Bart Simpson - Secret Agent, Man/References
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Cultural references[edit]
- The story title is a reference to the song "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers.
- The Junior Undercover Missions Program and the names of S and F are a reference to the James Bond franchise.
- The name "macguffium" is a reference to a MacGuffin, a plot device in stories.
- S says that the amount of macguffium needed to blow up a city the size of Springfield could fit in a Kool-Aid packet.
- Bart asks Apu for a cherry squishee "shaken, not stirred", another reference to James Bond.
- When following a suspect, Bart says that he feels like he's in a The Family Circus comic strip.
- Comic Book Guy says that he's going to read the latest issue of The Uncanny Archies, a reference to Archie Comics.
- Bart asks why J.U.M.P. didn't send Hilary Duff to help him instead of Lisa, a reference to the film Agent Cody Banks.
- When the Nuclear Power Plant explodes as Bart and Lisa escape, several inanimate carbon rods are seen walking out, following Itchy in the same outfit that Mickey Mouse wore in Fantasia.