Little Big Girl/References

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References/Trivia

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	Season 18 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode's title is pun on Little Big Man, a 1970 Western staring Dustin Hoffman.
• Bart cuts Snap, Crackle and Pop from a box of Rice Krispies, a brand of breakfast cereal marketed by Kellogg's.
• Lisa comes up with the name "Hitachee" after looking to a microwave, manufactured by the Japanese brand Hitachi.
• Lisa's reflection on the window tells her to go to Wellesley College, a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
• "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott is heard during the sequence at Cletus's farm.
• Skinner gives Willie Wet Ones, a brand of American antibacterial hand wipes.
  • While trying to stop the fire, Willie says that the hand wipes are "drier than a Charles Grodin quip". American actor and comedian Charles Grodin was known for his dry wit and deadpan comedic style.
• Harry Potter is among the people in line to kiss Bart's butt.
• Mayor Quimby thinks Bart wished for a "licence to kill", referencing the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill.
• Homer throws The Marshall Tucker Band CDs to Marge's Orange Station Wagon.
• The song "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers Band is played during the parody of the opening sequence. The song is also known as the theme song of the 2002 automotive TV series Top Gear.

The mask of Darth Vader from Star Wars is seen in the facade of the Springfield Multicultural Center

• The mask of Darth Vader from Star Wars is seen in the facade of the Springfield Multicultural Center.
• Homer compares Lisa to CBS News.
• Homer sets Ludwig van Beethoven's "Für Elise" as a ringtone for Bart's mobile phone.
• The famous song "Low Rider" by American funk band War is heard when Bart drives to North Haverbrook.
• The name of the comic book shop Mylar Baggins is a pun on Bilbo Baggins, the title character and protagonist of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit.
• Things seen at Mylar Baggins include:
  • The Sword in the Stone from the legend of Excalibur.
  • An X-wing fighter from Star Wars.
  • A Mandalorian helmet, also from Star Wars universe.
  • A Chewbacca mannequin.
  • A "Hippie Hulk" figure from 1968.
    • When Bart makes the Hulk figure talk, it says a modified version of "Turn on, tune in, drop out", a counterculture-era phrase and a slogan for the hippie movement and the psychedelic counterculture in the 1960s.
    • Hippie Hulk also mentions former US president Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) who served from 1963 to 1969.
• The song "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets is heard right before Bart meets Darcy for the first time.
• Darcy accidentally kisses a dog mimicking the iconic scene in the Disney film Lady and the Tramp.
• The Polovetsian Dances from Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor is played when Bart drinks water from the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
• A debate facing the types of indian tents teepee and wigwam is being held at the National Tribe Conference.
• When Darcy demanded Bart to get strawberries he says "Take my wife... please", which is American comedian Henny Youngman's catchphrase.
• Homer mentions Scientific American, the American popular science magazine.
• The name of the church Wives "R" Us, located in Utah, is a pun on Toys "R" Us, the famous American toy, clothing, and baby product retailer.
  • The "Bridal Chorus" is heard at the church.
• Bart and Homer sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", the English lullaby. An instrumental version is briefly heard in the beginning of the credits.

Trivia

• According to this episode, Lisa wants to study at Wellesley College.
• Darcy has a mole on her left cheek just like Natalie Portman who provides her voice for the role.
• At the beginning of the episode, it's revealed that Nelson is of German heritage and that he's proud of it. He holds a dachshund (Dackel/Teckel) and a stein, also, he's wearing a typical hat from the region of Bayern (in Germany).
• In this episode, we learn that Lenny & Carl share a mother. This would indicate that they are possibly half-brothers.
• Sign upon leaving town: "Now leaving Springfield, birthplace of Nelson."
• The Spuckler Family Tree shows that Cletus' wife Brandine is the child of Cletus and an alien. Also, Cletus and Brandine have twelve children, with one being a sheep and one being a walking hot dog.
• It's revealed that Dolphin "Dolph" Starbeam is of Mursi heritage. He has a stone/plate in his mouth as typical for this ethnic group.
• North Haverbrook has a Hispanic version of the Comic Book Guy and his Comic shop named "Mylar Baggins Comic Book Shop. Baggins is also the surname of The Lord of the Rings hero Frodo.

Continuity

• Two of the towns Bart drives past are Ogdenville and North Haverbrook. Lyle Lanley sold monorails to these towns before coming to Springfield in the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail".
• Bart had previously driven a car. ("Bart on the Road")

Goofs

• Bart pictured himself in Utah skateboarding down Merrick Butte which is not in Utah, but across the border in Arizona.

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