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"Bart to the Future" is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons. The title of the episode is a reference to Back to the Future. It is the second of three future-themed Simpsons episodes (along with "Lisa's Wedding" and "Future-Drama"). The episode is listed as the worst Simpsons episode of all time by the February 7, 2003 issue of Entertainment Weekly.

Cultural references

The title is a pun on Back to the Future and Nelson's look is an homage and reference to the Alternate 1985 version of Biff Tannen from Back to the Future Part II.
The name of Bart's band is a reference to To Kill a Mockingbird.
The part where Bart and Ralph perform while the audience attempts to throw bottles at them is a reference to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers.
The bar scene at Camp David is a reference to the film The Shining; the scene is an exact replica of the Jack Torrance/Lloyd the Bartender scene.
When Homer is looking for Lincoln's gold, he counts fourscore seven paces, a reference to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which begins with the words "Fourscore and seven years ago...".
The name of the casino is Caesar's Pow-Wow, a reference to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
When Bart visits his parents' house, Homer offers him some Soylent Green. Ralph then asks Homer if it's made of people. Homer rolls his eyes and says "not this again." This is a clear reference to the 1973 science fiction movie Soylent Green.
After the forcefield goes up in front of the stage in Nelson's club to shield Bart and Ralph from various projectiles, Groundskeeper Willie is shown fiddling with some controls, remarking: "We need more power! The shield won't hold much longer!". This is an obvious reference to Scotty, the Chief Engineer aboard the Enterprise in the original Star Trek series.
Arthur Crandall and Gabbo make their second appearance in this episode, crandall references Eric von Stroheims The Great Gabbo by repeatedly calling his dummy 'the great gabbo', he also references Pinocchio when Bart appears out of the dummy case he exclaims, gabbo, you're a real boy.

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