Model Behavior/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• Bart coins the term "thirdsies", referring to three people pooling resources to get something, an extension of the term "halfsies".
  • When Martin objects that "thirdsies" isn't a real word, Bart counters by saying that people used to say the same thing about "halfsies", but it can now be found on Google.
  • Martin continues objecting, saying that "halfsies" still isn't allowed in Scrabble.
• MacGyver:
  • The slogan on the container of Super Crazy Gorilla Glue says "So strong even MacGyver's afraid to use it!"
  • A cloud of dust and tiny insects billows from the container as Bart takes it down from the shelf, prompting Milhouse to say "It must be old. Like, MacGyver old!" The original MacGyver TV series aired from 1985 to 1992, well before the comic story's first publication in 2011. The MacGyver reboot premiered in 2016, five years after the comic story was published.
• A Rubik's Cube is seen in the garage after Bart gets the glue from the shelf.
• When the trio are glued together, Bart says that if he had a chainsaw he would separate himself from Martin and Milhouse "Evil Dead style", referring to a chainsaw being the favored weapon of protagonist Ash Williams for fighting possessed dead bodies.

Continuity

• The story is a sequel to the television episode "Three Men and a Comic Book".
  • The plotlines of the comic story and the TV episode are very similar to each other. In the TV episode, Bart, Martin and Milhouse pool their money to buy a rare Radioactive Man comic book; in the comic story, the trio go "thirdsies" to buy the Radioactive Man Rad Rocket Racer Model Kit.
  • When Bart and Martin start arguing, Milhouse admonishes them to stop fighting because of what happened the last time they went thirdsies on something.
  • At the admonition, Martin sweats profusely and stammers about the storm and the comic book and his mother, indicating that he may still be traumatized by the experience.