Homer the Vigilante

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Notes

• Chief Wiggum says the Simpsons' address is 723 Evergreen Terrace.
• Pictures of Fat Tony and Ms. Botz (the baysitter bandit) can be seen at the police station.
• A headline in the newspaper reads: ''Man Marries Woman In Wedding Ceremony.''
• A poster in Flanders' rumpus room reads: ''Seven days without a drink makes me weak.''

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References

• Music from ''The Pink Panther'' accompanies the burglaries.
• The scene where Homer rides the A-Bomb is from ''Dr. Stangelove.''
• The ending to this episode is a direct take-off of the movie ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'':
  • Treasure is hidden under a giant letter (W in the movie);
  • everyone backing off slowly, then running;
  • the plane flying through a billboard;
  • the man in the car sinking in the river;
  • the Big T is a palm tree like the W in the movie - in fact, the original Big W can be seen behind the T;
  • everyone frantically digging;
  • the shot of everyone's heads in a circle, looking at the treasure;
  • the music accompanying the scenes is from the film;
  • the music over the end credits is a Simpsons theme variation on the film's music.
• Molloy looks and sounds like David Niven, who played the Phantom in the Pink Panther.
• In The Pink Panther, the title jewel is the world's largest diamond. In this episode, Molloy steals the world's largest cubic zirconia.

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