The Monkey Suit/References

== Cultural references ==
*Abraham Simpson's to-do list contains "sleep with " and "be first white man in ". This same list would appear in season 20 "In the Name of the Grandfather".
*The room the kids meet in is called the Single Purpose Room, a take on Multi-Purpose Rooms that are common in learning institutions.
*The scenes with Nelson Muntz removing a latex mask to reveal his true self, which leads to a dissolve with a jigsaw-puzzle fade, are parodies of the 1960s television series .
*The scenes in the court were a parody of the movie Inherit the Wind .
*Bart was watching in theaters.
*The episode's whole plot is most likely based on the 1968 case of Epperson v, Arkansas, in which the state of Arkansas was brought to the Supreme Court for banning the teaching of evolution in public schools.
*The trial itself is based on the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, which protested the teaching of creationism in public schools, and saw laws supporting it repealed, as appears in the episode.
*The song in the creation exhibit at the museum is "What A Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers.
== Trivia ==
*This is one of the very few times outside of The Treehouse of Horror Series Ned had a villainous role. He banned the theory of evolution and Lisa was arrested for teaching it. However, Ned apologizes to Lisa for his actions and even offered to take her and the other kids out for ice cream.
*The starting act of this episode was originally NOT intended for this episode. The whole entire beginning scene featuring Bart rushing to complete all of his summer activities and plans before school could start was originally written and animated for an episode 3 seasons earlier in 2003. That episode being: I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can from the the 14th production season of the series. However, this scene made that said episode run too long and much and had to be removed out of it's final television cut in 2003. When the producers realized that this episode was going too short in length (in contrast to that episode), they involved this scene in this episode to pad it out to run correctly. This info came from Al Jean, the show's current showrunner and writer, when he was talking on the DVD commentary for the episode, Lisa's Sax, which is a late-90s Season 9 holdover episode.
*Seymour Skinner became principal again after the events of Girls Just Want To Have Sums.
*This is the second time in the series that only Lisa was arrested and the 5th time overall.
*From this episode onward, Ned develops a greater respect for religions outside of Christianity.
*Bart bats left handed.
== Censorship ==
*From 2008 to 2011, the episode was banned in New Zealand from the TV3 and BOX (now Sky 5) due to the episode mocking Christianity and the creationism vs. evolution argument.
== Goofs ==
*When Marge points out that seemingly incompatible things can both be true, one of the beads on her necklace turns yellow for a frame.
*When Seymour Skinner holds up the textbook "Life In These 38 States", 39 states appear on the cover: the first 38, plus Oklahoma (the 46th state).
*Seen from afar in the court room, Lenny has no stubble.
*When the jury is first seen, Barney is seated between Bernice Hibbert and Bumblebee Man, then later on he has been replaced by Jack Marley.
*The theory of evolution was only banned in public schools, so Lisa could have had her evolutionism class outside the school without any trouble.
*It is not mentioned that creationism in public schools had already been declared a federal crime in 1987, because it denies the separation of church and state.
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