Summer of 4 Ft. 2/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The episode's title is a play on words on Summer of '42, a well known 1971 coming-of-age drama and Lisa's height, 4 feet and 2 inches.
• Ms. Hoover was narrating the assassination of Abraham Lincoln to her class. She mentioned Ford's Theatre, where the murder took place, and perpetrator John Wilkes Booth.
• Lisa has a copy of a fictional book named Tome by American writer Gore Vidal. She unknowingly hints at Vidal's sexual orientation by saying he "kissed more boys than I will ever do". Vidal was married for 53 years to casting director Howard Austen.
• According to American weekly news magazine Newsweek, Springfield is America's "crud bucket".
• Teejay's Zaymart is a parody of the T.J. Maxx and Zayre (which is now defunct) department store chains.
• When Lisa looks into Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport Public Library, she sees hallucinations of:
  • Pippi Longstocking, the main character in the series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi is also holding Pippi in the South Seas, one of the three Pippi's chapter books published in 1948.
  • Eustace Tilley, the dandy caricature that appeared on the cover of the first issue of The New Yorker.
  • Alice and the The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.
• Milhouse says that Lisa looks like Blossom (Mayim Bialik) from the American sitcom Blossom.

Erin calls Bart "Dennis the Menace" due to the slingshot he is carrying. Rick also mentions Mr. Wilson, the cantankerous neighbour of Dennis

• Erin asks if Bart thinks he's Dennis the Menace because of the slingshot he is carrying. Rick also mentions Mr. Wilson, another of the characters from Dennis the Menace.
• Lisa said she learned the word "crustacean" from Baywatch, the famous action drama television series about lifeguards.
  • Erin mentions actor David Hasselhoff, part of the cast of Baywatch.
• At the Li'l Valu-Mart storage room:
  • When Homer is trying to buy fireworks, he asks for all sorts of embarrassing items, whilst asking for fireworks in the middle. This is a parody to the scene where Terry "The Toad" Fields (Charles Martin Smith) tries to get some "Old Harper" liquor in the 1973 coming-of-age drama American Graffiti.
    • The liquor "Old Harper" from American Graffiti is among the items ordered by Homer.
  • The poster with the phrase "Yang Tse Doodle Fireworks" is a reference to "Yankee Doodle", a patriotic American tune often associated with fireworks and celebrations, especially on the Fourth of July. The dragon and "Yang Tse", a pun on Yangtze, reference China, a large manufacturer of fireworks.
  • The poster "Play More with Claymore" is a reference to the Claymore mine, an explosive weapon.
• The drapes in the beach house are Jesus Fish.
• Erin said her mother would show up with Rice Krispies squares and Tang juice.
• Dean's mother is French, and they only celebrate Bastille Day, the national day of France.
• "All Summer Long" by The Beach Boys plays over the end credits, again another reference to American Graffiti.

Trivia

• The firecracker that Homer attempts to use to celebrate the Fourth of July (and is later forced to use in the washing machine, rupturing a disposal pipe in the process) is called the M-320.
• The sea creature that Milhouse thinks is a dog is a horseshoe crab, and it "wags" it's tail when Milhouse pets it.
• Ben (one of the cool kids) later appears in "Cool Lisa"'s questline in The Simpsons: Tapped Out.

Goofs

Marge's white pearls

• In the opening scene, the pens in Martin's pocket are white instead of their usual purple.
• When Lisa first meets the skater kids, she's wearing her glasses in one shot but they disappear in the next. Then they reappear in front of the library.
• Right before Bart and Lisa fight at the table, Marge's necklace is colored white.
• At Ned's beach house, there is a picture of Maude above the bed Lisa was sitting on. When the camera angle changes, the picture changes to a photo of Rod and Todd.

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