Sideshow Slob/References

References/Trivia

Cultural references[edit]

Lisa reads an Emily Brontë book at the library.
Sideshow Bob and Chester Lampwick sing "King of the Road" by Roger Miller.
Martin and Cosine use a Spindle, a parody of the Amazon Kindle.
Comic Book Guy says that like The Flash in a foot race, he's ahead of Lisa.
When Comic Book Guy starts to get itchy, he says that he now knows how Aquaman feels when he goes an hour without taking a dip. The comic note then mentions that's the Silver Age Aquaman, not the Golden Age.
Homer refers to Bart as "the boy who cried wolfman", a reference to the Aesop's Fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
When Sideshow Bob explains his plan, he says that he would have gotten away with it except for a series of factors he didn't consider. Lisa then asks if one of those factors was "us meddling kids", a reference to Scooby-Doo.
Sideshow Bob tells Bart that he'll see him in Tartarus which in Greek mythology is a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and a prison for the Titans.

Chester Lampwick appears again, having missed the hobo life since winning the rights to Itchy and Scratchy, he goes back to his old alley occasionally. ("The Day the Violence Died")