The Monkey Suit/References

References/Trivia

Season 17 Episode References

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Cultural references

Abraham Simpson's to-do list includes sleeping with competitive swimmer and actress Esther Williams, and be the first white man in Negro league baseball.
A reference to the long and ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict is seen at the baseball game when a Jewish man hugs a Muslim.
Bart's wishlist includes to appear in a summer theatrical production. In order to do that he runs to the Springfield Community Theater to join a Grease 2 play, the famous sequel based on the film.
Bart watches Men in Black at the cinema.
Homer's wishlist includes "Find, destroy Atlantis".
The History of Weapons! is sponsored by Kellog's, a parody of the American multinational food company Kellogg's.
According to Homer, the audio tour is narrated by American actress Melanie Griffith.
Famous single "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers is heard at "The Myth of Creation" exhibition in the Hall of Man.
The room the kids meet in is called the Single Purpose Room, a take on Multi-Purpose Rooms that are common in learning institutions.
The scenes with Nelson Muntz removing a latex mask to reveal his true self, which leads to a dissolve with a jigsaw-puzzle fade, are parodies of the 1960s television series Mission: Impossible.
The scenes in the court were a parody of the movie Inherit the Wind.
It is not mentioned that creationism in public schools had already been declared a federal crime in 1987, because it denies the separation of church and state.

Seen from afar in the court room, Lenny has no stubble.
When the jury is first seen, Barney is seated between Bernice Hibbert and Bumblebee Man, then later on he has been replaced by Jack Marley.
Jaffee is seen among the kids Lisa invites to her reading of "The Origin of Species"; however, when Nelson leaves, Jaffee disappears.
When Seymour Skinner holds up the textbook "Life In These 38 States", 39 states appear on the cover: the first 38, plus Oklahoma (the 46th state).

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