The Bart of War - Cultural References

Cultural References

• The title is a play on Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
• Milhouse mentions he feels like luge silver medalist Barbara Niedernhuber while riding Flanders' video cart.
• When the police catch Bart and Milhouse, Chief Wiggum says "It looks like a bunch of kids are taking the Last Train to Clarksville." Officer Lou tells a disgruntled Wiggum that this is a Monkees song rather than a Beatles one (see below).
• The Native American refers to the book and 1992 hit movie The Last of the Mohicans.
• While the "Cavalry Kids" and the "Pre-Teen Braves" compete, the song "One Tin Soldier" is heard in the soundtrack.
• While the townspeople sing O Canada, Marge is shown holding both the Canadian flag and the provincial flag of Quebec, referring to the two official languages of Canada. The Simpsons airs in Quebec, with the English voices dubbed in Québécois French.
• Nelson thinking he is seeing his father in random things and saying "Papa?" while solemn violin music plays, is a reference to the film An American Tail.