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Censorship[]
- The original FOX broadcast cut Don Brodka's line, "If I wanted smoke blown up my ass, I'd stay at home with a pack of cigarettes and a short length of hose." Unusually, the original US broadcast was the only time this line was edited, as the line is uncut on free-TV syndication, cable reruns, the season seven DVD set, and streaming on FX, FXX, FXNow, and Disney+. Over in the UK, this line is cut on the UK's Sky One/Sky Showcase channel.
Cultural References[]
- The video game Bonestorm is based on the Mortal Kombat series; the characters resemble Goro, as does the excess of blood. The name resembles Bloodstorm, a clone of Mortal Kombat.
- Milhouse in the Chair is a reference to the Maxell "Blown Away" Commercial
- Video game characters that appear to Bart include Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Lee Carvallo, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Lee Carvallo is the only one that tried to talk Bart out of shoplifting. Sonic speaks in a similar voice to Krusty. Mario and Luigi sounded like Charles Martinet who will voice Mario a year later. Also, Mario and Luigi's shirts are pink instead of blue and their overalls are red and green respectively (a slight or unintentional reference to the "classic" outfits of Mario and Luigi as seen in earlier games as well as in the three cartoon adaptations and as costumes/variants in two more recent games 2017's Super Mario Odyssey (Mario only) and 2019's Mario Kart Tour in a 2020 update) and their body shapes are reversed. In addition, Donkey Kong lacks a tie, referencing his original appearance from his debut in Donkey Kong and it's two sequels, Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong 3.
- This episode features Allan Sherman's song, Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, played on the answering machine in lieu of Don Brodka's message about catching Bart shoplifting. Later, in the eleventh season, an episode was titled, Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder as a spoof. This episode also mentions rapper and actor Tupac Shakur, who died in September 1996 (only nine months after this episode first aired).
Trivia[]
- This episode notably aired on the 6th anniversary of the first episode, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".
- The voice of the juvenile hall Santa in Bart's fantasy (who looks like Larry the Lush from Moe's Tavern) was provided by then-co-showrunner Josh Weinstein, because none of the voice actors could replicate the sound of someone being partially cut off by a low-quality speaker.
- The episode premise was based on an incident in episode writer Mike Scully's childhood, in which he stole from a store and later returned the item.
- This is the first episode where Harry Shearer doesn't voice any of his regular characters (as none of them appear). The first "Treehouse of Horror" being the first episode not to have Harry Shearer voice any of his regular characters is debatable, as Kodos was introduced in that episode, but didn't become a regular character until later.
- Josh Weinstein, co-showrunner at the time, called Lawrence Tierney's appearance "...the craziest guest star experience we ever had". In addition to yelling at and intimidating employees of the show, Tierney made unreasonable requests such as abandoning his distinctive voice to do the part in an American Southern accent and refusing to perform lines if he did not "get the jokes" (for example, he refused to do the answering machine gag as written since he didn't understand why Brodka would keep talking despite no one being on the line, so Weinstein had to stand in the recording booth and adlib some responses from Marge and later edit them out).
Previous Episode References[]
- Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire:
- A Christmas-themed Simpsons episode.
- Bart ruins Christmas (forces Marge to spend the extra Christmas money she saved on removing Bart's unfinished "Mother" tattoo/shoplifts Bonestorm, tries to cover it up, and makes Marge so upset that she shuns him).
- Bart's Friend Falls in Love: Bart physically fights Milhouse in his bedroom.
- Bart vs. Thanksgiving: Bart ruins a holiday (burning Lisa's centerpiece/shoplifting Bonestorm) and is severely punished for it.
- The Springfield Connection: Homer makes a jab at the Police Academy movies (says the first one is "painful and disturbing" instead of "fun and exciting" like Spaceballs/his line to Bart, "Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well, I didn't hear anyone laughing, did you? Except for the guy who did all those sound effects...")
- Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Two Dozen and One Greyhounds: Bart gets in trouble for swearing.
- Bart the Murderer: Bart gets in trouble for smoking (both times being alleged).
- Bart Sells His Soul: A Simpsons episode based on something that happened in Mike Scully's childhood (sold other kids' souls, then stopped when he realized the existential evil of that/shoplifted and got in trouble).
- Life on the Fast Lane, Homer's Night Out, and Secrets of a Successful Marriage: Marge is so upset at a Simpson male (Homer/Bart) that her being mad at them affects the latter character (Homer buying a bowling ball for Marge's birthday leads to Marge using the bowling ball herself and spending more time with Jacques the bowler instead of her family/Marge being scandalized by Homer's picture of him dancing with Princess Kashmir [a.k.a Shauna Tifton] leads to Marge kicking Homer out and only taking him back by taking Bart to see Shauna and explain that she's a real woman and not just bachelor party entertainment or a sex worker/Homer telling Marge's secrets to his "How to Maintain a Successful Marriage" class leads to Homer getting kicked out the house and crawling back to Marge after days of living in the treehouse/Bart shoplifting Bonestorm and lying about it leads to Marge emotionally neglecting Bart and leaving him out of the Christmas family traditions).
- Dog of Death: Marge goes through a collection of embarrassing family photos (Homer abusing Santa's Little Helper and Santa's Little Helper fighting back/Bart messing up the Christmas family photos).
- The Telltale Head:
- Bart steals something and immediately regrets it
- Shoplifting is referred to as a "four-finger discount" (the Simpsons version of a "five-finger discount")
Goofs[]
- When Luann Van Houten is escorting Bart out of her house, they are shown walking down a flight of stairs, despite the house being single-story.
- The second time Marge goes to tuck Bart in at night it's shown that Bart has a framed picture of Krusty next to his bed. In the next shot, it changes to a Krusty telephone.