Lisa the Drama Queen/References
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Cultural references
- At Springfield Recreation Center, Comic Book Guy teaches Shaolin kung fu.
- Antonio Vivaldi's "Spring" concerto from The Four Seasons is heard at the art class.
- In the art class room, The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh and The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough can be seen on the walls.
- Juliet Hobbes paints American singer and actor Josh Groban.
- Juliet, in appearance, resembles Thora Birch's character in the film Ghost World.
- Lisa and Juliet sing "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)" by Josh Groban.
- Bart proposes Lisa to buy M&M's or Charleston Chew to Juliet. Apu suggest Almond Joy.
- The surf musical piece "Wipe Out" by The Surfaris is heard at Springfield Folk Art Museum.
- Juliet's father is an expert in John Grisham's work. According to Juliet, he discovered several "undiscovered" plot twists in the 1993 novel The Client and that he proved that the real villain in the 1989 legal thriller A Time to Kill was the legal system itself.
- Nelson talks to a headless figure of Darth Vader from Star Wars.
- Professor Hobbes compares her daughter's new friendship to a young Mitch McDeere, protagonist of John Grisham's 1991 novel The Firm. He also reads part of the novel.
- Mr. Hobbes is worried that her daughter is listening to Groban too much, and suggests listening to James Horner's soundtrack to the 1993 legal thriller The Pelican Brief instead. The film is based on the 1992 novel by John Grisham.
- He plays "Researching The Brief", the third track on the film's OST.
- Elements of the plot loosely resemble Bridge to Terabithia and the Peter Jackson film Heavenly Creatures, in particular the scenes where the girls imagine themselves in their fantasy world and how Marge bans Lisa from seeing her friend Juliet, who is loosely based on Juliet Hulme. Also, the girls obsession with Josh Groban mirrors the obsession of the girls in Heavenly Creatures with opera singer Mario Lanza.
- MyPod is a parody of iPod.
- "So She Dances" by Josh Groban is played on the Royal MyPod.
- Skinner looks to the school children profiles on Facebook. He also enjoyed the Simpsons pictures of their trip to Yosemite National Park.
- Juliet owns an Angelica Button lunchbox, a parody of Harry Potter.
- Lisa is supposed to attend a Model UN session as she is the delegate for Azerbaijan.
- The classic piano rag "The Entertainer" is heard on Willie's flashback in Ellis Island, New York City.
- Juliet mentions the Iowa Writers' Workshop, a graduate-level creative writing program.
- "In Her Eyes" by Josh Groban is heard when Kearney defends the girls' novel.
- American pop-punk band Fall Out Boy plays on the episode's credit.
Trivia
- This is the last episode before the HD intro movie appears.
- This is the last episode to use the 1987-2009 Gracie Films logo.
Goofs
- At dinner, when Lisa runs out to see Juliet in her backyard, Lisa is wearing her pink Sunday best dress, then the scene cuts to Lisa and Juliet in a fantasy sequence with the characters from Equalia, but when the scene cuts back to reality, Lisa is wearing her regular red dress.
