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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 7 Episode References
← 130 "Radioactive Man"	131 "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"	"Bart Sells His Soul" 132 →

Trivia

• The statue of the man riding a horse says "Swartzwelder," which is the name of one of The Simpsons' writers.
• We learn that Maggie's real name is Margaret.
• When Child Protective Services races out to rescue Bart and Lisa, they run over a child's tricycle.
• In the commentary, it says that the Child Protective Services Male was based on a teacher they had,
• In the original airing, Milhouse mentioned the box with the infected monkey came from Pier 1 Imports. Because this joke offended the people at Pier 1, it was edited in the syndicated version to a fictional company Trader Pete's. In the DVD releases and FXX video streams, the Pier 1 reference is kept in, though the subtitles state it as Trader Pete's.
• Lisa wears prescription shoes.
• Maggies speaks in this episode. She says: "Daddily-doodily.".
• In the Flanders house, there's a pinboard with a paper that says "1 Cor 6:9-11". Cor stands for Corinthians in the bible. The verses are: "9. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10. Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
• Among the people taking the parenting course:
  • Agnes Skinner
  • Cletus and Brandine Spuckler
  • Mervin Monroe
  • Cletus ("I Married Marge")

Cultural references

• When Skinner calls Child Welfare, the music and graphics are a reference to the Batman TV series of the 1960s.
• Ned and Maude sing Maggie a lullaby in the style of Sonny & Cher's song "I Got You Babe".
• Homer, imitating one of Lisa's 'jazzy tunes', sings "Saxa-ma-phone" to the melody of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5".
• Ned has an air horn with the melody of the "Hallelujah Chorus" from George Frideric Handel's "Messiah".
• Maggie's head turns 180 degrees a la The Exorcist. Maggie's head also spun around more than a normal range of motion in "Treehouse of Horror".
• The Flanders family sing the song "Amazing Grace" before the baptism.

Goofs

Ned's smooth mustache

• When Ned is going to baptise the Simpson children, Bart is wearing a white gown instead of a tux.
• At the Flanders' house, in the kitchen, Bart and Lisa have sandwiches on plates in front of them. The shot changes and everyone on the table has an empty bowl including Bart and Lisa.
• Initially, Marge puts a purple box of Krusty Flakes near Maggie in the opening scene. The box turns green in an overhead shot of the kitchen, and is instead near Lisa in another shot.
• When Ned is warning Rod and Todd not to poke each other with sharp objects like Itchy and Scratchy, his moustache is totally smooth for a frame.

Continuity

• Agnes mentions that she and Seymour had another fight over the inflatable bath pillow. "The Springfield Connection"
• Don Vittorio appears off-screen, he appeared in person in "Homie the Clown".

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