Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

• The title is a play on the phrase "Revenge is a dish best served cold", which was popularized by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, although the saying predates that film.
• Homer requests his favorite story, The Count of Monte Cristo, unaware that Marge already told it. Interestingly, a Monte Cristo is also a type of sandwich, which may explain why Homer likes it so.
• Bartman faces the Toker (a play on The Joker, portrayed by stoner Otto Man), the Diddler (a play on the Riddler, actually Ned Flanders), Mr. Mole (Imitating Mr. Freeze who is Hans Moleman), Sugar and Spice (Patty and Selma imitating two of Two-Face's minions), and Lenny as (Poison Ivy) who explains he's not a villain but a transvestite.
• The episode is dedicated to all those who died in Star Wars:
  • Darth Vader
  • Darth Maul
  • Greedo
  • Uncle Owen
  • Storm Trooper Number 5
  • Jango Fett
  • General Grievous (DROID)
  • Storm Trooper Number 22
  • Dak
  • Obi Wan (Ben) Kenobi
  • Whoever Jimmy Smits Played
  • Hutt, Jabba the
  • Sy Snoodles
  • Unfortunately, Not Jar-Jar Binks
  • Everyone On Both Death Stars When They Blew up
• Homer dives into the treasure like Scrooge McDuck.
• The Get-back-inator Glove is based on the hard-to-handle Power Glove for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
• Duke Ellington's Take the "A" Train is heard at the beginning of Bart's tale.
• King Kong, wearing a New York Yankees hat, is seen posing for photos on top of the Empire State Building.
• The segment Bartman Begins is a reference to the movie Batman Begins.
• Movies showing in the 1940s:
  • Zorro Joins the Navy
  • Abbot and Costello Meet Polio

Trivia

• A level in The Simpsons Game is named Bartman Begins.
• The Bartman in this episode is different than the one in "Three Men and a Comic Book". In that episode Bartman was simply Bart wearing a purple mask around the top of his head. This Bartman is Bart in a complete Batman outfit.
• A cardboard cutout of Adolf Hitler, holding his book Mein Kampf, is seen in the school library with the quote "Before I was a Nazi leader, I was a Nazi reader".
• Settings on the Get-back-inator are:
  • Wedgie
  • Purple Nurple
  • Noogie
  • Pink Belly
  • Indian Burn
  • Wet Willie
  • Dry Willie
  • Kidney Stoning
  • Nasty Jackson
  • Genital Hospital
  • Stop Hitting Yourself
  • Freshman Facial
  • Ultimate Noogie
• Milhouse's list of everyone who has hurt him:
  • Skinner
  • Kearney
  • Wendell
  • Sherri
  • Terri
  • Chuck
  • Becky
  • Richard
  • Rod
  • Todd
  • Uter
  • Ralph
  • Jimbo
  • Nana
  • Dolph
  • Cosine
  • Martin
  • Database
  • Nelson
  • Willie
  • Louis
  • Janey
  • Possibly Mom and Dad
• 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".

Continuity

• Homer claims to have shot Mr. Burns and pinned it on Maggie, which is a reference to "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)". Homer lied however as Maggie shot him herself and Mr. Burns backed that up.
• Ham and Cosine make returns in this episode. They were first seen in "Bart's Comet".