A bit delayed, but we're still in December, so... Hoping everyone is having nice Holidays! ♥
Extra little notes:
Claryce's sweater is inpired by @sillysheepie223's lovely gift art! I had to redraw it ♥
Her little antlers are an accessory I actually own and like to wear around Christmas. Figured it'd be cute to give her those as well!
Meant to add more members of the D'Amico/Terwilliger family but I lacked both in time and energy to do so. Just imagine they're interacting off screen. :')
The former plan was to draw Bob with hair decoration but seeing other friends/mutuals' other lovely art I decided to explore other options; and then decided to make a reference to the first Xmas-themed comic I've drawn with Bob and Claryce! It's interesting to see how far I've come since I joined the fandom and I'm forever thankful for all the lovely messages/reactions and for all your support. ♥♥♥ Love you guys 🥹
@claraknight yuuuup. finally getting to this bullshit.
written mentions are under the cut :] just the lil info boxes, not the plot summaries. its all pretty basic but sometimes there are goodies in there
Sideshow Bob:
The Telltale Head (p.38)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Sideshow Bob's hair evolves from a huge red afro.
Bart the Murderer (p.111)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
When Bart is thrown in jail, his cellmate is a seriously pumped-up Sideshow Bob.
Black Widower (p.147)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Bob's Chapstick is passed around the cell as he reads his first letter from Selma.
License Plates Bob Makes in Prison:
"DIE BART," "RIP BART," "I H8 BART," and "BART DOA."
Cape Feare (p.206)
Movie Moments:
The episode parodies the film Cape Fear (1991) and contains elements of Psycho (1960), such as when Sideshow Bob stays at the Bates Motel in Terror Lake.
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Sideshow Bob writes a note to the "Life in These United States" section of Reader's Digest.
All of the notes are from Bob except for "I Kill You Scum," which Homer sent to Bart after Bart somehow tattooed the words "WIDE LOAD" on Homer's butt.
Sideshow Bob's Tattoos: "Die Bart, Die," "Ouch Man!" (with Bart's head on a skateboard), a skull and crossbones, "LUV" (on the fingers of one hand), and "HAT" (pronounced "hate", on the fingers of the other hand.)
Sideshow Bob steps on nine rakes when he emerges from underneath the Thompsons' car.
Another Simpsons Clip Show (p.256)
Marge, looking for a story with a happy ending, tells the family about the mismatched and misguided romance of Sideshow Bob and her sister Selma[...]
Sideshow Bob Roberts (p.261)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
The first Springfield Shopper we see in this episode features the headline "Bob Pardon: #1 Local Issue". [...]
Another headline in the Springfield Shopper reads, "Call for Probe in Bob Flap," [...]
Birch Barlow
- Deepest Regret: Supporting the prison pardon and mayoral candidacy of Sideshow Bob Terwilliger
The Shinning (Treehouse of Horror V) (p.262)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
There are "Wanted" posters of Sideshow Bob and Fat Tony at the police station.
(Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy) (p.272)
Mayor Quimby
- Pains in rear: Getting caught with his pants down; Chief Clancy Wiggum; Sideshow Bob
Fear of Flying (p.275)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Although Kelsey Grammar has guest-starred numerous times as the voice of Sideshow Bob, during the "Cheers" scenes, Grammar's character does not speak.
Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (p.324)
Movie Moments:
Colonel Hapablap asks Sideshow Bob, "What's you major malfunction?" à la the drill sergeant (also played by R. Lee. Erney) in Full Metal Jacket (1987).
(Homer the Smithers) (p.340)
Waylon Smithers
- "I've never gone behind Mr. Burns' back before, but Sideshow Bob's ultra-Conservative views, er, conflict with my... choice of lifestyle."
Brother from Another Series (p.393)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Signs held by the crowd upon Bob's release: "Keep Bob Locked Up," "You're Making a Mistakes," "Ban the Bob," and "Crime Yes! Criminals No!"
Pictures of Tom Brokaw and Birch Barlow hang behind Bob's table at the Pimento Grove.
(All Singing, All Dancing) (p.436)
Snake
- Former cellmate of: Sideshow Bob
Pokey Mom (p.589)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Sideshow Bob is in the prison infirmary in a cast from the neck up, along with Tornado the bull, who is having his horns bandaged.
Day of the Jackanapes (p.594-595)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Sideshow Bob is reading Prison Bride as he sits in his cell.
Sideshow Bob stays at Broken Dreams Lockers, "The Most Depressing Place on Earth." Fellow residents include Gil and several people planning revenge in various ways.
Sideshow Bob tastes his plastic explosive concoction to make sure it's good and does a Jackie Gleason impression in the process.
Fun Fact:
Bart's 6-0 record against Sideshow Bob is chronicled in: "Krusty Gets Busted" (7G12), "Black Widower" (8F20), "Cape Feare" (9F22), "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (2F02), "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" (3F08), and "Brother from Another Series" (4F14).
The Great Louse Detective (p.678-677)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Sideshow Bob is incarcerated in Campbell's Chunky Soup Maximum Security Prison. He is so well shackled, even his dreadlocks have manacles attached to them.
Movie Moments:
When Sideshow Bob sings to Bart about how he's grown accustomed to his face, he emulates Rex Harrison's singing soliloquy in My Fair Lady (1964), which first graced the stage as a Broadway musical in 1956.
TV Moments:
Sideshow Bob watches "That's 30's Show," a parody of "That 70's Show" and the short-lived "That 80's Show."
As Homer and Sideshow Bob chase Frank Grimes, Jr., on stilts, the theme music from the 1970s crime show "The Streets of San Francisco" is heard. [...]
The Italian Bob (p.826-827)
Gino
- Who he is: Sideshow Bob's Italian-born toddler
- How we know he's Sideshow Bob's son: Has wild, pointy hair; hates Bart Simpson; is unusually skilled with knives; and manages to step on rakes at highly unlikely moments
Literary Moment:
Lisa compares Sideshow Bob's redemption to that of Jean Valjean, from Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. In several previous episodes, Bob's prisoner number is that of Jean Valjean, 24601.
Radio Moment:
When Sideshow Bob spins the globe and sticks his knife into Bartovia, he utters "Now cut that out," a catchphrase of legendary comedian Jack Benny.
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Sideshow Bob sits in front of a humorous poster featuring laughing workmen and the slogan: "You Want Bart Murdered When?"
Bob stabs at a globe with a knife to let fate decide where he's to live next. He rejects Orlando, Florida; North Korea; Shelbyville; and the Bart-sharped island of Bartovia before manipulating the globe so the knife lands on Tuscany.
The inmate number printed on Bob's prison jumpsuit, HABF02, is also the production number of this episode.
Rome-Old and Juli-Eh (p.894)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Abe becomes Selma's fifth husband in this episode, after Sideshow Bob, Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure, and Disco Stu. According to a banner hanging at City Hall, she apparently married Sideshow Bob a second time.
Funeral for a Fiend (p.928-929)
Dr. Robert Terwilliger, Sr., and Dame Judith Underdunk
- Who is he: Sideshow Bob's father and a medical doctor
- Who is she: Sideshow Bob's mother and the greatest classical actress of her generation
- Evidence that nothing's too grim for their son: Robert injects Bob with a drug that allows him to fake his own death, then both parents pose as prison guards in futherance of their son's diabolical plot to murder Bart
- Hard family time: Currently serving eighty-seven-year prison sentences along with their sons Bob and Cecil, their grandson Gino, and their daughter-in-law Francesca
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
When the SImpsons burst into the funeral home, Sideshow Bob moves the conveyor belt from "Gloating Speed" to "Kill Him Already."
TV Moments
Bob's father is played by John Mahoney, who also played Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde's father on "Frasier."
Hank Scorpio:
You Only Move Twice (p.364)
Homer enjoys his work and is impressed by his boss Hank Scorpio's friendly, encouraging, down-to-earth style.
Oblivious as usual, Homer fails to notice that Hank Scorpio is a terrorist and that Globex is a front for an international operation bent on world domination. Instead, he basks in the attention of his employer and becomes a relatively competent manager.
Homer finds Hank and resigns. While the Simpsons return to Springfield, the news media reports that Hank Scorpio has taken over the East Coast. In appreciation for Homer's services, Scorpio buys him the Denver Broncos, but Homer is disappointed because his secret ambition is to own the Dallas Cowboys.
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Homer is disappointed in Scorpio's gift of the Denver Broncos, despite the fact that he requests to be John Elway when the family is given new identities as a part of the Witness Relocation Program in "Cape Fear" (9F22).
The Bonfire of the Manatees (p.811)
The Stuff You May Have Missed:
Homer roots for the Denver Broncos, the team that Hank Scorpio gave him as a gift in "You Only Move Twice" (3F323).
Francesca and Gino:
The Italian Bob (p.826-827)
[Sideshow Bob] married a local woman named Francesca and had a son, Gino. Bob begs the Simpson family not to tell his wife about his criminal past.
Sideshow Bob follows the Simpsons to Roma. Francesca and Gino catch up to Bob and surprise him by insisting he carry out his vendetta against Bart with their help. [...] Bob usurps Krusty's place onstage and a knife-wielding Gino and Francesca corner the Simpsons.
Funeral for a Fiend (p.928)
Dr. Robert Terwilliger, Sr., and Dame Judith Underdunk
- Hard family time: Currently serving eighty-seven-year prison sentences along with their sons Bob and Cecil, their grandson Gino, and their daughter-in-law Francesca
Just also a fun fact, Francesca is not listed with the Terwilligers in the Index, but Gino is.
it's interesting that aside from the hairstyle bob and his son don't really look alike? gino has a completely different head shape and nose shape and no curve to his lips. perhaps he got his maternal grandfather's looks? or bob isn't his biological dad?
Wanted to make a Fran/Virginia Christmas piece and decided to throw Gino and Bob in it as well because why not lmao. Truth be told, this was 75% an excuse to make that parol/e pun. It's been raining where I'm at so I couldn't hang mine up this year :(
