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Season 18 Episode References
388 "The Wife Aquatic"
389
"Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times"
"Little Big Girl" 390


Cultural references

  • The title is a play on the phrase "Revenge is a dish best served cold", which was popularized by many Italian gangster films, including The Godfather.

Wraparounds

The Count of Monte Fatso

Revenge of the Geeks

Bartman Begins

Ending

Trivia

Revenge of the Geeks

Bartman Begins

  • A level in The Simpsons Game is named Bartman Begins.
  • Grampa's old-timey ways of getting Bart into shape:
    • Throwing around a medicine ball
    • Swinging around Indian clubs
    • Using a vibrating exercise belt
    • Lifting '40s pinup girls over his head
    • Sitting in a steam box
  • The headline in the Gotham Herald reads "Muscular Child Terrorizes Underworld".
  • A banner at the Gotham Natural History Museum reads "Tonight: The Stealable Jewels of the Orient".
  • Despite also being The Diddler, Ned Flanders appears at the Gotham Natural History Museum.

Continuity

Goofs

  • When the policemen burst into Homer and Marge's bedroom, Homer gasps, but there is no sound.
  • Milhouse's revenge list misspells Kearney as "Kearny" and Lewis as "Louis".
  • The "Star Wars deaths list" incorrectly lists Darth Maul, who merely has his legs cut off and Sy Snootles, who only appears in the musical segment and does not actually die.
    • In addition, Snootles is misspelt "Snoodles".
Season 18 References
The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer Jazzy and the Pussycats Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em Treehouse of Horror XVII G.I. (Annoyed Grunt) Moe'N'a Lisa Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair) The Haw-Hawed Couple Kill Gil, Volumes I & II The Wife Aquatic Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times Little Big Girl Springfield Up Yokel Chords Rome-Old and Juli-Eh Homerazzi Marge Gamer The Boys of Bummer Crook and Ladder Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot! 24 Minutes You Kent Always Say What You Want