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Trivia

• Matt Groening is the court-appointed artist.
• When Bart is running away from Principal Skinner, one of the scenes is of Bart running down a hill, which was reused from the Season 4 premiere "Kamp Krusty".
• This is the first episode to feature Bart's "Li'l Bastard" prank kit. Here he uses the "Li'l Bastard Clock-Tampering Kit".
• There is "El Barto" graffiti outside the courthouse.
• The sign outside Quimby's house reads: "Thursday Is Ladies' Night"

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much.
  • The film title was also punned in the episodes "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" and "The Dad Who Knew Too Little."
• More similarities between Rainier Wolfcastle and the man on which he is based, Arnold Schwarzenegger, are revealed in this episode, including:
  • Both have wives named Maria.
  • Both drive a Humvee.
  • Bart also tell Wolfcastle his last movie "sucked," while Chief Wiggum says "magic ticket, my ass," a reference to the critically panned Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero.
• The scene featuring Principal Skinner chasing Bart (both the music and animation) is based on the Gunslinger's chase of Peter Martin from the film Westworld.
• The plot, especially Bart's fantasy, a based on Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. His fantasy also features Abraham Lincoln.
• Skinner picking up the cigar butt in the hotel room with an umbrella references the opening credits of The Odd Couple.
• In the court, Homer sings the jingle for Meow Mix cat food in his head.
• Homer watches the "director's cut" of Free Willy, which features Willy the whale crushing Jesse to death.
• The accident prone waiter is a parody of Inspector Clouseau, despite his claims to the contrary.
• Bart hides from Skinner under a green blanket in a corvertible, a reference to Back to the Future Part II.

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