Bart the Murderer/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Trivia

• Fat Tony's prisoner number was 8F03, the production code for this episode.
• All the horses in the third race at Shelbyville Downs are named for famous cartoon phrases:
  • Sufferin' Succotash (Sylvester the Cat)
  • Yabba-Dabba-Doo (Fred Flintstone)
  • Ooh Ain't I A Stinker (Bugs Bunny)
  • I Yam What I Yam (Popeye)
  • Don't Have A Cow (Bart Simpson)
    • Eat My Shorts is a horse running in another race (and another of Bart's catchphrases).
• There is a large drum of nuclear waste seen in Homer's basement in this episode.
• Bart's forgotten permission slip can be seen (just barely) under his pillowcase before he wakes up at the beginning of the episode.
• During the last scene the Simpsons were watching a movie based on this episode. When the narrator was listing the actors, the actor of Fat Tony was Joe Magenita, who was ironically the voice of Fat Tony.

Cultural references

• This episode takes a lot of plot points from the film Goodfellas. As in the film, a boy mixes drinks for the mob gang, and there is also a cigarette hijacking. Bart's work for Fat Tony mirrors the rise of young Henry Hill.