During an argument between Lisa and Bart, while discussing the relationship between laughter and the soul, Lisa quotes Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, and Bart responds "I am "familiar" with the works of Pablo Neruda." Kurt M. Koenigsberger comments in "Leaving Springfield": "While Bart may be familiar with the canon of Chilean poetry, the joke takes its force in part from the probability that "The Simpsons"' viewers are not." Bart begins a prayer to God with "Are you there, God? It's me, Bart Simpson". This is an allusion to the 1970 book "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.", by Judy Blume. During a piggyback fight with Dolph Starbeam, Jimbo Jones exclaims, “I’m Master Blaster,” referencing the fearsome Thunderdome athlete from the 1985 film "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome".