Radioactive Man/References

== Trivia ==
*This was the first episode to be digitally colored. The duties of that task went to U.S. Animation, Inc., who would later work on the digital coloring for "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular". Digital coloring wouldn't be attempted again until season 12's "Tennis the Menace", and again when the show permanently switched to digital coloring in season 14 with "The Great Louse Detective".
*Bart's haircut in the scene where he dresses himself to be taller resembles the one he had in the earlier shorts from The Tracey Ullman Show.
*The Usenet newsgroup alt.nerd.obsessive was actually created in honor of this episode.
*Gary and Doug are among the people who are participating in alt.nerd.obsessive.
*Among the characters who make cameos in the television montage of people talking about Radioactive Man are Scott Christian, Krusty the Clown, Troy McClure, Stacy Lovell, Brad Goodman, Carl Carlson, Birch Barlow, the woman who works with Gentle Ben, and Conan O'Brian.
*The part where Radioactive Man yells "My eyes! The goggles do nothing!" has become a popular internet meme on YouTube.
*Nelson claims that no one went to his birthday party. This foreshadows "The Haw-Hawed Couple", where no one went to Nelson's birthday party except for Bart, who was forced to go by Marge.
== Citations ==
*The Radioactive Man TV series (the "campy '70s version") is an obvious reference to, and spoof of, the Batman TV series of the 1960s. Promotions prior to the blockbuster 1989 Tim Burton film Batman has said that it would "not be like the campy TV series of the 1960s".
*The remark that kids would want to see the original Radioactive Man was a likely reference to Adam West, who had auditioned for the leading role in the 1989 film Batman, and had been taken into consideration on whether to stay loyal to the fan base of the 1960s show.
*Comic Book Guy has a flying toasters screensaver on his computer during the first act.
**He subscribes to the newsgroups alt.binaries.pictures.erotica, rec.arts.startrek.fandom, rec.org.mensa, rec.games.corewar, and the fictional alt.comics.radioactiveman.
*Prince appeared as one of the e-mail recipients.
*Silly Sailor's Aquaworld lair is the set from Waterworld.
== Previous Episode References ==
* "Bart Gets Famous": A boy character becomes famous, only to be severely disillusioned by fame and repeatedly saying a catchphrase.
* "Three Men and a Comic Book": Radioactive Man being adapted into a TV show (on the former episode, it was a 1950s serial that was sponsored by Laramie Cigarettes. In the latter, it was a campy 1970s action show not unlike the 1960s Batman series starring Adam West and Burt Ward). Also, Dirk Richter (the original actor who played Radioactive Man) being dead, though in the former episode, it was because of an incident at a brothel that ended with him getting shot. In this episode, it's implied he died at 73 years old due to natural/undisclosed causes.
* "Burns' Heir": the Estonian Dwarf has an acting job (playing Lisa in the video of The Simpsons talking about how they don't miss Bart/being Milhouse's stunt double).
* "Homer Badman": Someone does a poor job of editing a video (making Homer's interview of what really happened between him and Ashley Grant look like he confessed to grabbing "her sweet can"/the video editor trying to edit the film to make it look like Milhouse is still in the movie).
* "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" and "Homer Defined": Bart's friendship with Milhouse is compromised.
* "Three Men and a Comic Book": Someone (Mayor Quimby/Principal Skinner) gets mocked for misnaming Radioactive Man as Radiation Man.
* "Homer Goes to College": One of the Internet nerds looking for information about the Radioactive Man movie is Gary.
== Goofs ==
*Gary has dark gray hair instead of dark brown in his cameo. Also, his glasses are a different design than usual, and lack the thick frames that they have in other episodes. All of those edits can be blamed on the poor quality of the digital animation.
*If Moe really was a part of the Little Rascals (who were actually referred to as "Our Gang"; "The Little Rascals" was the name given to the shorts when they were syndicated to television), then he would be really old (around 60-ish).
*Bart was told he needed to grow an inch to get the part of Fallout Boy, but Milhouse eventually got the part, despite being shorter than Bart. One possibility is that for some reason the producers do not want Bart in the role, and make up the height excuse. Or maybe they thought Milhouse was more marketable.
*When the stunt of Milhouse being hit by the X-ray truck is filmed, the actual Milhouse appears to be riding the bike, with his distinct large nose and thick glasses. But when Bart runs up to "Milhouse" and finds out it's a stuntman, his face changes to the Estonian Dwarf, even when still wearing his Milhouse wig and (thinner) glasses.
*When Milhouse is complaining about the repetitive nature of show business, for a few frames a piece of his hair is lighter blue like the mirror reflection as opposed to the bright blue that his hair is supposed to be.
*During the closing scene in Hollywood, a teal-colored car disappears as it is driving.
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