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I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings/References

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Season 19 Episode References
403 "Midnight Towboy"
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"I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
"Treehouse of Horror XVIII" 405


Cultural references[edit]

  • The episode title is a pun on Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
  • The bank robbery is a parody of the movie Dog Day Afternoon.
  • The Shawshank Redemption: Dwight's escape from Springfield Penitentiary via a sewage pipe is a reference to Andy Dufresne's escape from Shawshank (by the same means). Dwight's escape takes an ironic (and parodical) twist when he discovers a "Pure Mountain Spring Water" pipe right next to the sewage pipe immediately after he emerges from it.
  • The song that featured during the sequence where Marge is being stalked by Dwight is "Who Can It Be Now?" by Men at Work.
  • When Marge and Dwight are at the amusement park, the Dilbert's Flying Cubicle ride is visible in the background, a reference to Scott Adams's popular comic Dilbert. The theme song of the Dilbert animated series can be heard in the background for a large portion of the scene.
  • Also at the amusement park, there is a ride entitled, "It's a Long Line", a parody of the ride, "It's a Small World", found at Disney theme parks.
  • The ads in the school newspaper are the same text and font used by Coffee News, a small newsletter.
  • In the part where Bart and Lisa are watching Itchy and Scratchy, Scratchy appears to be wearing a Star Wars rebel pilot helmet when he is piloting the jet.
  • Agnes Skinner says Dwight and his fellow robber are like "Johnny and Clyde", a take on Bonnie and Clyde.
  • Chief Wiggum watches The Negotiator on a portable DVD player to learn how to deal with a hostage situation during the bank robbery.
  • The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "The Un-Natural" parodies the baseball steroids scandal, and the title references the book and movie The Natural.

Trivia[edit]

Goofs[edit]

  • Dolph's hair is covering his left eye instead of his right one.
  • In reality, Dwight would have been too heavy to be able to stay afloat on Jaffee's kite.
Season 19 References
He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs The Homer of Seville Midnight Towboy I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Treehouse of Horror XVIII Little Orphan Millie Husbands and Knives Funeral for a Fiend Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind E Pluribus Wiggum That '90s Show Love, Springfieldian Style The Debarted Dial "N" for Nerder Smoke on the Daughter Papa Don't Leech Apocalypse Cow Any Given Sundance Mona Leaves-a All About Lisa