Bart the Daredevil/References
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Debut appearances
Cultural references
- The Russian wrestler, Rasputin, is named after Grigori Rasputin.
- The Springfield Elementary band plays Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
- Werner Von Brawn, one of the wrestlers in the match, is probably named after Wernher von Braun.
- Bart appearing at Springfield Gorge in the distance is based on Omar Sharif's entrance in Lawrence of Arabia.
- The monster truck at the rally, Truck-o-saurus, is a parody to the famous monster truck, Robosaurus.
- Movie "Jaws" parodied in the way the lion leaps out to attack Captain Lance Murdoch.
- Lance Murdock is a parody of famous daredevil such as Evel Knievel.
- This episode contains the music video for "Do the Bartman" single which was omitted in some UK broadcasts of this episode.
- Captain Murdock is a reference to the A-Team's Captain H.M. Murdock.
- Lance Murdock coincidentally shares his last name with that of another fictional daredevil, Matt Murdock, who is the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil.
Trivia
- This is the fifth episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
- During Lance Murdock's stunt, everyone but Bart covered their eyes.
- The champagne bottle Marge is given is labeled "Truckasaurus Private Reserve".
- The video for "Do the Bartman" premiered after the episode's original airing.
- A short titled "Nazis on Tap" was planned to air after the episode, but was never produced.
Continuity
Goofs
- When the kids are saying "Booo! Boooo!" to the TV, Lewis Clark' skin changes color from black to yellow.
- Homer is driving the car and if you look closely, the car has two mirrors.
- When Homer dashes up the hill to catch Bart, he is from the car. But when Bart skateboards, Homer is back to the original position.
- When the children are awaiting Bart's arrival at the gorge, Nelson says, "Where is he? I thought he said noon!?" However, Milhouse's mouth is moving to the words, as if he's saying it.
