Treehouse of Horror XI/References - Revision history

California Girl: /* Scary Tales Can Come True */ Expanded Goldilocks sequence

2023-11-23T03:29:02Z

‎Scary Tales Can Come True: Expanded Goldilocks sequence

2022-05-16T13:54:09Z

Reverted edits by 91.158.94.73 (talk) to last revision by SolarBot

2022-05-16T13:22:33Z

‎Trivia

2022-03-13T14:04:49Z

replaced: Grandpa → Grampa (3)

2021-10-16T08:48:53Z

‎G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad: replaced: {{w| → {{W| (2)

2021-08-03T18:00:44Z

‎Night Of The Dolphin: replaced: == Cultural references == → == Cultural references == (6), == → == (5), == → == (5)

2021-06-08T21:03:45Z

‎Trivia

2021-01-31T18:00:28Z

replaced: {{w|The Munsters}} → The Munsters

2021-01-03T18:27:39Z

‎Cultural references

2021-01-03T18:17:08Z

‎Cultural references

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 **Rapunzel
 **Troll from Three Billy Goats Gruff
-**The Three Bears
+**Goldilocks and The Three Bears
-**Goldilocks
+***Goldilocks looks like [[Shirley Temple]].
 **The Witch from Hansel and Gretel.
 === Night Of The Dolphin ===

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 *This is the second Halloween episode in a row (third in all, if counting "Treehouse of Horror VII") with the third segment ending in the world doomed.
 *Strangely, the only people who pulled out firearms were the police force, even though it has been shown that nearly everyone in Springfield carries at least one weapon.
 {{Season 12|R}}

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 *This is the second Halloween episode in a row (third in all, if counting "Treehouse of Horror VII") with the third segment ending in the world doomed.
 *Strangely, the only people who pulled out firearms were the police force, even though it has been shown that nearly everyone in Springfield carries at least one weapon.
 {{Season 12|R}}

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 *The dolphins squeak "Sound Off"
 *The first part of the episode is a quote from the movie "[[Free Willy]]". Almost identical to the movie is the scene of the jump of the stone barrier and escape into the sea of the dolphin.
-*Grandpa being eaten by the dolphin is similar to the sequence in ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors''.
+*Grampa being eaten by the dolphin is similar to the sequence in ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors''.
 *The way the dolphins watch the [[Springfield]]ians is the same as in ''The Birds''.
 *Comic Book Guy's beatdown by a dolphin parodies a scene from ''Raging Bull''

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 === G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad ===
 *The title G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad is a reference to the movie ''Ghost Dad''.
-*All the ways that Homer is almost killed is similar to deaths in the ''{{w|Final Destination}}'' series.
+*All the ways that Homer is almost killed is similar to deaths in the ''{{W|Final Destination}}'' series.
-*The baby buggy rolling down the stairs is a reference to the Odessa Steps sequence in the film ''{{w|Battleship Potemkin}}''.
+*The baby buggy rolling down the stairs is a reference to the Odessa Steps sequence in the film ''{{W|Battleship Potemkin}}''.
 === Scary Tales Can Come True ===

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 *Goldilocks' blood coming from underneath the door is a reference to ''The Leopard Man''
-===Night Of The Dolphin===
+=== Night Of The Dolphin ===
 *The way the dolphins attack [[Lenny]] is similar to how ''Jaws'' killed Crissy.
 *The dolphins squeak "Sound Off"

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 *In UK Channel 4 broadcasts, the TV at the end of the opening sequence has nothing on it.
 *The tune the dolphins squeak to is the tune Bart and his army sung to in "[[Bart the General]]".
-*Snorky's statement that Dolphins once lived on the land is actually true as early Cetaceas (Dolphins and Whales) had legs and lived like Crocodilians.
+*Snorky's statement that Dolphins once lived on the land is actually true as early Cetaceas (Dolphins and Whales) had legs and lived like Crocodilians. However, early cetaceans preceded the first appearance of humans in real life, and by the time the first humans appeared, all cetaceans have already evolved a permanently aquatic lifestyle.
 *This is the second Halloween episode in a row (third in all, if counting "Treehouse of Horror VII") with the third segment ending in the world doomed.
 *Strangely, the only people who pulled out firearms were the police force, even though it has been shown that nearly everyone in Springfield carries at least one weapon.

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 == Cultural references ==
 === Opening Sequence ===
-*The opening sequence, including the music, is a reference to ''{{w|The Munsters}}'':
+*The opening sequence, including the music, is a reference to ''[[The Munsters]]'':
 **[[Homer]] as Herman Munster
 **[[Marge]] as Lily Munster
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 === G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad ===
 *The title G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad is a reference to the movie ''Ghost Dad''.
-*All the ways that Homer is almost killed is similar to deaths in the ''{{w|Final Destination}} ''series.
+*All the ways that Homer is almost killed is similar to deaths in the ''{{w|Final Destination}}'' series.
 *The baby buggy rolling down the stairs is a reference to the Odessa Steps sequence in the film ''{{w|Battleship Potemkin}}''.