Lil' Bandit was Snake Jailbird's car.
History
Early on, Lil' Bandit appears to resemble a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T convertible. The licence plate in one episode reads EXCON. The Springfield Police are holding a police seized-property auction, and Snake discovers to his horror that his car is one of the lots. He vows to kill whoever buys the car, which turns out to be Homer Simpson. Snake treated it well and tuned it for high performance, but Homer runs it all over the road and fills it with Regular Petrol instead of Premium. After setting some traps to kill Homer and get his car back (which only serve to maim Kirk Van Houten), Snake gets the jump on Homer and they brawl on the hood of the car. It crashes into a large house, injuring them both. Earlier in that episode, Homer shows off his new hot rod to his friends Lenny, Carl and Moe. Moe, appearing to be a car enthusiast, looks under the hood and discovers it is equipped with an Edlebrock Intake and a 4 barrel Holley carburetor. He fools Homer into thinking it is also equipped with "myahof lifters", which are not real.
Model
Lil' Bandit is a 1969 Dodge Charger RT, souped up to become a hot rod . The license plate said GR8 69.
Behind the Laughter
In The Simpsons Road Rage and The Simpsons: Hit and Run, the car is modelled after a 1969 Dodge Charger: this is evident by the hideaway headlights, long rear end, split grill and overall "General Lee" look, like his car in Separate Vocations, rather than Lil' Bandit as it appeared in Realty Bites. In Hit & Run, once Snake's bonus mission is beaten the car is unlocked for the player.
Appearances
- Episode – "Separate Vocations"
- Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
- Episode – "Realty Bites"
- Episode – "To Surveil With Love" (Opening Sequence)
Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage
Video game – The Simpsons: Hit and Run