The Once and Future Bartman Part One: Alpha and D'oh-Mega/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• The comic title is a reference to the fantasy novel collection The Once and Future King by T. H. White.
• The Frinktonium Power Suit is a parody of Iron Man's armor from Marvel Comics.
• Houseboy mentions McBane and Ned-Pool, parodies of Bane from DC Comics and Deadpool from Marvel Comics respectively.
• When Martin puts on the Frinktonium Power Suit, he exclaims "Calooh! Callay!", a line from the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll.
• Milhouse becomes a parody of The Joker from DC Comics.

Continuity

• In the past, Bartman and Houseboy went to the Springfield Historical Society. ("Lisa the Iconoclast")
• The Villains of the Past exhibit at the Springfield Museum of Natural History includes:
  • Dr. Octuplets. (Bartman vs. Doctor Octuplets)
  • ClownFace. ("Large Marge")
  • Gluteus Maximizer and Gluten Tag. (The Gluten, the Bread and the Hungry!)