Editing The Dad Who Knew Too Little/References

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== Cultural references ==
[[File:Lisa Simpson with Buttercup hairstyle.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Lisa Simpson]] with Buttercup hairstyle.]]
*When [[Homer]] and [[Lisa]] blacken his hairs, Lisa says: "look just like a Powerpuff Girl". This is a reference to Buttercup, one of three main characters of ''{{w|The Powerpuff Girls}}''.
*At the hotel, Lisa says her name is Lady Penelope Ariel Ponyweather. This a spoof of 1965 children's TV series ''Thunderbirds'', as International Rescue has a London agent, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward.
*The quote about Carl saying someone is cobbling shoes for him at night is a reference to the story The Elves and the Shoemaker.
*The name Amy in one of the monkey cages released from the laboratory is a quote from the book {{w2|Congo|novel}}.
*The black tears that [[Homer]] draws after confessing to [[Lisa]] that he is the source of hers problems, is a reference to the tattoo that many inmates do and which indicates that someone has killed (or tried to kill) someone.

== Trivia ==
*According to this episode, Officer Lou's ex-wife's name is Amy.
*When Bart and Homer are looking at the video kiosk in the mall, behind them is a kiosk labeled "Another Damn Candle Stand."
*There's a season 5 episode with the opposite title: "[[The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]" (They were parodies of the same film: The Man Who Knew Too Much).
**"[[The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]" and "[[The Man Who Grew Too Much]]" are another parodies of that film.
*When Bart beams the laser at Principal Skinner, the red dot on his pants, when he pulls them down and Chief Wiggum stops in his car in front of him, how can the laser still be beaming on Skinner if Wiggum's car is blocking out the laser.
*Bart appears to be reading Lisa's diary from back to front.
*When Homer and Lisa pass by the "bridge out" sign we can see all the way to the bottom of the sign up to the letter U in out. When the sign is viewed after the branch is pulled back, we can see that the O and probably V in the word "overpass" should have been seen in the first place.
*Some of the [[P.T.E.T.A.]] members are also part of [[Dirt First]].
*It's implied that [[Rod Flanders]] is diabetic.
*It's mentioned that Carl has severe schizophrenia and he cobbles shoes at night with no memory as a result. 
*Dexter Colt vandalizes the Screaming Monkey Research Lab, a possible reference to the Screaming Monkey Medical Lab in "[[HOMЯ]]".
*The song Homer plays for Lisa is Budo by Miles Davis off his 1957 album Birth of the Cool.
*This is the second episode that Lisa had a birthday. The first time was in the [[Season 3]] premiere episode: "[[Stark Raving Dad]]".
**Despite this, Lisa is still considered as 8 years old in subsequent episodes, despite the fact this would have theoretically been the point in which she turned 9.

== Goofs ==
*In the end credits, Lisa's bedroom has no door.
*When Lisa blinds Colt with the laser pointer and he falls to the ground, his tie disappears.

== Notes ==
*This episode won the 2004 WGA Award (TV) for Animation.
*For the first time ever, we see what Lisa's hairline looks like in this episode when she colors it black. (Not counting 'Lisa The Beauty Queen' because she gets different hairstyles.)
*Fox announced that it had renewed the show until 2005 and its 16th season. This will make the series the longest running comedy series in US TV history save for "Saturday Night Live", and it will have beaten the previous record holder for longest-running prime-time animated series (The Flintstones) by a full 10 years.
*Homer's e-mail address is actually writer Matt Selman's e-mail address. Matt used to write back to fans as Homer until about a month after this episode aired. Later, the address was disabled due to too many sent letters.
*The couch is Groening's version of the famous 1932 photograph "{{w|Lunch atop a Skyscraper}}".

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