Three Men and a Comic Book/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 2 Episode References
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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the movie Three Men and a Baby.
• When Bart's adult voice reflects on his getting a part-time job:
  • The scene is a reference to The Wonder Years and the show's motif of main character Kevin Arnold's adult self narrating the story of his growing-up years.
  • The voice is provided by Daniel Stern, who was the narrator for The Wonder Years.

Trivia

• Comic Book Guy makes his first appearance in this episode.
• First discovery of Radioactive Man's freak accident.
• Otto's idea for a comic book (Busman, a man who drives a bus by day and fights vampires by night) was made into a comic in the Simpsons Comics.
• Hint to Springfield being located in either Michigan or California: When Bart recycles an empty cola bottle at the Kwik-E-Mart, he says "I need the dime". Michigan and California are the only states that have a 10 cent bottle deposit.

Goofs

• Bart is looking at a Radioactive Man comic book, but in the next scene, it has disappeared. Then it appears again, bought by Martin Prince.