 IGN 's Robert Canning gave the episode a perfect score of 10 out of 10 and named it the best Sideshow Bob episode of The Simpsons . He added that there are " many , many reasons for its perfection , but what stands out most for me was how savage and single @-@ minded Bob is in the episode . He wants to kill Bart and he makes no secret of it , save for lying to the parole board . Episodes since have made Bob far too wishy @-@ washy . This was Bob in his prime — his vengeful , glorious , hilarious prime . " Canning also placed it at # 1 on the list of the Top 10 Sideshow Bob episodes . Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club noted that the episode " turns limitations into strengths by spinning the need to fill out time into some of the series ' sharpest , funniest and weirdest gags . The Rake Effect might be its greatest gift to comedy but its virtues go far beyond that . Sideshow Bob episodes consistently rank among the show 's best and this represents the gold standard all subsequent Sideshow Bob episodes aspire to . " Empire called Bob 's mishaps while strapped under the Simpsons ' car the eighth @-@ best film parody in the show , and called the rake scene " the best bit of slapstick in Simpson history . " The parody of Cape Fear was named the 33rd greatest film reference in the history of the show by Total Film 's Nathan Ditum . The Norwegian newspaper Nettavisen listed Sideshow Bob 's " Die Bart , die " tattoo from the episode as the fifth @-@ best tattoo in film and television history . 
