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Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular ā–ŗ

Trivia

  • Sideshow Bob's prison number in this episode is A113. A113 is a little known easter egg Brad Bird puts in his movies and films, such as this one, all the Pixar films, two other Simpsons episodes (Krusty Gets Busted and Cape Feare), and many other films and cartoons.
  • An alien appears in Hanger 18. This is a reference to the Roswell, NM UFO crash in the '40s, where it was said that the aliens and spaceship parts were held in Hanger 18 of the Wright-Patterson airforce base.
  • In The Simpsons Road Rage, the alien's UFO appears in the hangars of Springfield International Airport.
  • At one point, Milhouse plays with the cockpit of an F-15 and tries to act like he is blasting his mom, dad, and Sally Waxler out of anger that he had to be sent to a psychiatrist. According to the DVD Commentary, this scene was what inspired them to create A Milhouse Divided, the episode where his parents divorced.
  • The air show is on November 25th, and this episode aired on November 26.
  • This is the first episode to show the 20th Century Fox Television logo during an episode.
  • When Chief Wiggum says "Where's that guy who eats people and takes their faces?", this is possibly a reference to the popular horror film series The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, specifically the way the film's main antagonist is a cannibal and wears his victims' faces as masks.
  • Homer pops all his car tires by passing through a spike strip on a gate, just like he did on Homer Loves Flanders.

Citations

  • After Sideshow Bob demands that all TV must go, Dr. Hibbert says, "Surely he doesnā€™t mean VH1".
  • While setting up the nuclear device, Sideshow Bob is whistling 'We'll Meet Again', a song used in the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb, a film about nuclear deterrence which ends in the world being destroyed by nuclear weapons. The "War Room" seen in this episode is also based on the one from that film.
  • Colonel Hapablap shouts "Sideshow Bob, what is your major malfunction?!" a la Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (also played by R. Lee Ermey) in Full Metal Jacket.
  • The title of the episode is a pun on this line in ā€œThe Star-Spangled Bannerā€: ā€œWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilightā€™s last gleaming.ā€
  • Professor Frink, during the war room scene, is drawn to resemble Dr. Strangelove. Complete with wheelchair.
  • After Sideshow Bob detonates the atom bomb, Maggie is seen plucking a flower as the camera zooms into her eye pupil, subsequently transitioning to a mushroom cloud.  This sequence parallels Lyndon B. Johnson's infamous "Daisy Girl" ad from 1964.
  • Colonel Hapablap quotes John Gillespie Magee, Jr.`s High Flight "I have slipped the surly bonds of earth ... and touched the face of God" at the beginning of his second appearance on the podium.

Goofs

  • Westminster Abbey has sundials, not clocks.
  • Women could not serve in combat in the U.S. military until 2013.
  • Homer drinks six glasses of alcohol-free Duff, which are stated to cost $6 each. However, he is charged $48 instead of $36.
  • The Colonel is wearing a star on each shoulder, which is the insignia of a Brigadier General; a Colonel would have an eagle instead of a star.
  • When Sideshow Bob appears on the Tyranno-Vision to make his threat, the raise in his voice pitch due to the helium is noticeable. When he comes back on to point out the irony of his threat and when he's watching Springfield's TV stations go off the air, his voice is clearly normal. He could have been pushing it out of the way, similarly to when Lisa figures out where he is.
  • The "severe tire damage" sign is on the wrong side of the fence.
  • When Homer, Marge, and Lisa chase Sideshow Bob and Bart, Maggie is nowhere in sight. However, she is present when Bob is captured.
  • The computer terminal is in the blimp's airbag rather than in the gondola.
  • At the end chase scene (when Bart tries to jump onto the car), Marge's necklace appears to be white for a second.
  • Sometimes when sky1 air the episode they claim the episode is called "S is for Sideshow Bob"
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ā—„ Season 6 Season 7 References/Trivia Season 8 ā–ŗ
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) ā€¢ Radioactive Man ā€¢ Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily ā€¢ Bart Sells His Soul ā€¢ Lisa the Vegetarian ā€¢ Treehouse of Horror VI ā€¢ King-Size Homer ā€¢ Mother Simpson ā€¢ Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming ā€¢ The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular ā€¢ Marge Be Not Proud ā€¢ Team Homer ā€¢ Two Bad Neighbors ā€¢ Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield ā€¢ Bart the Fink ā€¢ Lisa the Iconoclast ā€¢ Homer the Smithers ā€¢ The Day the Violence Died ā€¢ A Fish Called Selma ā€¢ Bart on the Road ā€¢ 22 Short Films About Springfield ā€¢ Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" ā€¢ Much Apu About Nothing ā€¢ Homerpalooza ā€¢ Summer of 4 Ft. 2
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