Dolph are the same size as the other kids.
- When in the police car, as Lou talks, there is a closeup to his face, but behind him, there is no window or roof.
- The test papers show five ovals for each question (for answers A, B, C, D and E) yet both Krabappel and Hoover ever read out are three potential answers (for ovals A, B and C)
