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== Cultural references ==
*The title of the episode is a reference to {{W|Jacob's Ladder}}, referring to a ladder to heaven described in the ''{{W|Book of Genesis}}''.
*The plot, wherein [[Bart]] sees dead people and helps them with their unfinished business, is the plot of ''{{W|The Sixth Sense}}''.
*Bart tricks [[Lisa]] into playing {{W|Jump scare|The Scary Maze Game}}.
*[[Homer]] trows board games into the fire:
**[[Scribble]], a parody of [[Scrabble]] and ''{{W|Pictionary}}''.
**[[Don't Lose the Pieces]], a parody of {{W|Don't Rest Your Head|Don't Lose Your Mind}}.
**[[Oligopoly]], a parody of [[Monopoly]].
**[[Needless Operation]], a parody of {{W2|Operation|game}}
**[[Mouse Trip]], a parody of {{W2|Mouse Trap|game}}.
*In the VHS collection, there are recordings of
**''{{W|Family Matters}}''.
**''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' (Homer imitates himself in the [[The Simpsons shorts|shorts]].)
**''[[Saved by the Bell]]''.
*When Homer presses play on the VHS, the 1997 {{W|Ricola}} commercial.
*On the Homer's Xxxercise tape, the song "{{W2|Physical|Olivia Newton-John song}}" by {{W|Olivia Newton-John}} plays.
*[[Ned Flanders]] use the IMDbible web site a parody of the {{W|IMDb}} Web Site.
*[[Rod]] and [[Todd]] recite the lines "If I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take" from the {{W|Christian child's prayer}} "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep".
*In Bart's brain, [[The Scream]] by {{W|Edvard Munch}} appears, with Bart as the screamer. 
*A chalkboard saying "Roots of Singh" is also seen, a reference to [[Simon Singh]]. On the chalkboard is the equation x^5-57x^4+1249x^3-13191x^2+67438x-134064=0, which has solutions x=19,9,14,7,8, using the code A=1, B=2, etc., this spells "SINGH".
*Homer mentions getting every answer in ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' wrong.
*The final montage is a parody ''{{W2|Six Feet Under|TV series}}'''s series {{W|Everyone's Waiting|finale}}.
**The song playing over it and credits is "{{W|Breathe Me}}" by {{W2|Sia|musician}}. The same song was used in the Six Feet Under finale.
**[[Smithers]] dies when [[Mr. Burns]] marries [[Angelina Jolie]].

== Continuity ==
*Ned has a "4th grade lesson plan" folder. ("[[Left Behind]]")
*Bart posted the pictures of the prank on Lisa on [[MyTube]]. ("[[Elementary School Musical]]")
*The "Wedding Video/Alaska Speech" VHS is among Homer's VHS collection. (''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'')
*Amongst the ghosts appears:
**[[Maude Flanders]] ("[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]")
**[[Snowball II]], [[Snowball III]] and [[Coltrane|Snowball IV]] ("[[I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot]]")
**{{ap|Albert|Walking Big & Tall}} ("[[Walking Big & Tall]]")
**[[Shary Bobbins]] ("[[Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]")
**[[Amber Simpson]] ("[[Viva Ned Flanders]]")
**[[Alice Glick]] ("[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]")
**Ice cream man ("[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]")
**[[Waylon Smithers, Sr.]] ("[[The Blunder Years]]")
**[[Marvin Monroe]] ("[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]")
**[[Jebediah Springfield]] ("[[The Telltale Head]]")
**[[Frankie the Squealer]] ("[[Insane Clown Poppy]]")
*Maude's death scene is shown. ("[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]")

== Trivia ==
*The episode was dedicated in memory of [[Tom Wolfe]], who died on May 14, 6 days before the episode aired.

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