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Homer the Vigilante
Bart Gets Famous
Homer and Apu

Trivia[]

  • During the production of this episode, Late Night with Conan O'Brien had not begun filming and Conan O'Brien had only auditioned for the job, but a scene involving a version of The Conan O'Brien Show was written into the episode anyway. At the point of recording the dialog, O'Brien had got the part as presenter of the talk show, but believed it would have been cancelled by the time that the Simpsons episode would air.
  • The design of the insides of the box factory featured in this episode was discussed at great lengths by Director Susie Dietter and Executive Creative Consultant Brad Bird. Bird wanted the design to be more lively but Dietter wanted it to be more boring to go with the story. Dietter's design was used in the finished episode.
  • Deleted scenes from this episode include Bart sorting Krusty's mail (by either death threats, paternity suits and both) and Homer questioning Krusty on the money Bart is making.
  • Krusty's band includes David Silverman on tuba, Mark Kirkland on clarinet, and Nancy Kruse.
  • This episode reveals that Sideshow Mel is lactose intolerant.

Citations[]

  • Krusty alludes to the popular board game Clue when he calls Bart and tells him that he needs his fingerprints on a candlestick and to meet him in the conservatory.
  • One of Lisa's imagined future achievements, in addition to curing all disease and ending war, is a reunion of the entire cast of long-running sitcom The Facts of Life, "including longtime holdout, Tootie."
  • Bart records an "I Didn't Do It" rap with the backing track from MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This". The backwards jeans on the album cover reference the then-popular hip-hop group Kris Kross, who famously wore their clothes backwards.
  • The chalkboard gag "My homework was not stolen by a one armed man" refers to 1993 film The Fugitive, where the lead role is framed for murder by a one-armed man.
  • The song young Homer is singing as a one-man band is "Tighten Up", a number one hit in 1968 for Archie Bell & the Drells.
  • When Lisa complains that Bart's biography was rush-released and "not even about him", this may refer to Vanilla Ice's largely inaccurate, also rush-released biography.
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Krusty's white nose

Goofs[]

  • Halfdrum

    The incompletely-drawn drum

    When Krusty gives Bart his large handkerchief, Krusty's nose briefly turns white like his skin instead of red.
  • Greenpan

    Part of the white pants (on the left hand side) is colored green

    When Homer is attacked in his flashback, the right side of Homer's drum disappears for a frame.
  • After the crowd laughs at Bart's initial "I didn't do it," there is an audience member with white pats. A part of his pants repeatedly is instead colored green like his shirt.
  • When the class cheers at Bart's catchphrase, Nelson is initially missing his vest and Martin has long sleeves. After they put their hands in the air, both characters' outfits switch into their regular forms.


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Homer's Barbershop QuartetCape FeareHomer Goes to CollegeRosebudTreehouse of Horror IVMarge on the LamBart's Inner ChildBoy-Scoutz 'n the HoodThe Last Temptation of Homer$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)Homer the VigilanteBart Gets FamousHomer and ApuLisa vs. Malibu StacyDeep Space HomerHomer Loves FlandersBart Gets an ElephantBurns' HeirSweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss SongThe Boy Who Knew Too MuchLady Bouvier's LoverSecrets of a Successful Marriage
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