Radioactive Man vs. Restless Leg Syndrome

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|appearance = "[[All About Lisa]]"
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'''''Radioactive Man vs. Restless Leg Syndrome''''' is a ''{{ap|Radioactive Man|franchise}}'' comic book.

== History ==
After [[Lisa]] started working with [[Krusty]], [[Homer]] recommended [[Bart]] to get rid of all of the clown's merchandise he had in his room. They went to [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop]] and unsuccessfully tried to trade Krusty's stuff for some Radioactive Man comic books, including ''[[Radioactive Man vs. Muhammad Ali]]'' and ''Radioactive Man vs. Restless Leg Syndrome''.

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|All About Lisa}}
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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the 1972 film ''{{W2|The Heartbreak Kid|1972 film}}'' starring [[Charles Grodin]].
*The [[Marge-bot]] (from [[Homer]]'s fantasy) bears a strong resemblance to the [[Terminator]].
*The song played during [[Bart]]'s junkfood montage is "{{W|Yummy Yummy Yummy}}" by {{W|Ohio Express}}.
*References from ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'':
**Bart uses a poster of [[Krusty the Clown]] to conceal the junk food stash in his room. Andy DuFresne puts a poster of [[Rita Hayworth]] (later followed by [[Marilyn Monroe]] and {{W|Raquel Welch}}) on the wall of his cell to conceal his escape tunnel.
**Bart opens a package of candy, throws it in the air, and lets it fall down onto and around him, echoing the scene where Andy stands in the rain after his escape.
*Bart's candy-tossing scene could also be considered a reference to the scene in ''{{W2|Pleasantville|film}}'' where David stands in the rain and transforms from black-and-white to color.
*When [[Tab Spangler]] and Bart visit [[742 Evergreen Terrace|the Simpson home]] and walk through the crowd of German backpackers, Bart asks, "They can't see or hear us, right?" Spangler sarcastically replies, "We're not the Ghost of Christmas Past, Bart", referencing ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.
*The song [[Homer]] sings for change to the German students on vacation is "{{W|99 Luftballons}}" by {{W|Nena}}.
*Bart's line "raged against the machine" (when [[Marge]] asks him about the money he is carrying after having destroyed the vending machines) is a reference to the political rap-rock band {{W|Rage Against the Machine}}.
*''[[Das Boot]]'': Marge puns the film and the expression "give the boot" (meaning to remove someone from a location) when she tells Homer it's OK to use Bart's stolen vending-machine money to pay the [[Serenity Ranch]] bill, and therefore he can give the German backpackers "das boot".
*The episode's storyline is likely a satire of the real-world problem of vending machines in schools. In fact, some states have made it illegal for public schools to sell junk food to students during school hours.

== Trivia ==
*[[Tab Spangler's Volvo|Spangler's car]] is a {{W|Volvo}}.
*The "Three Weeks Later" montage near the end of the first act spoofs Bart's shots in the show's [[opening sequence]]:
**Instead of writing on the blackboard, a fat Bart is seen putting coins into a vending machine. After he wolfs down his snack, he waddles toward the front door.
**As Bart skateboards through [[Springfield]], his weight gain causes him to crack the sidewalk in front of the [[Springfield Elementary School|school]], bend the lamppost that he uses to take a corner, and bump into (and run over) pedestrians instead of weaving his way between them.
**[[Barney]] appears in place of the now-deceased [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], in the same place where Murphy would have appeared.
**When Bart crosses the street, his timing is off, so that [[Marge]]'s car hits him instead of passing behind him. The impact sends the car spinning off-screen, as Marge screams in dismay.
**When Bart lands on [[Homer]]'s car in the driveway, he crushes the roof, squeezing Homer out through the driver's side of the car.
**The rest of the family quickly run into the living room, take their seats on the couch, and look at each other in confusion when they realize Bart hasn't yet arrived. A few seconds later, Bart finally makes it to the living room, staggering and out of breath, and collapses in the middle of the floor as he has a heart attack.
*One of the candies that Bart eats is named [[Copkillaz]].
*Homer's dialogue at the hospital when Bart got his heart attack has been changed. The original line as seen in a promo was "Little kids aren't supposed to have heart attacks. They're supposed to skin their knees, and choke on toys, and get eaten by witches". In the final version, it was changed to "Little kids aren't supposed to have heart attacks. They're supposed to skin their knees, and poke their eyes out, and get smothered by cats".
**Despite the change, the lip sync is still synced up with the original dialogue.

== Continuity ==
*Bart also becomes morbidly obese in the comic story ''[[Big Fat Trouble in Little Springfield]]''.
*Bart's line "What doesn't kill me makes me stronger" was also said by Homer in "[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]" following one of several heart attacks. [[Dr. Hibbert]] quickly proved that statement to be false.
*Homer has a fantasy about a [[Marge-bot|robotic Marge]], a reference to "[[Gump Roast]]" where "Marge becomes a robot" is suggested as a future plotline.
*Homer's half-brother [[Herb Powell]] is mentioned in this episode, marking his only appearance or even mention since his starring roles in "[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]" and "[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]".
*In ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' cartoon, the medical questionnaire that Scratchy fills out asks "Have You Ever Been:" followed by a list of catastrophic events, all of which happened to Scratchy in previous ''Itchy & Scratchy'' episodes (see "[[Kitty-Kill Condition]]").
*The man who appears with Lindsey Naegle was previously seen as the TV producer in "[[Helter Shelter]]".
*Some of the German backpackers are later seen in the trailer for the ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'' [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out Krustyland content update|Krustyland update]].
*In "[[Helter Shelter]]", while the Simpsons home is being fumigated, Lisa proposes that they stay at a youth hostel, to which Bart objects with "I do not want another lecture from a German backpacker about how we don't appreciate the national park system." In this episode, the Simpson family turn their home into a youth hostel for German backpackers, and they are indeed subjected to nonstop lectures about America's inadequacies. And they did this so they can pay for Bart's therapy at a fat camp.

== Goofs ==
*How far is [[Tab Spangler|Spangler]]'s [[Serenity Ranch|compound]] from the Simpson house? Earlier in the episode it's only an hour's drive; later, as Homer and Tab are out on the highway, Tab wants to stop at a motel overnight. -- ''Judging by the dialogue as they drive in the car, it's possible that Tab is hitting on Homer.''
*When [[Dr. Hibbert]] shows Bart's radiograph, there is a switch under the image, but when Marge points to Bart's liver and says that it looks healthy, the switch is missing from the plate. When Dr. Hibbert tells Homer and Marge that Bart has to follow a program of strict diet and exercise, the switch is back on the plate.
*[[Allison Taylor]] is seen in the episode with miscolored, light brown hair, as well as a red top (instead of light blue) and her skirt is a brighter red color.

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