Double, Double, Boy in Trouble/References

References/Trivia

[edit] Cultural references

The episode title is a reference to the Shakespeare line "Double, double, toil and trouble" from MacBeth, spoken by the three witches near the beginning of the play.
Joe Montana appears as Simon's photo of him.
Bart's double Simon acts a bit like Stewie from Family Guy.
The plot of the episode is similar to The Prince and The Pauper, a story where a poor boy and a prince decide to live each others' lives.
When Marge is washing the dishes, the song she sings to them ("Scrubbin' You") is a spoof of "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton.
When Bart is looking at the different mansions, he sees McDonald's and Macaulay Culkin.
When Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks are seen in Springfield Heights, the pose they are in is identical to how they appear on the cover of the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours.

In the TV6 airings of this episode, the episode's blackboard and couch gags are cut.
Marge apparently drank a bit of alcohol when she expected Bart, causing him to be a prankster.

Bart originally switched lives with another lookalike in the Simpsons Comics story The Artist Formerly Known as Bart.

When Milhouse answers Bart's call, the picture above with the family in, Milhouse's shirt is colored white.

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