Alan Smithee: When this episode was first broadcast, the credited writer was Lawrence Talbot, a pseudonym for regular writer-producer Dana Gould. All subsequent versions (US repeats, international broadcasts and home video releases) used Gould's real name.
Banned in China: Like "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"note Banned in Japan due to the Hello Kitty factory — which is in Korea — burning live cats, the scene with Battling Seizure Robots (especially after the whole "Electric Soldier Porygon" fiasco that happened around this time), Homer tossing the Japanese emperor into a sumo thong Dumpster, and the sadistic Japanese game show., "Blame It on Lisa"note Banned in Brazil for the episode's unflattering depiction of the country, though the ban has since been lifted due to the showrunners apologising. and later "E Pluribus Wiggum"note Banned in Argentina and other Latin American countries (except for Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Venezuela) because of Lenny and Carl's conversation about Juan Peron making political dissidents "disappear" and mistaking Madonna for his wife, Eva Peron, though the ban was Fox's decision and would eventually air in Argentina in a censored form in 2013 before being aired uncensored three years later, which was after the end of Kirchner presidential era for the country., which were all banned in the countries mocked in those episodes, this was banned by the Chinese government for the unflattering references to the country, including the scene of Homer saying that Mao Zedong was "like a little angel that killed 50 million people". This episode is also unavailable in the Hong Kong version of Disney+.
Deleted Scene: The Simpsons try to remain inconspicuous.
