* AluminumChristmasTrees: Sticking basically unrelated riders onto other bills in an effort to either torpedo a popular measure or let an unpopular one get its foot in the door is hardly uncommon. Just ask [[https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Amendment_9,_Ban_Offshore_Oil_and_Gas_Drilling_and_Ban_Vaping_in_Enclosed_Indoor_Workplaces_Amendment_(2018) Florida's Amendment 9]].
* GeniusBonus: "Principal Kohoutek" is a reference to Comet Kohoutek, which passed by the Sun in 1973. It was named for the man who discovered it, Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek.
%%* MemeticMutation: "I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply doesn't work."
* OneSceneWonder: The Hysterical Man at the town meeting who cries out to Professor Frink, ''"Quit stalling! WHAT'S THE PLAN?!"''
* {{Woolseyism}}: Bart's "Race you to Utah, Milhouse." quip when he tries to run away from Skinner is changed in the Latin American translation to "run to Patagonia", which takes RunForTheBorder [[ExaggeratedTrope way up to eleven]]. In Italian, instead, it became "to Mexico".
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