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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a play on the phrase "Revenge is a dish best served cold", which was popularized by many Italian gangster films, including ''[[The Godfather]]''.

=== Wraparounds ===
*When [[Marge]] tells [[Homer]] that revenge never solves anything, Homer asks what [[America]] is doing in [[Iraq]], a reference to the {{W|Iraq War}}.

=== The Count of Monte Fatso ===
*The story and segment title are a parody of ''{{W|The Count of Monte Cristo}}''.
**Homer takes on the role of {{W|Edmond Dantès}}, who becomes the Count of Monte Cristo.
**Marge takes on the role of Mercédès Mondego, the wife of Dantès who later gets remarried.
**[[Moe]] takes on the role of {{ap|Meaux|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}, a parody of Baron Danglars.
*"{{W|La Vie en rose}}" by {{W|Édith Piaf}} is heard at the start of the segment.
*"{{W|La Marseillaise}}", the national anthem of [[France]], plays at the beginning of the court scene.
*Homer dives into the treasure like [[Scrooge McDuck]].
*[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] sing "[[Frère Jacques]]".

=== Revenge of the Geeks ===
*The segment title is a reference to the comedy film ''{{W|Revenge of the Nerds}}''.
*The [[Get-back-inator]] is based on the hard-to-handle {{W|Power Glove}} for the {{W|Nintendo Entertainment System}}.
*A cardboard cutout of [[Adolf Hitler]], holding his book ''[[Mein Kampf]]'', is seen in the school library with the quote "Before I was a Nazi leader, I was a Nazi reader".

=== Bartman Begins ===
*The name "Bartman Begins" is a parody of ''{{W|Batman Begins}}''.
*"{{W|Take the "A" Train}}" by {{W|Duke Ellington}} is heard at the start of the segment.
*{{ap|Bartman|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}} is a parody of [[Batman]].
*Homer and Marge take on the role of {{W|Thomas Wayne|Thomas}} and {{W|Martha Wayne}}.
*Movies showing in the 1940s include ''Zorro Joins the Navy'', a reference to the character [[Zorro]], and ''Abbot and Costello Meet Polio'', a reference to the comedy duo {{W|Abbott and Costello}}.
*[[King Kong]], wearing a [[New York Yankees]] hat, is seen posing for photos on top of the [[Empire State Building]].
*The radio announcer says that Bartman is knocking down bad guys like {{W|Howard Hughes}} knocks up young starlets.
*Villains seen in the segment include:
**[[The Toker]], a parody of [[The Joker]].
**[[The Diddler]], a parody of [[The Riddler]].
**[[Mr. Mole]].
**[[Sugar and Spice]], who were two of {{W|Two-Face}}'s assistants in ''{{W|Batman Forever}}''.
**[[Poison Lenny]], a parody of {{W2|Poison Ivy|comics}}.
**[[Serpent]], who may be based on {{W2|Cobra|DC Comics}}.

=== Ending ===
*The episode is dedicated to all those who died in ''[[Star Wars]]'':
**[[Darth Vader]]
**[[Darth Maul]]
**[[Greedo]]
**Uncle Owen
**Storm Trooper Number 5
**[[Jango Fett]]
**[[General Grievous]] (DROID)
**Storm Trooper Number 22
**Dak
**[[Obi-Wan Kenobi|Obi Wan (Ben) Kenobi]]
**Whoever [[Jimmy Smits]] Played
**{{W|Jabba the Hutt|Hutt, Jabba the}}
**Sy Snoodles
**Unfortunately, Not [[Jar Jar Binks|Jar-Jar Binks]]
**Everyone On Both {{W|Death Star}}s When They Blew up

== Trivia ==
=== Revenge of the Geeks ===
*Settings on the [[Get-back-inator]] are:
**Wedgie
**Purple Nurple
**Noogie
**Pink Belly
**Indian Burn
**Wet Willie
**Dry Willie
**Kidney Stoning
**Nasty Jackson
**Genital Hospital
**Stop Hitting Yourself
**Freshman Facial
**Ultimate Noogie
*[[Milhouse]]'s list of everyone who has hurt him:
**[[Seymour Skinner|Skinner]]
**[[Kearney]]
**[[Wendell]]
**[[Sherri]]
**[[Terri]]
**[[Chuck Berger]]
**[[Becky Shorter]]
**[[Richard]]
**[[Rod]]
**[[Todd]]
**[[Üter]]
**[[Ralph]]
**[[Jimbo]]
**[[Nana Sophie Mussolini|Nana]]
**[[Dolph]]
**[[Cosine]]
**[[Martin]]
**[[Database]]
**[[Nelson]]
**[[Willie]]
**Louis ([[Lewis Clark]])
**[[Janey]]
**Possibly [[Luann Van Houten|Mom]] and [[Kirk Van Houten|Dad]]

=== Bartman Begins ===
*A level in ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' is named ''Bartman Begins''.
*[[Grampa]]'s old-timey ways of getting Bart into shape:
**Throwing around a medicine ball
**Swinging around Indian clubs
**Using a vibrating exercise belt
**Lifting '40s pinup girls over his head
**Sitting in a steam box
*The headline in the ''[[Gotham Herald]]'' reads "Muscular Child Terrorizes Underworld".
*A banner at the [[Gotham Natural History Museum]] reads "Tonight: The Stealable Jewels of the Orient".
*Despite also being [[The Diddler]], [[Ned Flanders]] appears at the Gotham Natural History Museum.

== Continuity ==
*Homer claims to have shot [[Mr. Burns]] and pinned it on [[Maggie]], which is a reference to "[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)]]". Homer lied, however, as Maggie shot him herself and Mr. Burns backed that up.

== Goofs ==
*When the policemen burst into Homer and Marge's bedroom, Homer gasps, but there is no sound.
*Milhouse's revenge list misspells Kearney as "Kearny" and Lewis as "Louis".
*The "Star Wars deaths list" incorrectly lists Darth Maul, who merely has his legs cut off and Sy Snootles, who only appears in the musical segment and does not actually die.
**In addition, Snootles is misspelt "Snoodles".

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