Homer the Vigilante/References

Episode	References	Gags	Appearances	Gallery	Quotes	Credits

◄ $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

Homer the Vigilante

Bart Gets Famous ►

Trivia

• A poster in Flanders' rumpus room reads: Seven days without a drink makes me weak.
• Pictures of Fat Tony and Ms. Botz (the babysitter bandit) can be seen at Springfield Police Station.
• Kwik-E-Mart's street number is shown to be 4950.
• There is an "El Barto" graffiti tag on the police station's wall.
• The items that Molloy stole from the Simpsons were: Lisa's saxophone, Bart's portable TV and stamp collection and Marge's necklace.
• This is the first episode to air in 1994.
• The improvised uniforms Homer's vigilantes are wearing are:
  • Homer: A Jungle Explorer's outfit from the Victorian era.
  • Skinner: A Green Beret uniform.
  • Apu: An Indian Army uniform based on styles from the 1800s.
  • Barney: A fast-food-based uniform
  • Moe: A Boy-Scouts uniform, topped with a Kaiser German helmet.

References

• The race scene at the end of the episode parodies It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, numerous characters from the movie appear, including Phil Silvers, whom Bart tricks into driving his car into a river.
• Homer imagines himself riding the bomb, in a parody of Dr. Strangelove.
• The music during the cat burglary at the start is similar to music from The Pink Panther or from Henry Mancini.
• The scene between Homer and Skinner outside the museum references Dragnet.
• Molloy is based on David Niven's character A. J. Raffles from the film Raffles.
• The opening scene parodies the opening scene of the film To Catch a Thief.

Goofs

Apu's hand is yellow

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  The opening of Homer's shirt overlaps his hand

  When Nelson calls on the phone to harass Bart about his stamp collection, the closed-captions miscredit the line to Milhouse.
• When everyone is cheering for Ned, Apu's hand is yellow.
• When Homer is on the news talk-show he puts his hand on his chest and the opening of his shirt appears over the back of his hand.
• Homer's lips don't move when he says, "No burning leaves without a permit!"

◄ Season 4	Season 5 References/Trivia	Season 6 ►
Homer's Barbershop Quartet • Cape Feare • Homer Goes to College • Rosebud • Treehouse of Horror IV • Marge on the Lam • Bart's Inner Child • Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood • The Last Temptation of Homer • $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) • Homer the Vigilante • Bart Gets Famous • Homer and Apu • Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy • Deep Space Homer • Homer Loves Flanders • Bart Gets an Elephant • Burns' Heir • Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song • The Boy Who Knew Too Much • Lady Bouvier's Lover • Secrets of a Successful Marriage