In the episode, Bart accidentally sees a new superhero film, one month before its intended release, and uses his knowledge to terrorize the other fans by threatening to spoil it.

"The Tasmanian Adonis" who plays the superhero Airshot, mistakes Bart for Milhouse while visiting him at the hospital and passes out drunk.

When he attempts to blackmail his father, Homer tells Bart that he is immune to his spoiler power because he doesn't care about the Vindicators films.

In October 2019, it was reported that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige would guest star as an alien supervillain named Chinnos.

[4] The film franchise in the episode is a parody of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, overseen by guest star Kevin Feige.

Club, Dennis Perkins gave the episode a B, praising the parody elements but finding the Homer and Marge story weak.

[...] Luckily, [the episode] finds other, better avenues to explore, lampooning spoiler culture and making a familiar formula feel fresh and exciting again.

"[6] Tony Sokol of Den of Geek wrote, "Bart The Bad Guy strikes at the very heart of all of comic book culture."

Going on to state, "The Simpsons remain current with this episode while subtly referencing and satirizing the comic book conspiracies."