The Mystery of the Pesky Desk/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• Lisa did a book report on To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
  • Later, Lisa mentions that her suit has a global positioning system in it, which saves her from having to call a "Boo Radley" if she gets lost. Roo Radley is a character from To Kill a Mockingbird.
• A photo of former US president Richard Nixon is in the disused classroom.
• When Lisa moons the class, she says "the eagle has landed." This is the phrase astronaut Neil Armstrong said when the Lunar Module Eagle landed on the Moon.
• When Lisa tells Bart to destroy the wall, Bart refers to Lisa as "the wind beneath my wings," a reference to the song "Wind Beneath My Wings".
• Bart compares being made to tear down the false wall he put up to asking Michelangelo to blow up the Sistine Chapel.

Continuity

• Francine Rhenquist is in Lisa's class. ("Bye, Bye, Nerdie")