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Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy |
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Cultural References[]
- The episode is a reference to the recent trend of rebooting films with all-female casts and/or main characters, including Ghostbusters, Ocean's Eleven, and Captain Marvel.
- Lisa's timeline of cartoon women's history includes:
- 1930 - Betty Boop from Betty Boop
- 1941 - Miss Grundy from Archie Comics
- 1997 - Daria Morgendorffer from Daria
- 1998 - The Powerpuff Girls from The Powerpuff Girls
- 2011 - Louise Belcher from Bob's Burgers (who also stars on FOX's Animation Domination block)
- Josh.0 is a parody of the Comedy Central Tosh.0.
- Milhouse mentions the unscripted television series House Hunters.
- Bossy Riot is modeled after the Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot, which fights for feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, and protesting Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his policies via punk rock music and graffiti art, as well as disrupting public events.
- The glittered and burning eyes reference Saving Private Ryan, because after a tank blast Miller watches in shock of his men being ambushed by Nazis. Milhouse suffers the same thing after Wendell bumps into him and knocks his glasses off. Also, Martin retrieving his foam finger references a one-armed soldier finding his lost arm in that same movie.
- The song playing at the end of episode is called Extreme Ways by Moby. The song is commonly known to be the closing track song for the films in the Bourne series.
Trivia[]
- This episode is the sequel to "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge".
- This is the first episode to air after The Walt Disney Company's purchase of 20th Century Fox, the show's production company, was completed on March 20th. Although, Disney still kept 20th Century Fox Film Corporation copyright name and its 20th Century Fox Television logo under its new spin-off company, Fox Corporation.
- This episode was rated TV-14 while it was TV-PG on Disney+.
- Strangely, Maggie doesn’t appear at the Itchy and Scratchy reboot meeting.
- Despite critics giving positive reviews, the episode received negative reviews from fans due to the heavy political nature of it.
- This episode is placed the fourth on "The 15 Worst Episodes of 'The Simpsons,' Ranked According to IMDb" on Collider[1].
Continuity[]
- The two Itchy & Scratchy robots from "Itchy & Scratchy Land" reappear in this episode.
- Milo alongside his wife Strawberry from "Husbands and Knives" appear in this episode.
Goofs[]
- At the convention, Ned Flanders and Todd Flanders can be seen, despite the fact that Rod and Todd were scarred permanently by one Itchy & Scratchy episode previously. Though they could have gotten over it.
- When the boys run after Bart, Milhouse is left behind but as Bart is going to the female restroom, Milhouse is somehow in front.