The Good, the Bart, and the Loki/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
• The short is a parody of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Throughout the short, the song "The Avengers" by Alan Silvestri, from the film The Avengers, plays.
• In Asgard, the characters Heimdall, Sif, Fandral, Thor and Odin are seen.
• When Lisa is sent to Asgard, Fenris Wolf is seen. Lisa then wields Mjolnir, Thor's hammer.
• The Springfield Avengers are a parody of The Avengers.
  • Lisa is a parody of Thor.
  • Maggie is a parody of Disney's Tinker Bell.
  • Ned Flanders is a parody of Ant-Man.
  • Ralph Wiggum is a parody of the Hulk.
  • Barney Gumble is a parody of Iron Man.
  • Moe Szyslak is a parody of Vision.
  • Agnes Skinner is a parody of Black Widow.
  • Helen Lovejoy is a parody of Captain Marvel.
  • Carl Carlson is a parody of Nick Fury.
  • Milhouse Van Houten is a parody of Hawkeye.
  • Herman Hermann is a parody of Captain America.
  • Patty Bouvier is a parody of Scarlet Witch.
  • Selma Bouvier is a parody of Agatha Harkness.
  • Julius Hibbert is a parody of Falcon.
  • Nick Riviera is a parody of Doctor Strange.
  • Shauna Chalmers is a parody of Rescue.
  • Hans Moleman is a parody of Mole Man.
  • Rainier Wolfcastle is a parody of Giant-Man.
  • Comic Book Guy is a parody of Quicksilver.
• Images during the credits:
  • Comic Book Guy (as Thanos) doing The Blip on the Springfield Avengers is seen.
  • Bart's treehouse as Groot, Santa's Little Helper as Rocket Raccoon, Marge as Gamora and Homer as Drax the Destroyer.
  • Barney hanging up a wet Iron Man costume on a laundry line.
  • Maggie watching a parody of WandaVision, with Kirk Van Houten as Vision and Luann Van Houten as Wanda.
• The scene where Hulk Ralph throws Loki around is a reference to The Avengers, where Hulk does the same thing to Loki.
• The post credits scene is a parody of the TV show Loki, with Loki on trial in front of Ravonna Renslayer. Hunter B-15 is also seen.
  • In Renslayer's speech, she accuses Loki of "crossing over into forbidden areas of Disney+" and "taking two spots in the Goofy parking lot".

Trivia

• There are a couple of differences between the character designs on the poster and in the short:
  • Helen Lovejoy has blonde hair on the poster, but her usual grey hair in the short.
  • Agnes Skinner has red hair on the poster, but her usual grey hair in the short.