Homer the Vigilante/References

Trivia

 * A poster in Flanders' 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 the police station.

Cultural refereneces

 * The music during the cat burglary at the beginning of the episode is similar to the music from .
 * Homer imagines himself riding the bomb at Herman's Military Antiques, in a parody of .
 * The scene between Homer and Skinner outside the museum references .
 * Malloy is based on 's character A. J. Raffles from the film .
 * When Homer uses the Rapmaster 2000 megaphone to speak to the neighborhood, the kids run into the street saying "It's Hammer!" referring to rapper, who experienced his greatest success in the late 80s and early 90s.
 * The race scene at the end of the episode parodies . Various characters from the movie appear, including, whom Bart tricks into driving his car into a river.

Goofs

 * 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.
 * Chief Wiggum says the Simpsons' address is 723 Evergreen Terrace, their address is actually 742 Evergreen Terrace.
 * When Nelson calls on the phone to harass Bart about his stamp collection, the close-captions miscredit the line to Milhouse.
 * When Chief Wiggum opens the suitcase, no sound of opening the suitcase is heard. That's because the sound of the suitcase opening can be heard a second beforehand.
 * The man who drowned in the river appears at the T-shaped tree with a shovel.