Worst Episode Ever/References

== Cultural references ==
*Plan 9 Comics is clearly a reference to the infamous movie Plan 9 from Outer Space, popularly believed to be the worst movie ever made.
* When Comic Book Guy is demonstrating the soda-resistant properties of Radioactive Man #1000, the "lesser comics" to which he refers appear to be issues of the comic that started the career of Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Life in Hell (as evidenced by Binky, the star of Life in Hell, standing on a stage on the cover). The logo of Matt Groening's comic book publishing company, Bongo Comics, can be seen at the head of the cover, in place of a title, despite the fact that Life in Hell has never been published by Bongo Comics. This could suggest that the "lesser comics" line actually refers to all of Groening's comics.
*The name of the comic book hero, "Biclops," is a pun on the name of the X-Man "Cyclops".
*One of the Star Wars memorabilia that Martin Prince owned was a film reel that contained an alternate ending where Luke's father was revealed to be Chewbacca, referring to the secrecy of the plot twist that Darth Vader was Luke's father and the production team even tacking on some alternate dialogue to suggest someone else is Luke's father (e.g., Obi-Wan Kenobi) in order to ensure that Vader's identity as Luke's father isn't leaked.
*Bart's Transformer transforms into an ax. This may be a reference to the 80's version of Megatron which transformed into a gun.
*The events of Homer Simpson's first life-long ban were a reference to Gallagher's Sledge-O-Matic stunt (which Homer ruined by eating the watermelon).
*Tom Savini's disembodied hand look similar to Thing from The Addams Family.
*Bart tells Milhouse to put several Supergirl comics onto clearance alongside several Poochie merchandise.
** On a similar note, when the Biclops comics were revealed to have a disastrous sales run, Kearney when confronting Milhouse over the comic proceeded to sarcastically ask if Biclops had a girlfriend named "Lois Lame", a play on words for Lois Lane, the girlfriend of Superman.
*One of the videos that Bart finds in Comic Book Guy's video vault is Godfather III: Good Version, a reference to the movie The Godfather: Part III, which is considered by people as the weakest film in the Godfather trilogy.
**In yet another example of real life imitating The Simpsons, a "good version" of Godfather III does exist, called, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, which is a recut version of Godfather III.
*The song that plays over Comic Book Guy and Agnes' day out is "Puppy Love" by Paul Anka.
*Homer's antacid trip features recordings of quotes from Johnnie Cochran during the O.J. Simpson trial, Richard Nixon's resignation speech, and Neil Armstrong's flight to the Moon.
*The entrance to Comic Book Guy's stash of bootleg videos is hidden behind a She-Hulk poster.
==Trivia==
*During the video "Secret Nuclear Defense Plan U.S. Govt. Film #1612," a map is clearly shown that strongly resembles that of Springfield, Massachusetts, most notably by the large river running through the town intending to represent the Connecticut River. However, it is shown in other episodes that the Springfield of The Simpsons is not in Massachusetts.
**In the same video, Steve, the military officer detailing the defense plan, also referred to the president, although the holder of the president wasn't made clear other than the use of monochrome television making it very likely to either be Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, or John F. Kennedy.
*The title of this episode refers to Comic Book Guy's catchphrase: "Worst (Noun) Ever!"
*The commentary for the episode reveals it was originally titled "The Fiver", a reference to a scene in the episode. However, the scene was removed from the episode and so the title was changed.
*The people on the Banned for Life wall along with Bart and Milhouse are: Nelson Muntz, Sideshow Bob, and a bearded man who looks like Simpsons show creator Matt Groening.
*The Star Wars memorabilia that Mrs. Prince planned to sell before Bart and Milhouse talked her out of it was a handwritten script for "Star Wars" by George Lucas, Princess Leia's anti-jiggle breast tape, and a film reel labelled "Alternate Ending: Luke's Father is Chewbacca."
*In the script for the episode, Bart's order for Milhouse to put Poochie merchandise on clearance as well as put several Supergirl comics on clearance as well was originally him telling Milhouse to mark down various South Park merchandise until someone actually buys them. The latter was retained to an extent in the closed captioning.
==Goofs==
*In some scenes where the picture Comic Book Guy took of Bart and Milhouse for the "Banned for Life" section appears Milhouse's shirt is red.
*Nelson has been said to be banned for life, yet he is in the line to see Tom Savini. Unless Comic Book Guy kicked him out, this isn't right. Also, in later episodes, Nelson is seen in the store. Though it is possible he was unbanned at some point.
*When Tom Savini told Comic Book Guy that he didn't swallow a cookie, Comic Book Guy's eyes briefly turn yellow.
*Comic Book Guy accidentally pulled Tom Savani's hand off, and the hand crawls to the Comic Book Guy's pants. However, when Tom's hand gives Comic Book Guy a wedgie, Tom's missing hand is briefly restored.
*It’s impossible for Bart and Milhouse to successfully hold Homer’s weight in their disguise, they would have been crushed by him.
*When he announces Comic Book Guy's heart attack, Tom savini is briefly missing his moustache.
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