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Trivia
The episode features many parodies of books such as:
 * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
 * Sherlock Holmes
 * Moby Duck (parody of Moby-Dick)
 * Tarzan: Lord of the Drapes (parody of Tarzan of the Apes). (Tarzan: Lord of the Shapes was also used.)
 * The Frankenstein Monster Truck/Monk/Hunk/Skunk (parody of Frankenstein).
 * Jason and the Pussycats (parody of Jason and the Argonauts and Josie and the Pussycats).
 * The Rat in Spats (parody of The Cat in the Hat)
 * Astrophysics for Morons (written by Cosmo, which was weird because Cosmo wouldn't be smart enough to write a book only to be titled "Astrophysics for Morons")
 * The Three Mouseketeers (parody of The Three Musketeers) (They couldn't actually say "Mousketeer," because the only thing worse than a literary crisis is a copyright infringement lawsuit!) The Mousketeers are also aliases of Jerry and the younger mouse in Tom and Jerry.
 * Tom Sawyer was a guest in the show, causing mass chaos throughout the episode.
 * Sherlock Holmes also appears in the episode. He correctly deduces the names of Timmy's parents but the sound of a book being closed prevents us from hearing him.
 * Gordon Hammond won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for his work on the character designs in this episode.