When Martin makes a squealing noise while falling in the treehouse, Bart calls him "Piggy" and threatens to stuff an apple into his mouth, resembling a similar quote from the book "Lord of the Flies" (1954), by William Golding. Bart trying to save Milhouse from falling from the treehouse is a reference to a scene in the film from Alfred Hitchcock from 1942, "Saboteur". The title of the episode is a reference to the 1987 comedy film "Three Men and a Baby" in which three men have to take delicate care of a baby.