Bart Simmons: God of Thunder!/References

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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.