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Cultural References
- The story's title is a reference to the 1981 film Time Bandits.
- Bart decides to steal some items from the past to use for personal gain, similar to the film's plot.
- The story's plotline is largely a parody of Back to the Future.
- Young Homer says he copied the material in his joke book from Mad magazine.
- One of the jokes is a song about the generation gap sung to the tune of "Ol' Man River".
Continuity
Many present-day residents and locations of Springfield are seen in the past and reference made to their destinies, sometimes ironically:
- The store at the future location of The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop is called The Bard's Gallows, a bookstore specializing in classic literature and has just branched out into selling comic books.
- Bart's identification of a then-current comic book as a classic prompts Comic Book Guy to become interested in comic books.
- The future location of Moe's Tavern is the Bible Reading Room and Soda Shop, and the proprietor is Ned Flanders.
- Mr. Burns has used atomic radiation to create a giant kumquat, which is attracting tourists. Burns says the next step in his plan is to build a nuclear power plant to encourage people to move to Springfield.
- Abe and Jasper walk by Springfield Retirement Castle and say they'll never end up living there.
- In the past, Joe Quimby is class president in Marge and Homer's class at Springfield Elementary School.
- Clancy Wiggum is a school crossing guard.
- Waylon Smithers breaks up with Selma Bouvier. Selma, outraged, tells him that if he doesn't like her, he must not like girls at all.
- Bart collides with Mr. Burns and Waylon helps him back to his feet. Burns, impressed with Waylon's helpfulness, hires him on the spot as an intern at the power plant.
- Needing more speed to make his getaway, Bart steals a skateboard from toddler Snake. When Snake sees Bart getting away, he decides that "Crime does pay!"
- Bart's theft of Marge's diary and Homer's joke book prompts them to talk to each other for the first time and become friends.
- A young Jonathan Frink witnesses the departure of the time machine and realizes that time travel is possible.
