Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos this judgment: "Lovecraft wrote two cycles of tales ... both cycles certainly share the same universe in common, but each cycle is and must be considered peripheral to the other." Most Lovecraft critics and readers put this novella in Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. Carter's list of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos stories: Carter writes as a fan of Lovecraft, but not uncritically. Surveying Lovecraft's work, he says: Carter frequently excoriates Lovecraft for his lack of professionalism, and bluntly condemns what he finds to be Lovecraft's racism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism: Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft: A Look Behind the "Cthulhu Mythos"
The Bart Wants What It Wants episode, Jean stated that the scene was written at a time when celebrity look-alikes were making "excellent livings". At one point in the episode, Bart and Greta are seen playing Scrabble, a word game manufactured by Hasbro. The music cue that plays before and after Skinner's comedy routine is based on the intro music from the American television sitcom "Seinfeld". The episode title is a reference to the common phrase "the heart wants what it wants". In its original American broadcast, "The Bart Wants What It Wants" received a 6.1 rating, according to Nielsen Media Research, translating to approximately 6.4