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Cultural references

• The Radioactive Man TV series (the "campy '70s version") is an obvious reference to, and spoof of, the Batman TV series of the 1960s.
  • The sound effects within said series are parodied as: ZUFF! PAN!! SNUH! BORT! POOO! NEWT! MINT! ZAK!
• Dirk Richter is a parody of both Adam West and George Reeves.
• The antagonist of the Radioactive Man films, The Scout Master, is based on actor Paul Lynde.
• The scene in the new Radioactive Man film where Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy are captured in Aqua World is a reference to the film Waterworld.
• The director of the Radioactive Man film says: "That Milhouse is going to be big, Gabby Hayes big!", in reference to the actor Gabby Hayes.
• Moe Szyslak said that he, as a kid, played the part of Smelly on The Little Rascals, until he killed Alfalfa for stealing his joke.
• Bill Withers' song "Lean on Me" from 1972 is played at the end of the episode.
• The usenet newsgroup which Comic Book Guy posted the message to (alt.nerd.obsessive) is a reference to the alt.tv.simpsons newsgroup.
• One of the obsessive nerds Comic Book Guy contacts puts on Spock ears, a character from the Star Trek franchise, before starting to type.
• Another one of the nerds is the musician Prince.

Trivia

• This was the first episode to be digitally colored. However, the general series would not be animated that way until Season 14.
• The quote "My eyes, the goggles do nothing" has become an internet catchphrase used for conveying the horror of having seen something unwanted.
• Some of the comics seen at The Android's Dungeon:
  • Manboy
  • Batboy
  • Batchick
  • Birdguy
  • Cat Girl
  • Dog Kid
  • Iguana Girl
  • Lava Lady
  • Nick
  • Power Person
  • Mr. Smarty-Pants!
  • Radiation Dude (in Milhouse's hands)
• Up to this episode, there had been 814 issues of Radioactive Man.
  • The Radioactive Man comic features the Bongo Comics logo.
• Comic Book Guy's computer is running Unix or Linux.
• People and shows seen when Homer flicks through the channels:
  • Scott Christian
  • Troy McClure, Stacy Lovell and Harv Bannister on Smartline.
  • Brad Goodman
  • The sports reporter (from various episodes)
  • Museum lady on a women's talk show
  • Carl being interviewed by Marty outside the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
  • America's Most Armed and Dangerous presenter outside Springfield Elementary School
  • Della on the tabloid talk show from "Homer Badman"
  • Birch Barlow
  • Joan Rivers
  • Conan O'Brien

Goofs

• It is unlikely that Dirk Richter could have been the star of the "campy 1970's" Radioactive Man series as in "Three Men and a Comic Book", we saw him as the star of the 1950's-era series.
• Skinner's microphone disappears from his office.
• The position of the boys waiting in the audition line changes between shots.
• The Simpson-ized version of Hollywood is incorrect:
  • The Capitol Records Tower is right on Vine Street just north of Hollywood Boulevard.
  • Mann's Chinese Theatre is not on the Vine corner.
  • The Hollywood Hotel (which is no longer called that) is located on neither Hollywood nor Vine.
• Bart was told he needed to grow an inch to get the part of Fallout Boy. But Milhouse eventually got the part and he's shorter than Bart.
• During Moe's Little Rascals flashback, one of the studio executives says, "He's killed the original Alfalfa!" How could anyone know there would be any subsequent Alfalfa actors if he was the original?
  • Also, if Moe really was a part of the Little Rascals, then he'd be around the same age as the rest of the cast, which would make him around 80.
• When Milhouse is complaining about the repetitive nature of show business, for a few frames a piece of his hair is lighter blue like the mirror reflection as opposed to the bright blue that his hair is supposed to be.
• During the closing scene in Hollywood, a teal-colored car disappears as it is driving.

Continuity

• The Estonian dwarf reappears. ("Burns' Heir" and "Homie the Clown")
• The organization Marge forms, "Springfieldians for Nonviolence, Understanding, and Helping" (SNUH), to combat cartoon violence is mentioned. ("Itchy & Scratchy & Marge")