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Philip J. Fry

I was just watching this episode and as the boys' were going through the comic, it showed a man that turned into the radioactive Man. He looks very much like Fry from the Futurama. Is it just for the fact that they share the same creator? Norum (talk) 00:40, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Fallout Boy (Radioactive Man’s sidekick) is an obvious parody of Batman’s young sidekick, Robin.
Milhouse initially goes into the comic store to buy a 1973 Topps card of the former Boston Red Sox great, Carl Yastrzemski. “when he had the big sideburns.” Carl’s 1973 Topps card in real life does indeed show him with distinctive sideburns.
When the boys first unwrap the comic book, Martin describes it as "The stuff dreams are made of," which is how Bogart's character describes the Falcon at the end of the movie, The Maltese Falcon.
Homer says "Well, T.S.!" as a put-down to Bart; this is possibly an acronym of "tough shit", a rare incidence of implied swearing on The Simpsons.

Michelangelo picture

That has to be the stupidest barely-related picture on a Simpsons article yet, and it's up against some pretty stiff opposition. Good work raising that bar!