Cape Feare

Rating: 4.3 (186 votes)

Memorable quotes

Homer: Oh my God! someone's trying to kill me!! Oh, wait, it's for Bart.

Bart: Grampa, Matlock;s not real.
Grampa: Neither are my teeth, but I can still eat corn on the cob, if someone cuts it off and smushes it into a fine paste. Now that's good eatin'!

Milhouse: I checked around. The girls are calling you ''fatty-fat fat fat'', and Nelson's planning to pull down your pants, but...nobody's trying to kill you.

Wiggum: I'd like to help you ma'am, but, heh heh, I'm afraid there's no law against mailing threatening letters.

Parole officer: Uh, we object to the term "urine-soaked hell-hole" when you could have said, "peepee-soaked heck-hole".

Parole officer: No one who speaks German could be an evil man.

Bart: I'll be Gus, the lovable chimney-sweep. Clean as a whistle, sharp as a thistle, best in all Westminster.

Agent: Now, when I say, "Hello, Mr. Thompson," and press down on your foot, you smile and nod.
Homer: No problem.
Agent: Hello, Mr. Thompson! (presses on Homer's foot)
Homer: (whispers to other agent) I think he's talking to you.

Bart: Mom, Dad, I saw Sideshow Bob and he threatened to kill me!
Homer: Bart, don't interrupt!
Marge: Homer, this is serious!
Homer: Oh, it is not.

Bart: Take him away, boys.
Wiggum: Hey, I'm the chief here! Bake 'em away, toys.
Lou: What'd you say, chief?
Wiggum: Do what the kid said.

Agent: We have some places your family can hide with peace and security: Cape Feare, Terror Lake, New Horrorfield, Screamville...
Homer: Ooo, Ice Creamville
Agent: Uh, No, Screamville.
Homer: AAAHH!!!

Homer: BARTDOYOUWANTABROWNIEBEFOREYOUGOTOBED???!!!
Bart: AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Homer: Come on, let me cut you a brownie while they're still hot.

Notes

• Sideshow Bob steps on a total of ten rakes in this episode.
• Bob doesn't mention Rod and Todd Flanders on his list of people he won't kill.
• Bob spells LOVE and HATE on his knuckles, but having only three fingers, it's written as LUV and HAT (the A has a line above it).
• When on the houseboat, Bart goes to bed at 7pm.
• The sign outside Springfield Penitentary reads: ''America's Fastest Growing Prison.''
• Sideshow Bob's tattoos include ''Die Bart, Die'' and a picture of Bart's head on a skateboard, with a speech bubble reading ''Ouch, Man!''.
• Homer's huge cigar in the cinema says "Knocksville Worlds Fair" on it.

References

• The title of this episode, the plot and several other elements parody the film ''Cape Fear''.
• The Itchy & Scratchy cartoon parodies the James Bond film, ''Goldfinger.''
• Sideshow Bob stays at the Bates Motel and there are stuffed birds in the background a la ''Psycho.''