Black Widower/References

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References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a twist on the term "Black Widow", which in a criminological context refers to female killers who murder their husbands or boyfriends. It is clearly propely masculinized as "widower" is a term for a man who outlives his wife.
• Psycho: When Sideshow Bob goes to see Selma's dead corpse in the chair, he turns it around to see that Bart is there instead. He whacks the light, and as it swings back and forth, he sees Selma in the doorway. This sequence parodies the film's famous ending scene.
• Encyclopedia Brown: Bob's scheme (and its revealing) are similar to the pattern of how Encyclopedia Brown stories unfold.

Trivia

• License plates Sideshow Bob makes in Prison:
  • "DIE BART"
  • "RIP BART"
  • "I H8 BART"
  • "BART DOA."
• At prison, Sideshow Bob's number is 24601.
• Snake is given a name in this episode. Previously, he was only mentioned by name in the script and referred to by the writers as "Jailbird".

Continuity

• When Sideshow Bob is arrested, he remarks that once the Democrats are back in power, he'll be back on the streets. Ironically, in "Sideshow Bob Roberts", it's actually the Republicans (along with Mayor Quimby) who are responsible for Bob being released from jail.
• This is the first episode in which Patty and Selma mention MacGyver.

Goofs

• Even though Sideshow Bob was number 24601, his shirt was numbered 1211.
• When Krusty totals up the pledges at his telethon, the total displayed on the counter behind him is $385,382.35. A few seconds later, when he's kicking Bob, the counter has mysteriously gone down to $311,011.11.

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