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The episode contains several references to film, television, literature and music.

For example, Milhouse's sub-story is a reference to the 1993 film The Fugitive.

The film is principally parodied in the scene where Milhouse is at the end of a dam drainpipe and dives into a waterfall when being held at gunpoint by an FBI agent resembling Tommy Lee Jones, who uses the film's famous line " I don't care ".

Homer's " In America " speech while guarding his sugar pile is a direct reference to one of Tony Montana's lines in Scarface, and his line " Oh what a world!

" when the sugar melts is the same line used by Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, when she melts.

Additionally, 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 ", while the speech patterns of the beekeeper voiced by Hank Azaria are based on Adam West's portrayal of Batman.

Finally, Lisa's imagination features her playing in a band with famous backup artists: Art Garfunkel, John Oates and Jim Messina.