History Trivia / TheSimpsonsS2E8BartTheDaredevil

** Homer falling down Springfield Gorge is butchered on Creator/DisneyPlus.

* CommonKnowledge: Contrary to popular belief, the second time Homer fell down Springfield Gorge after falling out of the ambulance was never shown the first time the episode aired, nor was it the writers' intention to do so. That footage was created exclusively for "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E18SoItsComeToThisASimpsonsClipShow So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]".

* DeletedScene: Averted. Contrary to popular belief, the second time Homer fell down Springfield Gorge after falling out of the ambulance was never shown the first time the episode aired, nor was it the writers' intention to do so. That footage was created exclusively for "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E18SoItsComeToThisASimpsonsClipShow So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]".

* DeletedScene: Averted. Contrary to popular belief, the second time Homer fell down Springfield Gorge after falling out of the ambulance was never shown the first time the episode aired, nor was it the writers' intention to do so. That footage was created exclusively for "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show".

* EditedForSyndication: The music video for "Do The Bartman" originally aired after the episode before the credits. This was taken out of most re-airings (note that the original airing was extensively edited to make time for the "Bartman" video, and later airings sans video restored the cut material). The first re-run of the episode on Fox also had to be cut for time, but in that case it was for Gulf War news coverage.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the original script, Hibbert was a woman named Julia Hibbert, who was named after ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member, Julia Sweeney (Hibbert was her last name, through marriage, at the time). When the Fox network moved ''The Simpsons'' to prime time on Thursdays to compete against Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', the writing staff instead decided to make Hibbert a parody of Dr. Cliff Huxtable.
** The episode was originally too short to air, so Al Jean and Mike Reiss wrote a filler piece which was a parody of cartoon shorts from the 1940s called "Nazis on Tap". In the short, amongst other things, Mr. Burns would be making planes for the war effort at his aircraft plant, Bart's spiky hair would be replaced by a pointy Jughead cap and Moe Szyslak would be a dog. Matt Groening thought the piece was too weird and nixed it, thinking it was too early in the series to present something so offbeat to the audience (other sources have said it was more of an inside joke that wasn't supposed to leave the studio, possibly stemming from a dare as to whether or not [[AdolfHitlarious Hitler could be funny). Audio from the piece was released online by Simpsons storyboard artist John Mathot in 2006. Simpsons character designer Phil Ortiz adapted the short as a four-page comic book and handed out copies at Wizard World Philadelphia on June 2, 2016.

* EditedForSyndication: The music video for "Do The Bartman" originally aired after the episode before the credits. This was taken out of most re-airings (note that the original airing was extensively edited to make time for the "Bartman" video, and later airings sans video restored the cut material).

** The episode was originally too short to air, so Al Jean and Mike Reiss wrote a filler piece which was a parody of cartoon shorts from the 1940s called "Nazis on Tap. In the short, amongst other things, Mr. Burns would be making planes for the war effort at his aircraft plant, Bart's spiky hair would be replaced by a pointy Jughead cap and Moe Szyslak would be a dog. Matt Groening thought the piece was too weird and nixed it, thinking it was too early in the series to present something so offbeat to the audience. Audio from the piece was released online by Simpsons storyboard artist John Mathot in 2006. Simpsons character designer Phil Ortiz adapted the short as a four-page comic book and handed out copies at Wizard World Philadelphia on June 2, 2016.

* EditedForSyndication: The music video for "Do The Bartman" originally aired after the episode before the credits. This was taken out of most re-airings.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the original script, Hibbert was a woman named Julia Hibbert, who was named after ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member, Julia Sweeney (Hibbert was her last name, through marriage, at the time). When the Fox network moved ''The Simpsons'' to prime time on Thursdays to compete against Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', the writing staff instead decided to make Hibbert a parody of Dr. Cliff Huxtable.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the original script, Hibbert was a woman named Julia Hibbert, who was named after Creator/JuliaSweeney (Hibbert was her last name, through marriage, at the time). When the Fox network moved ''The Simpsons'' to prime time on Thursdays to compete against Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', the writing staff instead decided to make Hibbert a parody of Dr. Cliff Huxtable.

* DeletedScene: Averted. Contrary to popular belief, the second time Homer fell down Springfield Gorge after falling out of the ambulance was never shown the first time the episode aired. That footage was created exclusively for "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show".

* DeletedScene: Originally, Homer falling down the cliff after the ambulance crashes into a tree was supposed to have shown Homer hitting the rocks again and getting his head crushed by the gurney (which [[HilarityEnsues would have killed him if this show followed reality]]), but the scene was cut and replaced with a paused shot of the kids looking down while most of the audio can be heard. The actual scene of Homer falling after the ambulance crashes into a tree can be seen on the season four episode, "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show."

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: This is Matt Groening's favorite episode. Co-writer Wallace Wolodarsky named it as his favorite episode among the episodes that he wrote, because it is "near and dear to [his] heart".

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: This is Matt Groening's favorite episode.

* FirstAppearance: Debut of Dr. Hibbert and Captain Lance Murdock.

* FirstAppearance: Debut of Dr. Hibbert.