Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to "first base" being a common slang term for kissing and to Bart's and Nikki's repeated attempts (some successful) to steal kisses from each other.
- The Itchy & Scratchy Show segment features a parody of the 1982 movie Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance complete with time-lapse photography and musical compositions similar to Philip Glass's work.
- The vampire novel Nikki is holding while talking to Bart is called Red Moon, a parody of the Twilight series book New Moon.
- The portion of Bart's dream involving the spoof of Alien 3 is a reference to a film reviewed by Jay Sherman in The Critic.
- Michelle Obama posts comments on Lisa's blog under the username FLOTUS1, and later tells Lisa she would have used FLOTUS but it was already taken. FLOTUS is an acronym for "First Lady Of The United States".
- Some of Michelle Obama's bodyguards wear MTVs (Modular Tactical Vests) which are currently only at use with the USMC.
- Nikki's parents are modelled on Anna and Marcus from the V TV series.
- The poster "Loose Lips Sing (Scholar) Ships" is a reference to "Loose lips sink ships," whose most famous use was on propaganda posters during WWII.
- The surfer student in the other class is named Bodhi. Bodhi is the secret leader of the surfer bank robbers in the action movie Point Break.
- The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar is a parody of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
Montage Kisses
Among the famous onscreen kisses that were reanimated shot-for-shot seen in the montage are from:
Trivia
- Maggie does not appear in this episode for unknown reasons, leaving Lisa the only Simpson child to appear in every episode.
Continuity
Goofs
- When Nikki winks at Bart, the printing on her shirt disappears.
- Michelle Obama is shown at a podium with a seal. In actuality there is no seal for the First Lady. The U.S. Constutition does not establish an Office of the First Lady. First Ladies are presidents' wives, not an elected office.
- When Lisa types her message on her blog, nothing else appears on the screen when Lisa is pressing the keys on the keyboard.
- Homer's navigation system seems to give all distances in metric measurements, much to his annoyance, except when he is suspended in the air, when it bizarrely switches to imperial and says he is 10 feet above the ground.
