Lisa's Rival/References

References/Trivia

Trivia

Marge says that Homer lost $40 by not going into work that day. Suppose Homer works an average 8 hour shift, that means Homer makes $5 an hour.
Bart reads Bad Boys Life magazine.
Allison has an autographed picture of Bleeding Gums Murphy in her room.

The scene where a federal agent confronts Milhouse at a dam is identical to a scene from the 1993 movie The Fugitive. The agent resembles Tommy Lee Jones' character and uses he signature line "I don't care."
Marge is seen reading (and fantasizing about) a romance novel titled Love in the Time of Scurvy, which is a reference to Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.
Homer's "In America" speech while guarding his sugar pile comes from Scarface.
His line "Oh what a world!" when the sugar melts was used by Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.
Ralph's diorama contest entry is just original Star Wars action figures: his collection includes Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Chewbacca.^[1]
Lisa's hiding of The Tell-Tale Heart diorama under the gym floorboards is a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".
The speech patterns of the beekeeper voiced by Hank Azaria are based on Adam West's portrayal of Batman.
Lisa's nightmare features her playing in a band with famous backup artists: Art Garfunkel, John Oates and Jim Messina.