Gone Boy/References

== Cultural References ==
* This episode's title is a spoof of the film .
* Calvin and the Himpmunks is a parody of Alvin and the Chipmunks, which Melvin and the squirrels parodied.
* In the intro, Milhouse dresses up as Linus van Pelt and Patty and Selma dress up as Elsa and Anna respectively. Also, the Grand Pumpkin appears.
*When the townspeople start the search for Bart and fall over the wire grid on the ground, a Willhelm Scream is heard.
*The non-animated, live action video which Bart watches of President John F. Kennedy saying "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," and which he mocks by sarcastically saying "doesn't sound like any President I know," is from the 1961 Presidential Inauguration speech 
==Trivia==
* Sideshow Bob seems to give up on killing Bart (possibly for good) in this episode.
* This is the last episode to air in 2017.
* This is the first Sideshow Bob episode to be a Christmas episode.
* There is a sequel to this episode entitled, "Bobby, It's Cold Outside", for the show's 31st season.
* This is the third episode in which a member of the family only appears in other clothes throughout the entire episode. The first two being "Mountain of Madness" (that member is the whole family) and "Cue Detective" (the member is Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa). That member is Bart and he wears long pants and a red jacket. Unlike those episodes, Bart didn't wear his regular clothes at the beginning.
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