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== Cultural references ==
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*The episode title is a pun on the movie ''{{W|Three Men and a Baby}}''.
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*[[Bart]] says to [[Lisa]] that all the comics she buys are "Casper the Wimpy Ghost", referring to [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]].
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**Bart says that he thinks that Casper is the ghost of [[Richie Rich]].
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*The [["Close Encounter of the Comic Book Kind" Convention]] is a reference to the [[Steven Spielberg]] film ''{{W|Close Encounters of the Third Kind}}''.
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*[[Martin]] asks the lost and found if they have his left {{W2|Vulcan|Star Trek}} ear, from ''[[Star Trek]]''. In the lost and found is a utility belt from [[Batman]] of ''[[DC Comics]]'', a couple of {{W|Tricorder}}s from ''Star Trek'' and a [[lightsaber]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
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*[[Buddy Hodges]] said that he played {{W|Rum Tum Tugger}} in the second touring company of ''[[Cats]]''.
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*Lisa bought thirty-five Casper comics and a dozen [[Lois Lane]] comics for a dollar.
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*Homer said that he didn't know what [[Superman]] saw in Lois Lane and he preferred [[Wonder Woman]].
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*When Bart's adult voice reflects on his getting a part-time job:
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**The scene is a reference to ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' and the show's motif of main character Kevin Arnold's adult self narrating the story of his growing-up years.
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**The voice is provided by [[Daniel Stern]], who was the narrator for ''[[The Wonder Years]]''. Daniel Stern is also a brother of then part-time Simpsons writer [[David M. Stern]].
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**The song playing is "{{W|Turn! Turn! Turn!}}" by {{W|The Byrds}}.
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*Teenage [[Patty]] sings along to "{{W2|Venus|Frankie Avalon song}}" by {{W|Frankie Avalon}}.
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*Bart sings "[[I Need Some Money]]" to the tune of "{{W|The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)}}" from ''{{W|Gold Diggers of 1933}}''.
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*Bart, Martin and [[Milhouse]] fighting over the comic is a reference to ''{{W|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre}}''.
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*Bart calling Martin "piggy" and threatening to put an apple in his mouth is a reference to ''{{W|Lord of the Flies}}''.
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*Bart trying to save Milhouse from falling is a reference to the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film ''{{W2|Saboteur|film}}''.
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
*[[Comic Book Guy]] makes his first appearance in this episode.
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*The black & white showing of the ''Radioactive Man'' segment at the comic book convention is sponsored by Laramie Cigarettes, with Radioactive Man telling Fallout Boy he is too young to smoke ("Sorry, not until you are sixteen!"). Moments later, Buddy Hodges, the actor who played Fallout Boy in the serial, is seen holding a cigarette.
*First discovery of Radioactive Man's freak accident.
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*Before they took up smoking, [[Patty]] and [[Selma]]'s voices were feminine before they had deep, gruff, raspy voices.
*[[Otto]]'s idea for a comic book (Busman, a man who drives a bus by day and fights vampires by night) was made into a comic in the [[Simpsons Comics]].
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*Hint to [[Springfield]] being located in either Michigan or California: When Bart recycles an empty cola bottle at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], he says "I need the dime". Michigan and California are the only states that have a 10 cent bottle deposit.
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== Continuity ==
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*[[Otto]]'s ''[[Busman]]'' comic was adapted into a ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' story released in {{SC|4}}, ''[[The Gnarly Adventures of Busman]]''.
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Cultural references[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • The black & white showing of the Radioactive Man segment at the comic book convention is sponsored by Laramie Cigarettes, with Radioactive Man telling Fallout Boy he is too young to smoke ("Sorry, not until you are sixteen!"). Moments later, Buddy Hodges, the actor who played Fallout Boy in the serial, is seen holding a cigarette.
  • Before they took up smoking, Patty and Selma's voices were feminine before they had deep, gruff, raspy voices.

Continuity[edit]

Season 2 References
Bart Gets an "F" Simpson and Delilah Treehouse of Horror Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish Dancin' Homer Dead Putting Society Bart vs. Thanksgiving Bart the Daredevil Itchy & Scratchy & Marge Bart Gets Hit by a Car One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish The Way We Was Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment Principal Charming Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Bart's Dog Gets an "F" Old Money Brush with Greatness Lisa's Substitute The War of the Simpsons Three Men and a Comic Book Blood Feud