Trilogy of Error/References

== Cultural References ==
*The innovative story telling style shown in this episode was also used in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle. The seventh episode of the seventh season ("Blackout") involved the same series of events being seen from several different viewpoints. The character of Thelonious is voiced by Frankie Muniz, who played the titular Malcolm.
*The 1999 film Go is another example of this type of storytelling with three separate stories all leading to the same conclusion, and elements from this film were even used in this episode such as when Rainier Wolfcastle smashed Marge's car with golf clubs due to their ramming into his car by accident, which was based on when Jack Nicholson's character performs a very similar action, to what Rainier Wolfcastle did.
**It is clear that this episode referenced the 1998 German experimental thriller film, Run Lola Run, though that film had the same person doing the same day three times, each with different outcomes. However, the music while Lisa is running to school is the music from Run Lola Run.
***Known as Lola rennt (German for Lola runs), the plot of the film, tells the story about a young woman named Lola (portrayed in the film by German actress Franka Potente) who has 20 minutes to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks to help save her boyfriend, Manni, portrayed in the film by German actor Moritz Bleibtreu. 
*Ned reads a modified book of Harry Potter, where Harry and his friends go to Hell for practising witchcraft. This is in reference to many fundamentalist Christian groups, who protest the book series for promoting Satanism.
*The title is a parody of "".
*In Homer's drunk talk, he mentions the and .
*Dr. Hibbert's line, "A thumb is not a finger," is likely a reference to the chalkboard gag.
*Chief Wiggum's exclamation "Great Grucci's Ghost!" upon discovering the fireworks refers to both Daily Planet editor Perry White's frequent use of "Great Caesar's Ghost!" in Superman lore and "America's First Family of Fireworks", the Gruccis.
== Previous Episode References ==
* "Duffless": 
** Springfield Elementary has a science fair.
** A Simpson male (Bart/Homer) ruins Lisa's science project for said fair (Bart hurls Lisa's steroid-pumped tomato at Principal Skinner/Homer thinks Linguo is a party robot and makes him drink beer).
* "22 Short Films About Springfield": Both episodes follow a nonlinear, interconnected storyline in the style of a movie that's famous for that (Pulp Fiction in the former episode/Go and Run, Lola, Run in the latter).
* "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie": An animal driving a vehicle (Chief Wiggum mentions a dog driving a bus/Mr. Teeny drives Krusty's limo).
* "Brother from the Same Planet": Homer runs naked down the stairs.
* "Lisa on Ice": Homer hurts himself while trying to eat a baked good Marge made (hits his head on the oven range while eating a pie Marge made/gets his thumb cut off while Marge is trying to cut brownie squares).
*"Bart Gets Hit By a Car": Bart gets (or nearly gets, in this episode) run over by a car.
*"Dog of Death" and "Another Simpsons Clip Show": Someone throws a book into a fireplace.
*"They Saved Lisa's Brain": reference to book burning for religious reasons (Reverend Lovejoy drives a book burning mobile/Flanders burns a copy of a Harry Potter book).
*"Saddlesore Galactica": A character (Comic Book Guy/Mr. Teeny) speaks out against the nonsensical plot of a Simpsons episode.
*"The Trouble with Trillions": A Simpson male (Homer/Bart) wears a wire as part of a sting operation.
*"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire": reference to The Smurfs (Bart says that Christmas miracles happen to characters like Charlie Brown, Tiny Tim, and The Smurfs/Homer's drunken rant about how Blue Man Group is a ripoff of the Smurfs).
*"Treehouse of Horror VIII" ("The Homega Man"): The French class' snooty laughter is similar to the French military officers' snooty laughing.
*"Lost Our Lisa": 
**Marge ignores Lisa's plans to tend to a family emergency.
**Lisa ends up at the wrong place while traveling by herself.
==Trivia==
*Of all the episodes to air in the 21st century, this has the highest rating on Internet Movie Database and is the only one to make the top 50 episodes of The Simpsons.
==Goofs==
*When Martin stands from the back of the bus, the viewers can see Milhouse sitting on it, even though he is with Bart.
*Time during Bart's segment seems to move even faster: When Fat Tony and his gang found out that Bart was wearing a wire it was noon, and when Bart gets hit by the truck Marge and Lisa stole from Cletus, it is almost 3:00 p.m.
*In Homer's segment, Rod and Todd Flanders are at home, while the rest of the children are at school. It is unknown if Ned Flanders is homeschooling them (which, given their sheltered outlook on life, especially in light of Maude Flanders' death, and the fact that the only past episode which has ever depicted the Flanders children going to school with Bart and Lisa is "Skinner's Sense of Snow"), is probably most likely, or if they are home for the day. The pair don't even attend Springfield Christian School, which was last seen in "Whacking Day". However, in earlier episodes, the pair were seen attending Springfield Elementary.
*When Chief Wiggum stops the police car next to Mr. Teeny asking for directions to 123 Fake Street, Lou is next to him in the passenger seat, but when the police arrive at 123 Fake Street, Eddie is in the passenger seat.
*As Captain McAllister is at Dr. Nick's clinic in bed, his shirt is white, yet as the tire from Lisa's bike with the fireworks attached flies in and starts to burn, his shirt changes to green. 
*When Cletus drives Homer to Dr. Nick's clinic, his left hand has missing fingers, but when his truck is stolen away, all his fingers are intact.
*At the beginning of the episode, Maggie is seen during breakfast, however, she does not appear throughout Homer, Lisa and Bart's respective segments, but at the end, she somehow appears in Miss Hoover's classroom.
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