Editing The Man Who Came to Be Dinner/References

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the film ''{{W2|The Man Who Came to Dinner|film}}''.
**The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "[[The Ziff Who Came to Dinner]]", from [[Season 15]].
*In the episode's [[The Man Who Came to Be Dinner/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]] the Simpsons are at an art exhibition. They are watching paintings of themselves with different art techniques and parodies, while ''{{w|Pictures at an Exhibition#10. The Bogatyr Gates (In the Capital in Kiev)|Pictures at an Exhibition: The Bogatyr Gates}}'' is heard in the background:
**[[Maggie]] is illustrated using the {{w|Ben Day process}}, widely used in comic books of the 1950s through the 1970s.
**[[Lisa]]'s painting has the style of Escher's {{w|tessellations}}. Graphic artist [[M. C. Escher]] was a known user of mathematically inspired art.
**[[Bart]] is based in {{w|Jackson Pollock}}'s {{w|drip painting}}, a form of abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured on to the canvas.
**[[Marge]]'s painting is a parody of ''{{w|Femme aux Bras Croisés}}'', made by {{w|Picasso}} during his "{{w|Picasso's Blue Period|Blue Period}}". Picasso's signature can also be seen.
**[[Homer]]'s painting is a parody of ''{{w2|Bacchus|Rubens}}'' by {{w|Peter Paul Rubens}}.
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File:The Man Who Came to Be Dinner Couch gag Maggie.png|Maggie is illustrated using the {{w|Ben Day process}}
File:The Man Who Came to Be Dinner Couch gag Lisa.png|Lisa's painting has the style of [[M. C. Escher]]'s {{w|tessellations}}
File:The Man Who Came to Be Dinner Couch gag Bart.png|Bart is based in {{w|Jackson Pollock}}'s {{w|drip painting}}
File:The Man Who Came to Be Dinner Couch gag Marge.png|Marge's painting is a parody of ''{{w|Femme aux Bras Croisés}}''
File:The Man Who Came to Be Dinner Couch gag Homer.png|Homer's painting is a parody of ''{{w2|Bacchus|Rubens}}''
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*As the Simpsons head to [[Dizz-Nee Land]], "{{W|The Sorcerer's Apprentice}}" plays.
[[File:Fall of Saigon reference.png|300px|thumb|The helicopter scene is a reference to {{w|22 Gia Long Street}} evacuation during the {{w|Fall of Saigon}}]]
[[File:Jabba the Tiki Hut.png|300px|thumb|[[Jabba the Tiki Hut]] from ''[[Cosmic Wars]]'' is a parody of {{w|Jabba the Hutt}} from ''[[Star Wars]]'' and the real-world attraction {{w|Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room}}]]
[[File:Silver Surfer.png|300px|thumb|[[The Silver Surfer]] from ''[[Marvel]]'' is seen in space]]
*The helicopter taking off from a roof to get to the amusement park is a reference to a famous picture of {{w|22 Gia Long Street}}, where a helicopter is evacuating U.S government employees during the {{w|Fall of Saigon}}, the last major battle of the {{w|Vietnam War}}.
*[[Babicide]] is a parody of {{w|Barbicide}}, a disinfectant solution used by barbers and cosmetologists for disinfecting grooming tools.
*[[Michael D'Amico]] tries to remove a sword out of a stone, like in Disney's ''{{w2|The Sword in the Stone|1963 film}}''.
*''[[Cosmic Wars]]'' was mentioned to have been bought out by Dizz-Nee, a reference to ''[[Star Wars]]'' being bought out by ''{{W|Disney}}''.
*The ''Cosmic Wars'' sector includes:
**[[Country Storm Trooper Jamboree]]: A band of {{W2|Stormtrooper|Star Wars}}s and parody of {{w|Country Bear Jamboree}}.
**[[Jim-Jam Bonk's Wild Ride]]: A reference both to [[Jar Jar Binks]] and {{w|Mr. Toad's Wild Ride}}.
**[[Jabba the Tiki Hut]]: A reference to {{w|Jabba the Hutt}} and {{w|Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room}}.
**[[Yoda]]: A parody of Master Yoda says that ''Cosmic Wars'' was bought for four billion dollars.
*There is a ''{{W|Pirates of the Caribbean}}'' attraction called [[Politically Correct]] at Dizz-Nee Land.
**At this attraction, a female {{w2|figurehead|object}} is reading ''[[Our Bodies, Ourselves]]'', a real-world book about women's health and sexuality.
*There are parodies of [[Mickey Mouse]] and {{W|Scrooge McDuck}} (who looks similar to [[The Mad Hatter]] from ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'') in Dizz-Nee Land.
*There is a poster of the film ''[[Song of the South Bronx]]'' at [[Kooky Cat's Deli-cat-essen]]. This is a reference to Disney's live-action animated film ''{{w|Song of the South}}''. The fictitious film poster at Kooky Cat's shows an animated rabbit jumping on an abandoned and stripped car. The photo of the car is real [http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006675193/ ] and was taken in 1964 by Phil Stanziola in what was then a troubled borough of New York City. [[David Silverman]], who was born in {{w|Long Island}}, added this gag [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150107/morrisania/simpsons-lampoons-bronxs-past-latest-episode/ ].
*''[[Tom Bosley Island]]'' is a reference to [[Tom Sawyer]].
*[[Hall of Dizznee C.E.O.'s]] is parody of {{w|The Hall of Presidents}}, an attraction located in Disney's Magic Kingdom.
*The film ''[[Gidget Goes to Space]]'' is a reference to ''{{w|Gidget Goes to Rome}}''.
*The flying car in the video shown at [[Out-of-Date Futureland]] looks very similar to the cars in ''[[The Jetsons]]''.
*[[Toonton Abbey]] is a reference to ''{{W|Downton Abbey}}''.
*When the [[UFO]] is traveling to [[Rigel VII]]:
**A part of space looks very similar to the video game ''[[Asteroids]]''.
**[[The Silver Surfer]] from ''[[Marvel]]'' is seen.
**[[Rocky the Flying Squirrel]] is seen on an asteroid with two aliens.
*''[[Star Wars]]'': [[Homer]] uses a device similar to a lightsaber to chop off his hand and uses another setting to restore his hand. He then uses this device on [[Marge]]'s hair and gives her a hand in her hair instead.
*Homer thinks that the fact of [[Kang and Kodos]] being a superior race could be something positive for humanity. Lisa is not so sure and compares that to the {{w|European colonization of the Americas}} and to the {{w|Belgian Congo}}.
*The alien air marshall is reading the newspaper ''[[UFO Today]]'', a parody of ''{{w|USA Today}}.
*Among the few creatures seen in the zoo were [[Black hole aliens|a Black hole alien]], a xenomorph from the ''[[Alien]]'' franchise, and, most terrifying of all, a kitten.
*Bart, Lisa and Maggie are playing an alien version of {{w2|Twister|game}}.
*The [[Rigellian humanologist]] mentions that their species is schooled in maths, physics and {{w|Fortran}}, and he considers Fortran to be "the greatest of the programming languages". Fortran is more than sixty years old and is considered by many people to be a dead programming language, although it is still used to this day.
*In an attempt to not be elected to die in hands of the [[Rigellians]], Bart says that "in ''{{w2|Sophie's Choice|film}}'', she saved the boy".
*When Homer accepts that he is the one who must die, he says "'Tis a far, far, better thing I do, than I have ever done before". This is a phrase from [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''{{w|A Tale of Two Cities}}''.
*The announcers of the ''World Series of Chomping'' are based on {{w|Caesar Flickerman}} and {{w|Claudius Templesmith}}, characters from ''[[The Hunger Games]]''.
*''[[The Matrix]]'': The [[Rigellian resistance]] live in a large underground cavern and enjoy celebrating with dancing and loud music, similar to the "Zion Dance Party" scene in ''The Matrix Reloaded''. 
*The "Human's Achievements" written by Homer include: instant replay in {{w|MLB}} (Major League Baseball) and [[Ringo Starr]]'s {{w|Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band|All-Starr Band}}. Homer also mentions the {{w|Golden Age of Radio}}.
*''[[Shakespeare]]'': Homer makes "[[The Complete Works of Shakespeare Made of Chocolate]]" book on the escape ship. The {{w|Complete Works of Shakespeare}} volume does exist in real life.
*References to ''[[Star Trek]]'':
**Homer makes an entry to the "Captain's Log" on the journey away from [[Rigel VII]].
**As the family receives a transmission from an [[Grampa|unknown source]], theme music that accompanied the Klingons in the ''Star Trek'' film series played.
*The end credits parody ''Star Trek'' and the theme music plays.
**Marge as Vina, the {{w2|Orion|Star Trek}} slave girl ("{{w2|The Cage|Star Trek: The Original Series}}").
**Homer as [[James T. Kirk]] fighting the {{w|Gorn}} captain ("{{w2|Arena|Star Trek: The Original Series}}")
**[[Akira]] as [[Hikaru Sulu]], ("{{w|The Naked Time}}"). Sulu was played by [[George Takei]], who is also the voice of Akira.
**Lisa as the {{w|Borg Queen}}, from the movie ''{{w|Star Trek: First Contact}}''.
**[[Seymour Skinner|Skinner]] as [[Spock]] dealing with hundreds of the [[Crazy Cat Lady]]'s cat heads ("{{w|The Trouble with Tribbles}}").
**Bart wearing a ''{{w|Star Trek: The Original Series}}'' sciences uniform while crawling through a {{w|Jeffries Tube}}.
**[[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] as Lokai, and [[Eddie]] and [[Lou]] as Bele ("{{w|Let That Be Your Last Battlefield}}").
**Homer as Kirk, with the three Providers ("{{w|The Gamesters of Triskelion}}").
**[[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] as a {{w|Ferengi}}.
**[[Barney Gumble]] as {{w|Harry Mudd}}, with [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] as androids ("{{w|I, Mudd}}").
**[[Mr. Burns]] as {{w|Balok}} ("{{w|The Corbomite Maneuver}}").

== Trivia ==
*When [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] introduce themselves, Homer says "What the? This isn't [[Halloween]]!" Kang and Kodos usually only appear during [[Treehouse of Horror series|Halloween episodes]]. The last time [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] appeared in a non-Halloween episode was in the [[Season 13]] episode "[[Gump Roast]]".
*This is the final episode to receive more than 10 million viewers on its premiere.

== Continuity ==
*The potato chip scene previously happened in "[[Deep Space Homer]]", except this time, [[Bart]] and [[Maggie]] kept eating them.
*Diz-nee previously appeared in "[[The PTA Disbands]]".

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