Editing Treehouse of Horror XXXI/References

{{TabR|nogags}}
{{EpisodePrevNextRef|Now Museum, Now You Don't|The 7 Beer Itch}}

== Cultural references ==
=== Opening sequence ===
*Homer asks himself if he should write in {{W|Judge Judy}}.
*Homer remembering what Faye Dunaway did is a reference to the 89th Academy Awards wrong envelope fiasco.
*50 reasons not to vote [[Donald Trump]] are listed:
{{Scroll|
**Made it okay to shoot hibernating bears.
**Put children in cages.
**Called Mexicans rapists.
**Imitated disabled reporter.
**Looks lousy in a tennis outfit.
**Can’t get wife to hold hand.
**Called third world countries ****holes.
**Called Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple’.
**Said Jewish people who vote Democrat are disloyal.
**Showed top secret documents at Mar-A-Lago restaurant.
**Called white supremacists ‘fine people’.
**Leaked classified information to Russian ambassador.
**Asked the president of Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.
**Called for China to investigate the Bidens.
**Walked into the dressing room at Miss Teen USA pageant.
**Pressed the Australian prime minister to help Barr investigate Mueller.
**Talked about grabbing *****.
**Lied about the size of his inauguration.
**Refused to release tax returns.
**Gutted the E.P.A..
**Confiscated and destroyed interpreter’s notes after meeting with Putin.
**Tweeted classified photo of Iran missile site.
**Called Baltimore a ‘disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess’.
**Described Meryl Streep as ‘over-rated’.
**Leaked information to the press about the 2017 Manchester arena bombing.
**Did not attend any White House correspondents’ dinner.
**Said Megyn Kelly had ‘blood coming out of her whatever’.
**Called Carly Fiorina ‘horseface’.
**Ruined impeachment.
**Brought Ivanka to the G7 summit.
**Corrupted Congress.
**Appointed and didn’t fire Betsy DeVos.
**Put Jared in charge of Mideast.
**Served McDonald’s to Clemson football team.
**Destroyed democracy.
**Lost Hong Kong.
**Threatened Marie Yovanovitch.
**Pulled the U.S. out of climate agreement.
**Allowed bounties on soldiers.
**Invaded Portland.
**Withdrew from W.H.O..
**Bragged about knowing the date.
**Commuted sentences.
**Said to swallow bleach.
**Person, woman, man, camera, TV.
**Destroyed post office.
**Paid $750 in taxes.
**Wants third term.
**Wanted to be on Mount Rushmore.
**And we haven’t even said the worst one.
}}
*[[Hans Moleman]] mentions voting for [[Kanye West]].
*The {{w|Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse}} appear.

=== Toy Gory ===
*The title and plot is a parody of ''[[Toy Story]]''.
*The songs "[[You Put a Dent in Me]]" and "[[This Is the End of Bart]]" are a parody of "{{W|You've Got a Friend in Me}}" by [[Randy Newman]].
*Bart's toys are a parody of many other toys:
**A parody of {{W|Thomas the Tank Engine}}.
**[[Stretch Arm-Long]] is a parody of {{W|Stretch Armstrong}}.
**A parody of {{W|Tickle Me Elmo}}.
**A parody of [[Mr. Potato Head]].
**A parody of {{W|Raggedy Ann}}.
**A parody of an {{W|Etch A Sketch}}.
*The movie that {{Ch|Ben Mankiewicz}} presents stars {{W|Debbie Reynolds}}.
*In the next scene, the {{W|Pixar}} lamp appears.
*When Bart is is turned into a doll, is a reference to the [[Bart Simpson Doll|Bart Simpson talking dolls]] from real life.
*[[Dr. Hibbert]] says "Don't ask, don't Mattel", a reference to the {{w|Mattel}} toys company and the "{{W|Don't ask, don't tell}}" policy.

=== Into the Homer-verse ===
*The title and plot is a parody of ''{{w|Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse}}''.
*During the "who ate all the candy?" scene, "{{W|Flight of the Bumblebee}} by {{W|Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov}} plays.
*In [[Homer]]'s imagination, the bullies are dressed as characters:
**[[Jimbo Jones]] is dressed as [[Jack Sparrow]].
**[[Kearney Zzyzwicz]] is dressed as [[Pinhead]].
*[[Hansel]] and [[Gretel]] are seen in a room, captured by [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Smithers]].
*[[Homer Barbera]] is a parody of {{w|Yogi Bear}} and a reference to {{w|Hanna-Barbera}}.
**He calls Homer Boo-Boo, a reference to {{w|Boo-Boo Bear}}.
**[[Homer]] mentions him sounding like {{w|Art Carney}}.
**He then transforms into blue cat Homer, a parody of [[Snagglepuss]].
**He transforms then into Cowboy Homer is a parody of {{w|Quickdraw McGraw}}.
**He says "Heavens to Murgatroyd", which is something Snagglepuss said.
**When Mr. Burns enter the room at the end, he runs in place like [[Scooby-Doo]], sound effect included.
*[[Disney Princess Homer]], including the crystal shoe and the pumpkin coach, is a parody of [[Cinderella]], and her name is a reference to the {{w|Disney Princess}}es.
*[[Noir Homer]] is a parody of {{w|Spider-Man Noir}}.
*[[8-Bit Homer]] is a parody of 8-bit characters from video games.
*[[Anime Homer]] appears to be based on {{w|Majin Buu}} from ''{{w|Dragon Ball}}''.
**In a cut scene, he jumps on a building game, which is the [[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]] {{w|Donkey Kong (video game)|arcade}} game. He moves and dies the same way Mario does in the game.
*The 6 Homers sing "{{ap|Lollipop|Treehouse of Horror XXXI}}" by {{W|Ronald & Ruby}}.
*Anime Homer dances with {{W|Susuwatari}} from {{W|Studio Ghibli}} films.
*When Homer was going to strangle Bart, he transforms himself into a Color by dots Homer, Astract art Homer, [[SpongeBob SquarePants|SpongeBob Homer ("SpongeHomer")]], Homer and then into Balloon Homer.
*Lisa mentions [[Harlan Ellison]]'s law of circular storytelling.
*Alternate [[Mr. Burns]] include parodies of:
**Hunter Van Pelt from ''{{w|Jumanji}}''.
**{{w|Bowser}} from the {{w|Super Mario}} series.
**{{w|Maleficent}}.
*Alternate [[Smithers]] include [[Rosie the Robot Maid]] from ''[[The Jetsons]]''.

=== Be Nine, Rewind ===
*The title is a parody of the 2008 comedy ''{{w|Be Kind Rewind}}'', while the overall plot of Lisa dying on her birthday and experiencing a time loop is based on the TV series ''{{w|Russian Doll (TV series)|Russian Doll}}''. The song "{{w|Gotta Get Up}} by {{w|Harry Nilsson}} plays throughout the segment, which is also frequently heard in ''Russian Doll''.
*[[Comic Book Guy]] looks at his black mirror, then says it's not a reference, referencing ''{{W|Black Mirror}}''.
*Films shown by Comic Book Guy are ''{{w|Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day}}'', the fourth ''[[Star Trek]]'' movie, Knock-Knock Joke, and ''{{w|Edge of Tomorrow}}''.
**He also mentions [[Tom Cruise]], [[Superman]] and [[Batman]].

=== Credits ===
*[[Carolyn Omine]]'s credit "Corona Omine" is possibly a reference to "Coronavirus".

== Trivia ==
*This is the third time that ''[[The Simpsons]]'' is {{w|Computer-generated imagery|CGI}}-animated in a "Treehouse of Horror" segment. The first was in "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]" and the second was in "[[Treehouse of Horror XXVIII]]".
*When [[Bart]] imitates Radioactive Man's voice, he sounds like [[Nelson Muntz]].
*On the [[Radioactive Man action figure]] instruction booklet, the production code of the toy is stated as ZABF17, the production code for this episode.
*During the ending credits, a scene from every segment of every past episode of all the "[[Treehouse of Horror series]]" is shown.
*This episode was screened virtually exclusively for 500 people who signed up on Decider on October 14, 2020, courtesy of Fox.

== Continuity ==
*[[Mr. Burns]] brings a vomiting frog in the room, a reference to [[Frog Prince]]. ("[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]")

{{Season 32|R}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Treehouse of Horror 31/References}}

[[Category:Cultural references]]
[[Category:Trivia]]
[[Category:Continuity]]