A Test Before Trying/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 24 Episode References
← 517 "Homer Goes to Prep School"	518 "A Test Before Trying"	"Changing of the Guardian" →

Cultural references

• The episode's title is a reference to
  • A Kiss Before Dying, a novel by Ernest Gaines.
  • A Lesson Before Dying, a novel by Ira Levin
• The school that Nelson Muntz was being sent to was called the Arkham Elementary School for the Criminally Insane. The name of the school refers to the Arkham Asylum, a psychiatric hospital from the DC Comics Universe.
• In Bart's nightmare of what would happen if the school would close down, Popeye is seen farming the spinach farm that used to be the school.
• The music heard while the students are taking the test is the main theme from the film Halloween.
• The music heard while the clowns are getting out of the clown car is the David Bowie song Changes.
• We can notice a reference to Norman Bates' Mother from Psycho.
• We can see The Great Raymondo from The Great Simpsina.
• The episode is dedicated to Huell Howser.

Goofs

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• Chief Wiggum's skin color is brown instead of yellow, also his hair is black instead of blue.

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Moonshine River • Treehouse of Horror XXIII • Adventures in Baby-Getting • Gone Abie Gone • Penny-Wiseguys • A Tree Grows in Springfield • The Day the Earth Stood Cool • To Cur, with Love • Homer Goes to Prep School • A Test Before Trying • The Changing of the Guardian • Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing • Hardly Kirk-ing • Gorgeous Grampa • Black-Eyed, Please • Dark Knight Court • What Animated Women Want • Pulpit Friction • Whiskey Business • The Fabulous Faker Boy • The Saga of Carl • Dangers on a Train