Editing Treehouse of Horror XXX/References

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== Cultural references ==
=== Opening sequence ===
*The opening sequence is a parody mash-up of ''{{w|The Omen}}'' and ''[[The Exorcist]]''.
**''The Exorcist'' was previously parodied as the segment "The Exor-Sis" from [[Season 29]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XXVIII]]".
*[[Dr. Hibbert]] is playing ''[[Tetris]]''.
*Homer says that giving Bart a baby brother is like introducing Frankenstein to [[Count Dracula]], [[Dick Cheney]] to [[George W. Bush]] or [[Ben Affleck]] to anybody.
*A poster for the ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' appears, shortened to "Nemo".
*A poster for the movie ''[[Racecar]]'' appears, a parody of ''[[Cars]]''.
*On the mirror, [[Homer]] sees Nemo's poster mirrored with the text OMEN appearing. This is a reference to ''[[The Shining]]''.
*[[Mickey Mouse]] and the {{w|Number of the Beast}}, 666, appear as marks on [[Maggie]]'s head.

=== Danger Things ===
*It's a parody of [[Netflix]]'s ''{{w|Stranger Things}}''.
**The title card appears in the same font as the show's.
**The theme song plays during the title card and intermissions.
**Stranger Things was previously parodied as ''[[Odder Stuff]]'' in [[Season 30]] episode "[[I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can]]".
**[[Lisa]] goes to the [[Starcourt Mall]], where many important scenes from the third season of the show happen.
***The rats in the scene are a reference to the ones coming out of the mall in the show, an important point in the story from ''Chapter 2: The Mall Rats'' onward.
*[[Jane Fonda's Legwarmers of Death]] is a reference to {{Ch|Jane Fonda}}.
*''[[Charles in Charge]]'' is a reference to the television sitcom ''{{W|Charles in Charge}}''.
*Lisa shaves her head like {{w|Eleven (Stranger Things)|Eleven}}'s.
*[[Bart]] plays the controversial {{w|Atari}} {{w|Atari 2600|2600}} game ''{{w|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (video game)|E.T.}}'', showing off perfectly how the game is bad, while [[Milhouse]] mentions the {{w|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|movie}}.
*[[Kirk Van Houten]] throws out a {{Ch|Mr. T}} lunchbox, a [[Prince]] album, and a walkman.
*Bart said that Milhouse drank a lot of {{W|New Coke}}.
*In the [[Over Under]], a parody of the show's Upside Down, ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' version of Lisa and Bart, as well as the [[Demogorgon]] appear.
*[[Amazon]] delivers in the Over Under, with a fleet of flying monsters to deliver packages.

=== Heaven Swipes Right ===
*The segment is a parody of ''{{w|Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait}}''.
*[[God]] sold [[Heaven]] to [[Google]].
*God wears a {{W|Miami Marlins}} shirt.
*Homer parodies [[Porky Pig]]'s phrase "That's all folks".
*Choices of bodies:
**[[Hans Moleman]]
**[[Charles Montgomery Burns]]
**Fat guy on a scooter
**[[Professor Farnsworth]] from ''[[Futurama]]''
**Kid with hand in mouth
**A purple version of {{w|Gritty (mascot)|Gritty}}, the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] mascot
**One of [[The Rolling Stones]].
*While in [[Mr. Teeny]]'s body, Homer roots for the apes in ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''.

=== When Hairy Met Slimy ===
*The segment title is a reference to ''{{w|When Harry Met Sally...}}''
*The plot of the segment is a parody of ''{{w|The Shape of Water}}''.
*[[Kang]] uses {{w|The Infinity Gauntlet}} just like [[Thanos]] did in the [[Marvel]] universe.
*[[Kodos]] is {{w|Klingon}} curious and always up for some Deep Space Nine, referencing the ''[[Star Trek]]'' race and the ''{{w|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}'' series.
**She's also up for some R23some and Jabba the Butt, referencing [[R2-D2]] and Jabba the Hutt from ''[[Star Wars]]'', and some Wookie Nookie, a reference to the song of the same name in Moldiver's ''Mash of Unity'' album, another reference to making love to a Wookie, one of the species of the series of movies.

=== Credits ===
*[[Matt Selman]]'s credit "Midselmmar" is a reference to the 2019 horror film ''{{W|Midsommar (film)|Midsommar}}''.
*[[John Frink]]'s credit "Beeltefrink! Beeltefrink! Beeltefrink!" is a reference to the comedy horror film ''{{W|Beetlejuice}}''.
*[[Rob LaZebnik]]'s credit "Creature From the Black LaZebnik" is a reference to the 1954 horror film ''{{W|Creature from the Black Lagoon}}''.
*[[Dan Vebber]]'s credit "Come Play With Us, Danny Vebber" is a reference to ''[[The Shining]]''.
*[[Megan Amram]]'s credit "The Amarityville Horror" is a reference to the book ''{{W|The Amityville Horror}}''.
*[[Dan Castellaneta]]'s credit "Village of the Danned" is a reference to the 1960 film ''{{W|Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned}}''.
*[[Tim Long]]'s credit "Tim Long, and Thanks For All the Fish" is a reference to ''{{W|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}''.
*[[Mike Reiss]]' credit "Diam M for Mike Reiss" is a reference to the film ''{{W|Dial M for Murder}}''.
*[[Mike B. Anderson]]'s credit "Destroy All Monsters B. Anderson" is a reference to the film ''{{W|Destroy All Monsters}}''.
*[[Denise Sirkot]]'s credit "Denise+" is a reference to [[Disney+]].
*[[Dan Castellaneta]]'s credit "Danny's Not Here, Mrs. Torrance" is a reference to ''The Shining''.
*[[Yeardley Smith]]'s credit "Laurel and Yeardley" is a reference to the comedy duo [[Laurel & Hardy]].
*[[Chris Edgerly]]'s credit "It Grudge-rly" is a reference to the movies ''{{W|It (2017 film)|It}}'' and ''{{W|The Grudge}}''.
*[[Andrea Romero]]'s credit "Andrea "La Llorona" Romero" is a reference to the supernatural horror film ''{{W|The Curse of La Llorona}}''.
*[[Richard K. Chung]]'s credit "Atilla the Chung" is a reference to {{W|Attila|Atilla the Hun}}.
*[[Hans Zimmer]]'s credit "Scissorhands Zimmer" is a reference to the film ''{{W|Edward Scissorhands}}''.
*[[Steve Kofsky]]'s credit "The Devil's Own Mr. Kofsky" is a reference to the 1997 film ''{{W|The Devil's Own}}''.
*[[Norm MacLeod]]'s credit "Norman "Bates" MacLeod" is a reference to the psychological horror film ''{{W|Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho}}''.
*[[Louise Jaffe]] credit "Lulu the Friendly Ghost" is a reference to [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]].
*[[Lisa Walder]]'s credit "Lisa Waldemort" is a reference to [[Lord Voldemort]] from ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
*[[Daniel Furlong]]'s credit "I Know What You Did Last Furlong" is a reference to the slasher film ''{{W|I Know What You Did Last Summer}}''.
*[[Patrick Laffoon]]'s credit "Night of the Laffoon Dead" is a reference to the horror film ''{{W|Night of the Living Dead}}''.

== Continuity ==
=== Opening sequence ===
*[[Maggie]] uses her demon powers to destroy her toys ("[[Treehouse of Horror XXVIII]]").

=== Heaven Swipes Right ===
*An [[Ogdenville|Odgenvillian]] with a [[Minnesota Vikings]] jersey is seen in the crowd at the football scene. ("[[Coming to Homerica]]")
*A photo of [[Professor Farnsworth]] is shown as one of the choices of bodies. ("[[Simpsorama]]")
*A photo of the [[The Rolling Stones]] is shown as one of the choices of bodies. ("[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]")
*The [[Simpsons family]] have dinner at [[Chalmers' house]]. ("[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]")

== Trivia ==
=== Opening sequence ===
*The mark of the beast on Maggie's head changes to "Episode 666 or 667 if [[Fox]] changes the schedule", referencing the actual number of the episode and the fact that Fox tends to change the air schedules of their show costantly, many times condamning them to cancellation.

=== Credits ===
*A mosaic with a scene from each [[Treehouse of Horror series|Treehouse of Horror episode]] is shown, with the text "Treehouse of Horror XXX" super-impressed. Afterwards, a mosaic with a scene from each of the 600 episodes of the show is shown, with the text "Episode 666" super-impressed.

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