Homer the Vigilante/References

Episode	References	Gags	Appearances	Gallery	Quotes	Credits

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Homer the Vigilante

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Trivia

• A poster in Flanders's 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.
• A number of Kwik-E-Mart is 4950.
• There is an "El Barto" graffiti tag on Springfield Police Station's wall.
• The items that Malloy 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.

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, who 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

• The Cat Burglar (Molloy) is shown with bare hands, however, as an experienced burglar, he would wear gloves.
• 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!"
• Many people gathered in Ned's basement to discuss what to do about the wave of burglaries, however this would have caused their homes to be at an extremely high risk of being targeted/targeted again by The Cat Burglar (Molloy) as a burglar would be more likely to burglarize a house when it is vacant.
• The Cat Burglar (Molloy) entered the Simpson home via the front door which is in plain view, however burglars will enter a house where they won't be seen such as the back door.
• Bart's stamp collection and Selma's lock of MacGyver's hair, neither of which are valuable, were stolen by The Cat Burglar (Molloy), however, a burglar will only steal items that are valuable and can easily be sold.

◄ 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