Homer the Vigilante/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Trivia

• A poster in Flanders' rumpus room reads: Seven days without a drink makes me weak.
• Pictures of Fat Tony and Ms. Botz (the babysitter bandit) can be seen at the police station.

Cultural refereneces

• The race scene at the end of the episode parodies It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, various characters from the movie appear, including Phil Silvers, who Bart tricks into driving his car into a river.
• Homer imagines himself riding the bomb, in a parody of Dr. Strangelove.
• The music during the cat burglary at the start is similar to music from The Pink Panther.
• The scene between Homer and Skinner outside the museum references Dragnet.
• Malloy is based on David Niven's character A. J. Raffles from the film Raffles.

Goofs

• When Homer is on the news talk-show he puts his hand on his chest and the opening of his shirt appears over the back of his hand.
• Chief Wiggum says the Simpsons' address is 723 Evergreen Terrace. Their address is actually 742 Evergreen Terrace.
• When Nelson calls on the phone to harass Bart about his stamp collection, the close-captions miscredit the line to Milhouse.