I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings/References
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"I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
- The bank robbery is a parody of the movie Dog Day Afternoon.
- The Shawshank Redemption: Dwight's escape from Springfield Penitentiary via a sewage pipe is a reference to Andy Dufresne's escape from Shawshank (by the same means). Dwight's escape takes an ironic (and parodical) twist when he discovers a "Pure Mountain Spring Water" pipe right next to the sewage pipe immediately after he emerges from it.
- The song that featured during the sequence where Marge is being stalked by Dwight is "Who Can It Be Now?" by Men at Work.
- When Marge and Dwight are at the amusement park, the Dilbert's Flying Cubicle ride is visible in the background, a reference to Scott Adams's popular comic Dilbert. The theme song of the Dilbert animated series can be heard in the background for a large portion of the scene.
- Also at the amusement park, there is a ride entitled, "It's a Long Line", a parody of the ride, "It's a Small World", found at Disney theme parks.
- The ads in the school newspaper are the same text and font used by Coffee News, a small newsletter.
- In the part where Bart and Lisa are watching Itchy and Scratchy, Scratchy appears to be wearing a Star Wars rebel pilot helmet when he is piloting the jet.
- Agnes Skinner says Johnny Stabbo and Dwight are like "Johnny and Clyde", a take on Bonnie and Clyde.
- Chief Wiggum watches The Negotiator on a portable DVD player to learn how to deal with a hostage situation during the bank robbery.
- The Itchy & Scratchy episode "The Un-Natural" parodies the baseball steroids scandal, and the title references the book and movie The Natural.
Trivia
Goofs
- Dolph's hair is covering his left eye instead of his right one.
- In reality, Dwight would have been too heavy to be able to stay afloat on Jaffee's kite.
