The Seemingly Never-Ending Story/References

== Trivia ==
*This episode's multiple stories with little connection format is similar to the classic episode "22 Short Films About Springfield".
*It is revealed that Snake's last name is Jailbird, he was once a fair-minded archaeologist (à la Indiana Jones).
*This episode was rated TV-14 for suggestive dialogue (D) and offensive language (L), the ninth time for The Simpsons.
==Goofs==
*Nelson was shown to be helping Bart (in Moe's flashback) in the background, but he hated Bart until the end of Bart the General. Nelson regularly alternates between liking/hating Bart, depending on what an episode/plot requires.
*Throughout Lisa's account, Lisa is seen wearing a pink coat, however in the shot after the goat's "account" the pink coat disappears and she is seen wearing her regular red dress, she then appears to be wearing the pink coat again in the shot after that, and thereafter.
*Mr. Burn's 1936 Stutz Bearcat is gray instead of burgundy.
== Cultural References ==
*The title is a take-off from the novel The Neverending Story, and the 1984 Wolfgang Petersen film of the same name.
*Commander McBragg, a character from the 1960s cartoon Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, calls the scavenger hunt duel. He had pink skin in the original version, but of course in the Simpson's world, was recolored yellow.
*Mr. Monopoly is part of the Excluders' Club.
*Moe and Edna's love theme song (which Moe played in the jukebox) is "Fly Me to the Moon" by Bart Howard, as sung by Frank Sinatra.
*Numerous scenes feature music from Beethoven's 6th Symphony (when Lisa has to deal with the big horn sheep) and Aaron Copland's Hoe Down.
*The Rich Texan sings a song in the tune of The Yellow Rose of Texas song.
== Production Notes ==
* The final draft for this episode was published on April 21, 2005.https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search_Arg=habf06&Search_Code=FT%2A&CNT=25&PID=116oVsq0JS18ZE2XsqGJY2dP9kR
== Citations == 
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