Bart Gets a "Z"/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural References

• The movie that Bart and Mrs. Krabappel watch together is a parody of the 1986 film Back to School, starring Rodney Dangerfield. It apparently stars Larry Burns, who was voiced by Dangerfield in the eighth season episode Burns, Baby Burns.
• The "Z" in the episode's title refers to Zachary Vaughn.
• The title is a reference to previous episodes, Bart Gets an F, Bart's Dog Gets an F and Lisa Gets an A
• The Answer book is a reference to The secret which is a self-help book also turned into a movie.
• "Blue Bronco" is an obvious parody of the real life drink "Red Bull".
• The song at the beginning is "Another Day" by Paul Mcartney.

Trivia

• The blackboard in the background during the Parent/Teacher Night scene between Zachary Vaughn and Homer reads "zackattack.com". This website does not exist, although it could be a parody of screwattack.com.
• This is one of the few times the end credits differ from the normal ones. In this case the credit s are in fancy writing.

Goofs

• Krabappel takes the kids cellphones and keeps them in a box. However, just a second later, when the kids groan, the cellphones are on their tables. Then, they disappear again.