Lisa's Rival/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 6 Episode References
← 104 "Bart of Darkness"	105 "Lisa's Rival"	"Another Simpsons Clip Show" 106 →

Trivia

• Marge says that Homer lost $40 by not going into work that day. Suppose Homer works an average 8 hour shift, that means Homer makes $5 an hour.
• Bart reads Bad Boys Life magazine.
• Allison has an autographed picture of Bleeding Gums Murphy in her room.

Cultural references

• The scene where a federal agent confronts Milhouse at a dam is identical to a scene from the 1993 movie The Fugitive. The agent resembles Tommy Lee Jones' character and uses he signature line "I don't care."
• Marge is seen reading (and fantasizing about) a romance novel titled Love in the Time of Scurvy, which is a reference to Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.
• Homer's "In America" speech while guarding his sugar pile comes from Scarface.
• His line "Oh what a world!" when the sugar melts was used by Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.
• Ralph's diorama contest entry is just original Star Wars action figures: his collection includes Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Chewbacca.
• Lisa's hiding of The Tell-Tale Heart diorama under the gym floorboards is a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart".
• The speech patterns of the beekeeper voiced by Hank Azaria are based on Adam West's portrayal of Batman.
• Lisa's nightmare features her playing in a band with famous backup artists: Art Garfunkel, John Oates and Jim Messina.

DVD Information

• The Complete Sixth Season Disc 1
• Run time: 21:56
• Scene selection

1. Main title
2. "Out of the way, brain queen!"
3. "Those are prizes?"
4. "Born to runner-up"
5. "The important thing is that we survived"
6. End credits

• Audio commentary featuring Matt Groening, David Mirkin, Mike Scully, Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, and Mark Kirkland.