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**The Scary Potters are a reference to ''[[Harry Potter]]''. | **The Scary Potters are a reference to ''[[Harry Potter]]''. | ||
*A [[Shrek]] doll makes an appearance and says "Donkey!" when stepped on. | *A [[Shrek]] doll makes an appearance and says "Donkey!" when stepped on. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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Contents
Cultural references
- The episode title is a reference to John Steinbeck's final novel, published in 1961, The Winter of Our Discontent.
- The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode, "Downton Tabby", is a parody of Downton Abbey, which was previously parodied in the Season 24 episode, "Dangers on a Train".
- Some of the bully groups names are: The Blink Sneaks, Krusty's Kids, the Purple Nurples, Scary Potters and the Baseball Furries.
- The Purple Nurples are a reference to the bully attack of doing so.
- The Scary Potters are a reference to Harry Potter.
- A Shrek doll makes an appearance and says "Donkey!" when stepped on.
- The bully summit was based on the 1979 movie "The Warriors"
Trivia
- The number plate on Marge's car is SABF09, the production code for the episode.
- It's revealed that Black weasel and Yellow weasel were transferred to Shelbyville Elementary School.
Continuity
- This isn't the first time Nelson has been laughed at for being poor. "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Goofs
- In the first shot of the school locker room, the buck-toothed boy has black skin.
- Coach Krupt hands out towels, however for the rest of the scene there are no towels in sight.
- Lewis is seen holding his shirt then in the very next shot it vanishes.
- The buck-toothed boy is missing his buck tooth.
- Throughout most of the locker room scene, Richard isn't wearing shorts but has a shirt, however when Coach Krupt says "what's wrong with you?", Richard's shorts reappear and his shirt vanishes.
- Homer says that his grandfather (Abe's father) is still alive. However, it has already been established that Orville Simpson is dead and he was even seen in Heaven in "Bart Gets Hit by a Car".
