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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the musical ''{{w|Bye Bye Birdie}}''.
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[[File:Frankie Says Relax shirt.png|thumb|250px|A kid on the bus has a shirt that says "Frankie Says: Relax".]]
*The advert for [[Stabby-Oh's]] is a parody of {{w|Lucky Charms}}.
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*The episode title is a pun on the musical ''{{W|Bye Bye Birdie}}''.
*The scene where the other baby-helping business has to close down is a parody of ''{{W2|Titanic|1997 film}}''
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*[[Stabby-Oh's]] are a parody of [[Lucky Charms]].
*During the scene where [[Marge]] chases the school bus, [[Milhouse]] says, "It's like ''{{w|Speed 2: Cruise Control|Speed 2}}''! Only with a bus instead of a boat!", off-handedly summarizing the plot of the original film, ''{{W2|Speed|1994 film}}''.
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*When [[Marge]] is getting [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] ready for school, "{{W|Sabre Dance}}" by {{W|Aram Khachaturian}} plays.
*When [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] are making unkind comments about [[Francine Rhenquist]] on her first day at [[Springfield Elementary School]], Milhouse says, "Yeah, she thinks she's ''{{w|Babe: Pig in the City}}'', referring to the second movie about Babe the pig.
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*During the scene where Marge chases the school bus, [[Milhouse]] says, "It's like ''{{W|Speed 2: Cruise Control|Speed 2}}''! Only with a bus instead of a boat!", off-handedly summarizing the plot of the original film, ''{{W2|Speed|1994 film}}''.
*The song playing during the baby-proofing montage is "Always Safety First" by {{w|NRBQ}}.
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*The bottom of the [[school bus]] is designed like a {{W|World Industries}} skateboard.
*The "dingo alarm" included in the baby safety equipment refers to a {{w|Death of Azaria Chamberlain|1980 Australian case}} where a mother claimed a dingo stole her baby.
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*The white T-shirt with the phrase "Frankie says: relax" that is seen worn by a boy on the school bus is a reference to the song "{{W2|Relax|song}}" by {{W|Frankie Goes to Hollywood}}.
*The grey-haired and -bearded man in the audience that Lisa addresses as Dr. Koop in her presentation is former Surgeon General [[C. Everett Koop]].
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*When [[Bart]] and [[Milhouse]] are making unkind comments about [[Francine Rhenquist]] on her first day at [[Springfield Elementary School]], Milhouse says, "Yeah, she thinks she's ''{{W|Babe: Pig in the City}}'', referring to the second movie about Babe the pig.
*The music that plays as Marge prepares Bart and Lisa for the school bus is the {{w|Sabre Dance}}
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*The "dingo alarm" included in the baby safety equipment refers to a {{W|Death of Azaria Chamberlain|1980 Australian case}} where a mother claimed a dingo stole her baby.
*Otto, believing he is being challenged in a car race, mentions the movie "{{W|Rebel Without a Cause}}" referring to the ''Chickie Run'' scene<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1DEp8R9kwg</ref>.
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*While in grade school, [[Homer]] bullied [[Waylon Smithers]] while singing "{{ap|Kung Fu Fighting|song}}" by {{W|Carl Douglas}} with [[Barney]] accompanying him on a recorder.
*The car vs school bus race scene in the aqueduct with broken gates is a quote from the movie ''{{W|Terminator 2: Judgment Day}}''.
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*The "Grad-Student Glamour Pack" [[Malibu Stacy]] has a book for {{W|Pepperdine University}}.
*The white T-shirt with the phrase "Frankie says: relax" that is seen worn by a little boy in the school bus is a reference to the song "{{W2|Relax|song}}" by {{W|Frankie Goes to Hollywood}}.
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*The song playing during the baby-proofing montage is "Always Safety First" by [[NRBQ]].
**T-shirts with this writing are really for sale.
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*Homer sings "[[The Safety Dance]]" by {{W|Men Without Hats}}.
* Young bully Homer while beating young Smithers sings "{{W|Kung Fu Fighting}}" (1974).
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*Former Surgeon General [[C. Everett Koop]] is in the audience for the 12th Annual [[Big Science Thing]].
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*As Lisa illustrates her nerd-bully theory, she presents an image showing a bully up in a tree throwing an apple at Sir [[Isaac Newton]]'s head, a reference to Newton's "{{W|Isaac Newton's apple tree|apple incident}}."
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*The prize for winning the 12th Annual Big Science Thing is a gift certificate for [[JCPenney's]].
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*Among the scientists at the big annual big science thing:
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*[[Dr. Hibbert]]'s child isn't one of his usual children he's seen with, implying it could be another relative's child.
**[[Pharm team male researcher]]
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*Francine [[Breaking the fourth wall|breaks the fourth wall]] by lunging at the camera at the end of the episode.
**[[Female researcher]]
 
**[[Miss Phipps]]
 
**One of the [[Nuclear inspectors]] from "[[Homer Goes to College]]"
 
*The Springfield school bus base is sponsored by "''World Industries''" a real existing skateboard company famous in the 2000s.
 
* When [[Francine Rhenquist]] gets on the school bus one of the Mackleberry twins says "''Red hair? - What's she trying to pull?''” referring to the popular rumor that people with red hair get crazy very easily.
 
* As Lisa illustrates her nerd-bully theory she presents an image showing a bully throwing an apple at Sir Isaac Newton's head, an original and unique theory  about the legendary event.
 
  
 
== Goofs ==
 
== Goofs ==
*In the chase scene, Milhouse is sitting on the left side (our view), however after Otto reverses to pick up the new kid, Milhouse is on the right side.
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*When [[Otto]] and [[Marge]] start to drag race, the [[girl with glasses]] is missing her glasses and [[Janey]] is colored yellow.
**''He could have easily switched seats.''
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*Bart's shadow is seen on the [[school bus]] while drag racing, despite being in [[Orange Station Wagon|Marge's car]].
*In Homer's grade school flashback where he is beating up a young [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.]], the musical instrument Barney is shown playing is a {{w|recorder}}, but the sound produced is that of a kazoo.
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*In Homer's grade school flashback where he is beating up a young [[Waylon Smithers]], the musical instrument Barney is shown playing is a {{W|recorder}}, but the sound produced is that of a kazoo.
*Lisa has 4 Indian burns, then 3, then 4, then it's gone altogether.
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*Lisa has four Indian burns, then three, then four again.
*In a rush, Marge mismatches the shirts of Bart and Lisa (Bart has Lisa's dress and Lisa has Bart's shirt) but in the kitchen it's normal.
 
 
*Francine has a nose clip in the swimming pool scene on CCTV. It disappears when Lisa puts it forward, but then it reappears and she then says "Of course. The nose clips."
 
*Francine has a nose clip in the swimming pool scene on CCTV. It disappears when Lisa puts it forward, but then it reappears and she then says "Of course. The nose clips."
*Homer does not lose a drop of blood even though he gets 6 nails in his body,
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*When [[Drederick Tatum]] is giving a talk in Bart's classroom, [[Lewis]] is colored yellow.
*Apu says "No more Shiva-related pokings" when Homer accessorizes a statue with foam novelty fingers. {{w|Shiva}} is a male Hindu deity but the statue object of the joke is female, so it cannot be Shiva; rather, it appears to be {{w|Kali}}.
 
  
 
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== References ==
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References/Trivia


Season 12 Episode References
263 "Hungry, Hungry Homer"
264
"Bye, Bye, Nerdie"
"Simpson Safari" 265


Cultural references[edit]

A kid on the bus has a shirt that says "Frankie Says: Relax".

Trivia[edit]

  • Dr. Hibbert's child isn't one of his usual children he's seen with, implying it could be another relative's child.
  • Francine breaks the fourth wall by lunging at the camera at the end of the episode.

Goofs[edit]

  • When Otto and Marge start to drag race, the girl with glasses is missing her glasses and Janey is colored yellow.
  • Bart's shadow is seen on the school bus while drag racing, despite being in Marge's car.
  • In Homer's grade school flashback where he is beating up a young Waylon Smithers, the musical instrument Barney is shown playing is a recorder, but the sound produced is that of a kazoo.
  • Lisa has four Indian burns, then three, then four again.
  • Francine has a nose clip in the swimming pool scene on CCTV. It disappears when Lisa puts it forward, but then it reappears and she then says "Of course. The nose clips."
  • When Drederick Tatum is giving a talk in Bart's classroom, Lewis is colored yellow.

References[edit]


Season 12 References
Treehouse of Horror XI A Tale of Two Springfields Insane Clown Poppy Lisa the Tree Hugger Homer vs. Dignity The Computer Wore Menace Shoes The Great Money Caper Skinner's Sense of Snow HOMЯ Pokey Mom Worst Episode Ever Tennis the Menace Day of the Jackanapes New Kids on the Blecch Hungry, Hungry Homer Bye, Bye, Nerdie Simpson Safari Trilogy of Error I'm Goin' to Praiseland Children of a Lesser Clod Simpsons Tall Tales