Guillermo del Toro opening sequence/References - Revision history

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Snowball II at 12:31, May 31, 2024

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2021-02-12T22:49:42Z

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 **Author {{W|H. P. Lovecraft}} is having coffee with the giant winged and tentacled monster Cthulhu, a reference to perhaps his most famous creation.
 **{{Ch|Edgar Allan Poe}}, who holds up his arm for the three-eyed raven to alight, a reference to Poe's poem "{{W|The Raven}}".
-**[[Ray Bradbury]] adding tattoos to [[The Illustrated Man]], a reference to his book ''{{W|The Illustrated Man}}''.
+**[[Ray Bradbury]] adding tattoos to {{ap|The Illustrated Man|Treehouse of Horror XXIV}}, a reference to his book ''{{W|The Illustrated Man}}''.
 **Fantasy and science fiction author [[Richard Matheson]] standing next to a hooded, cloaked figure wearing dark glasses, a zombie from the 1971 movie ''{{W|The Omega Man}}'', based on Matheson's novel ''{{W2|I Am Legend|novel}}''.
 *The {{W|Universal monsters}} who chase after a crowd of Springfield citizens, referencing the mob that chases after the monster:

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 *The characters standing on the sidewalk are:
 **Author {{W|H. P. Lovecraft}} is having coffee with the giant winged and tentacled monster Cthulhu, a reference to perhaps his most famous creation.
-**{{ch|Edgar Allan Poe}}, who holds up his arm for the three-eyed raven to alight, a reference to Poe's poem "{{W|The Raven}}".
+**{{Ch|Edgar Allan Poe}}, who holds up his arm for the three-eyed raven to alight, a reference to Poe's poem "{{W|The Raven}}".
 **[[Ray Bradbury]] adding tattoos to [[The Illustrated Man]], a reference to his book ''{{W|The Illustrated Man}}''.
 **Fantasy and science fiction author [[Richard Matheson]] standing next to a hooded, cloaked figure wearing dark glasses, a zombie from the 1971 movie ''{{W|The Omega Man}}'', based on Matheson's novel ''{{W2|I Am Legend|novel}}''.
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 **The pinhead {{W|Schlitzie}} from {{W|Tod Browning}}'s 1932 movie ''{{W|Freaks}}'', which could also reference Pepper from ''{{W|American Horror Story: Asylum}}''.
 **The Mummy and the Invisible Man again.
-**[[The Creeper]] from ''{{W|House of Horrors}}'' and ''{W|The Brute Man}}''.
+**[[The Creeper]] from ''{{W|House of Horrors}}'' and ''{{W|The Brute Man}}''.
 **[[Death]].
 *[[Homer]] is Santi from del Toro's "''{{W|The Devil's Backbone}}''"

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 *The characters standing on the sidewalk are:
 **Author {{W|H. P. Lovecraft}} is having coffee with the giant winged and tentacled monster Cthulhu, a reference to perhaps his most famous creation.
-**[[Edgar Allan Poe]], who holds up his arm for the three-eyed raven to alight, a reference to Poe's poem "{{W|The Raven}}".
+**{{ch|Edgar Allan Poe}}, who holds up his arm for the three-eyed raven to alight, a reference to Poe's poem "{{W|The Raven}}".
 **[[Ray Bradbury]] adding tattoos to [[The Illustrated Man]], a reference to his book ''{{W|The Illustrated Man}}''.
 **Fantasy and science fiction author [[Richard Matheson]] standing next to a hooded, cloaked figure wearing dark glasses, a zombie from the 1971 movie ''{{W|The Omega Man}}'', based on Matheson's novel ''{{W2|I Am Legend|novel}}''.

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 **The pinhead {{W|Schlitzie}} from {{W|Tod Browning}}'s 1932 movie ''{{W|Freaks}}'', which could also reference Pepper from ''{{W|American Horror Story: Asylum}}''.
 **The Mummy and the Invisible Man again.
-**{{W|Rondo Hatton}} from ''{{W|House of Horrors}}''.
+**[[The Creeper]] from ''{{W|House of Horrors}}'' and ''{W|The Brute Man}}''.
 **[[Death]].
 *[[Homer]] is Santi from del Toro's "''{{W|The Devil's Backbone}}''"

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 **Fantasy and science fiction author [[Richard Matheson]] standing next to a hooded, cloaked figure wearing dark glasses, a zombie from the 1971 movie ''{{W|The Omega Man}}'', based on Matheson's novel ''{{W2|I Am Legend|novel}}''.
 *The {{W|Universal monsters}} who chase after a crowd of Springfield citizens, referencing the mob that chases after the monster:
-**[[Count Dracula]].
+**{{ap|Count Dracula|monster}}.
 **[[Frankenstein's Monster]].
 **{{W|The Wolf Man|The Wolf Man}}.

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 **A creature from ''{{W|Hellboy II: The Golden Army}}'', also from del Toro.
 **[[Rod Serling]], author and host of the TV series ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', smoking a cigarette.
-**The robot from the TV series ''{{W|Lost in Space}}''.
+**The robot from the TV series ''[[Lost in Space]]''.
 **The alien from the 1979 movie, ''[[Alien]]''.
 **"The Man in the Beaver Hat" from the 1927 lost film ''{{W2|London After Midnight|film}}''.

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 == Cultural references ==
-*The first part with the zombies is a reference to ''{{w|The Night of the Living Dead}}''.
+*The first part with the zombies is a reference to ''{{W|The Night of the Living Dead}}''.
-*There is a Mecha and a Kaiju battling it out in a reference to the 2013 del Toro's film, ''{{w|Pacific Rim}}''.
+*There is a Mecha and a Kaiju battling it out in a reference to the 2013 del Toro's film, ''{{W|Pacific Rim}}''.
-*The Dead Raven landing on the [[Tire Fire]] is a reference to ''{{w|Planet of Vampires}}''.
+*The Dead Raven landing on the [[Tire Fire]] is a reference to ''{{W|Planet of Vampires}}''.
 *[[Lard Lad]] becoming alive is a reference to "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]".
-*Chief Wiggum looks similar to the Cyclops from the ''{{w|7th Voyage of Sinbad}}''.
+*Chief Wiggum looks similar to the Cyclops from the ''{{W|7th Voyage of Sinbad}}''.
 *[[Alfred Hitchcock]] tosses bird seed on [[Mrs. Krabappel]] and birds attack her, referencing the movie, ''{{W2|The Birds|movie}}''.
 *The blackboard gag's text is a reference to ''[[The Shining]]''.
 **The man standing next to him is [[Stephen King]], author of The Shining.
-*Groundskeeper Willie's appearance is a reference to [[Hellboy]] and the character he buries under the leaves is {{w|Karl Ruprecht Kroenen}} from the film.
+*Groundskeeper Willie's appearance is a reference to [[Hellboy]] and the character he buries under the leaves is {{W|Karl Ruprecht Kroenen}} from the film.
-*Homer's mutated appearance is a reference to the reapers from ''{{w|Blade 2}}''. [[Carl]]'s appearance is a reference to [[Blade]] as well.
+*Homer's mutated appearance is a reference to the reapers from ''{{W|Blade 2}}''. [[Carl]]'s appearance is a reference to [[Blade]] as well.
 *Lenny's mug saying "I Hate Mondays" is a reference to ''[[Garfield]]''.
 *[[Matt Groening]]'s original designs for the [[Simpson family]] from ''"[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]"'' are buried underground, as well as the skeleton of [[Godzilla]].
-*[[Mr. Burns]] is re-imagined as the Pale Man from Guillermo del Toro's ''"{{w|Pan's Labyrinth}}"'', who ends up eating the unfortunate pixie [[Smithers]].
+*[[Mr. Burns]] is re-imagined as the Pale Man from Guillermo del Toro's ''"{{W|Pan's Labyrinth}}"'', who ends up eating the unfortunate pixie [[Smithers]].
 **The family also later recreates the final scene of the film during the couch gag.
-*[[Maggie]] rides on the grocery checkout belt with scarabs from del Toro's first film, ''"{{w|Cronos}}"''.
+*[[Maggie]] rides on the grocery checkout belt with scarabs from del Toro's first film, ''"{{W|Cronos}}"''.
 *The cash register reads 666, the number of the beast.
-*del Toro's second film, ''"{{w|Mimic}}"'', is referenced, with [[Marge]] as the giant cockroach.
+*del Toro's second film, ''"{{W|Mimic}}"'', is referenced, with [[Marge]] as the giant cockroach.
-*The music class is substituted by the phantoms of ''{{w|The Phantom of the Opera}}'', [[Dewey Largo]], instead, is dressed as ''{{w|The Phantom of the Paradise}}''.
+*The music class is substituted by the phantoms of ''{{W|The Phantom of the Opera}}'', [[Dewey Largo]], instead, is dressed as ''{{W|The Phantom of the Paradise}}''.
 *Pictures of the music class refer to (from left to right): Starships Poopers from "[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]", The Island of Dr. Hibbert from "[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]", The Raven from "[[Treehouse of Horror]]" and Milhouse and the Great Pumpkin from "[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]".
-*The monster which picks Bart with its tentacles is [[Cthulhu]] from ''{{w|At the Mountains of Madness}}''.
+*The monster which picks Bart with its tentacles is [[Cthulhu]] from ''{{W|At the Mountains of Madness}}''.
 *The characters standing on the sidewalk are:
-**Author {{w|H. P. Lovecraft}} is having coffee with the giant winged and tentacled monster Cthulhu, a reference to perhaps his most famous creation.
+**Author {{W|H. P. Lovecraft}} is having coffee with the giant winged and tentacled monster Cthulhu, a reference to perhaps his most famous creation.
-**[[Edgar Allan Poe]], who holds up his arm for the three-eyed raven to alight, a reference to Poe's poem "{{w|The Raven}}".
+**[[Edgar Allan Poe]], who holds up his arm for the three-eyed raven to alight, a reference to Poe's poem "{{W|The Raven}}".
-**[[Ray Bradbury]] adding tattoos to [[The Illustrated Man]], a reference to his book ''{{w|The Illustrated Man}}''.
+**[[Ray Bradbury]] adding tattoos to [[The Illustrated Man]], a reference to his book ''{{W|The Illustrated Man}}''.
-**Fantasy and science fiction author [[Richard Matheson]] standing next to a hooded, cloaked figure wearing dark glasses, a zombie from the 1971 movie ''{{w|The Omega Man}}'', based on Matheson's novel ''{{W2|I Am Legend|novel}}''.
+**Fantasy and science fiction author [[Richard Matheson]] standing next to a hooded, cloaked figure wearing dark glasses, a zombie from the 1971 movie ''{{W|The Omega Man}}'', based on Matheson's novel ''{{W2|I Am Legend|novel}}''.
-*The {{w|Universal monsters}} who chase after a crowd of Springfield citizens, referencing the mob that chases after the monster:
+*The {{W|Universal monsters}} who chase after a crowd of Springfield citizens, referencing the mob that chases after the monster:
 **[[Count Dracula]].
 **[[Frankenstein's Monster]].
-**{{w|The Wolf Man|The Wolf Man}}.
+**{{W|The Wolf Man|The Wolf Man}}.
-**The {{w|Creature from the Black Lagoon}}.
+**The {{W|Creature from the Black Lagoon}}.
 **The [[Mummy]].
-**The {{w|Bride of Frankenstein}}.
+**The {{W|Bride of Frankenstein}}.
 **[[The Invisible Man]].
-**The Mutant from Metaluna from ''{{w|This Island Earth}}''.
+**The Mutant from Metaluna from ''{{W|This Island Earth}}''.
 *Maggie terrorizes [[Milhouse]] behind the wheel of the evil 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III from ''{{W2|The Car|film}}''.
 *Among the creatures and characters in the field next to the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpsons' house]] are:
-**A creature from ''{{w|Hellboy II: The Golden Army}}'', also from del Toro.
+**A creature from ''{{W|Hellboy II: The Golden Army}}'', also from del Toro.
 **[[Rod Serling]], author and host of the TV series ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', smoking a cigarette.
-**The robot from the TV series ''{{w|Lost in Space}}''.
+**The robot from the TV series ''{{W|Lost in Space}}''.
 **The alien from the 1979 movie, ''[[Alien]]''.
 **"The Man in the Beaver Hat" from the 1927 lost film ''{{W2|London After Midnight|film}}''.
-**A mole from ''{{w|The Mole People}}'', writing "El Muerto" on the wall, a reference to [[El Barto]].
+**A mole from ''{{W|The Mole People}}'', writing "El Muerto" on the wall, a reference to [[El Barto]].
 **Coming out of the ground, a [[Morlock]] from the 1960 movie ''{{W2|The Time Machine|1960 film}}''.
-**A line drawing in profile of [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as in the beginning of TV series ''{{w|Alfred Hitchcock Presents}}'', being drawn by [[Hans Moleman]].
+**A line drawing in profile of [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as in the beginning of TV series ''{{W|Alfred Hitchcock Presents}}'', being drawn by [[Hans Moleman]].
-**The robot monster from the 1953 movie ''{{w|Robot Monster}}''.
+**The robot monster from the 1953 movie ''{{W|Robot Monster}}''.
-**Three of {{w|Ray Harryhausen}}'s sword-wielding skeletons from the 1963 movie ''{{W2|Jason and the Argonauts|1963 film}}''.
+**Three of {{W|Ray Harryhausen}}'s sword-wielding skeletons from the 1963 movie ''{{W2|Jason and the Argonauts|1963 film}}''.
-**Ray Harryhausen's Ymir from the 1957 movie ''{{w|20 Million Miles to Earth}}''.
+**Ray Harryhausen's Ymir from the 1957 movie ''{{W|20 Million Miles to Earth}}''.
-**The object that collides into Kang and Kodos Spaceship is a reference to ''{{w|The First Man in the Moon}}''.
+**The object that collides into Kang and Kodos Spaceship is a reference to ''{{W|The First Man in the Moon}}''.
-**Two aliens from the 1957 movie ''{{w|Invasion of the Saucer Men}}''.
+**Two aliens from the 1957 movie ''{{W|Invasion of the Saucer Men}}''.
-**''{{w|The Thing from Another World}}'' from the movie with the same name.
+**''{{W|The Thing from Another World}}'' from the movie with the same name.
-**The vampire [[Count Orlok]] from the 1921 movie ''{{w|Nosferatu}}''.
+**The vampire [[Count Orlok]] from the 1921 movie ''{{W|Nosferatu}}''.
-**The flying saucer and robot [[Gort]] from the 1951 movie ''{{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}'', with Gort shooting out a laser beam from his visor.
+**The flying saucer and robot [[Gort]] from the 1951 movie ''{{W|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}'', with Gort shooting out a laser beam from his visor.
 **[[Brundlefly]] from the film ''[[The Fly]]''.
-**The pinhead {{w|Schlitzie}} from {{w|Tod Browning}}'s 1932 movie ''{{w|Freaks}}'', which could also reference Pepper from ''{{w|American Horror Story: Asylum}}''.
+**The pinhead {{W|Schlitzie}} from {{W|Tod Browning}}'s 1932 movie ''{{W|Freaks}}'', which could also reference Pepper from ''{{W|American Horror Story: Asylum}}''.
 **The Mummy and the Invisible Man again.
-**{{w|Rondo Hatton}} from ''{{w|House of Horrors}}''.
+**{{W|Rondo Hatton}} from ''{{W|House of Horrors}}''.
 **[[Death]].
-*[[Homer]] is Santi from del Toro's "''{{w|The Devil's Backbone}}''"
+*[[Homer]] is Santi from del Toro's "''{{W|The Devil's Backbone}}''"
 *Lisa falls down the rabbit hole à la ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]''.
 *[[Hypnotoad]] from ''[[Futurama]]'' makes an appearance.