Editing Lisa's Rival/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The scene where a federal agent confronts [[Milhouse]] at a dam is identical to a scene from the 1993 movie ''{{W2|The Fugitive|1993 film}}''. The agent resembles {{w|Tommy Lee Jones}}' character and uses his signature line "I don't care."
*[[Marge]] is seen reading (and fantasizing about) a romance novel titled ''[[Love in the Time of Scurvy]]'', which is a pun on ''{{w|Love in the Time of Cholera}}'' by Gabriel García Márquez.
*Homer's "In America" speech while guarding his sugar pile comes from ''{{W2|Scarface|1983 film}}''.
**His line "Oh, what a world!" when the sugar melts was used by the {{w|Wicked Witch of the West}} in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''.
*Ralph's diorama contest entry is just original ''[[Star Wars]]'' action figures: his collection includes [[Luke Skywalker]], [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and [[Chewbacca]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.starwars.com/community/news/media/f20070724/index.html?page|title=I Bent My Wookiee! Celebrating the Star Wars/Simpsons Connection|accessdate=2008-04-22|date=2007-07-24|author=Scott Chernoff|publisher=Star Wars.com}}</ref>
*Lisa's hiding of The Tell-Tale Heart diorama under the gym floorboards is a parody of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s "{{w|The Tell-Tale Heart}}".
*The speech patterns of the beekeeper voiced by [[Hank Azaria]] are based on [[Adam West]]'s portrayal of [[Batman]].
*Lisa's nightmare features her playing in a band with famous backup artists: [[Art Garfunkel]], [[John Oates]] and [[Jim Messina]].

== Trivia ==
*Marge says that Homer lost $40 by not going into work that day. Assuming Homer works an average 8-hour shift, that means Homer makes $5 an hour, or not much over {{w|Minimum wage in the United States|minimum wage}}, which was $4.25 an hour in the USA at the time the episode originally aired.
*Bart reads ''Bad Boys Life'' magazine.
*Allison has an autographed picture of [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] in her room.
*Principal Skinner's favorite Star Wars character is [[Chewbacca]].

== Continuity ==
*Ralph also upstages Lisa and Allison in a contest, and in the same sort of bumbling fashion, in a ''[[Ralph's Room 2|Ralph's Room]]'' comic story.
*Bart also used a fake spider in "[[Sibling Rivalry]]".

== References ==
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