Bart Simmons: God of Thunder!/References

References/Trivia

Cultural references

The comic title is a reference to Gene Simmons of KISS, who wrote the story, and their song "God of Thunder".
- Gene Simmons and KISS make appearances in the story, with Simmons being Bart's biological father.
- Bart tells the students to consider themselves "animalized" and calls them his little "creatures of the night," a reference to the albums Animalize and Creatures of the Night.
- Bart refers to himself as "king of the nighttime world", a reference to the song "King of the Night Time World" from Destroyer.
- Bart says that every day will be Free Comics Day and holds up a copy of KISS comics. KISS has real comics from multiple different publishers.
  - The comic is created by Joe Casey and Mel Rubi, who have both worked on KISS comics.
- In Bart's victory speech, he says that he's "the lord of this wasteland" and a modern day "boy of steel", both of which are lyrics from "God of Thunder".
Ralph turns into Hello Kitty when Bart "animalizes" the students.
Lisa tells Bart that greatness comes from within, not from a freak accident with a radioactive spider, a gamma bomb, or finding a magic lantern, a reference to Spider-Man from Marvel Comics, Radioactive Man, and Green Lantern from DC Comics.
Bart adds his face to Mount Rushmore.
Kang and Kodos mention making a fourth Free Willy movie.