Treehouse of Horror XII/References - Revision history

SolarBot: /* Trivia */ replaced: Squeaky-voiced teen → Squeaky-Voiced Teen

2025-05-12T23:35:22Z

‎Trivia: replaced: Squeaky-voiced teen → Squeaky-Voiced Teen

SolarBot: /* Wiz Kids */replaced: {{W|Maleficent}} → Maleficent

2022-12-19T14:19:39Z

‎Wiz Kids: replaced: {{W|Maleficent}} → Maleficent

SolarBot: /* Trivia */replaced: Lunchlady Dora → Lunchlady Doris

2022-09-27T18:30:00Z

‎Trivia: replaced: Lunchlady Dora → Lunchlady Doris

SolarBot: /* Trivia */replaced: Old Jewish Man → Old Jewish man

2022-08-25T13:50:42Z

‎Trivia: replaced: Old Jewish Man → Old Jewish man

SolarBot: replaced: {{w| → {{W| (36), {{ch| → {{Ch|

2021-10-16T08:49:05Z

replaced: {{w| → {{W| (36), {{ch| → {{Ch|

Show changes

SolarBot: replaced: == Trivia == → == Trivia == (8), == → == (5), == → == (4)

2021-08-03T18:00:55Z

replaced: == Trivia == → == Trivia == (8), == → == (5), == → == (4)

SolarBot: replaced: {{w|Tinkerbell}} → Tinker Bell (2)

2021-08-01T16:26:15Z

replaced: {{w|Tinkerbell}} → Tinker Bell (2)

SolarBot: replaced: {{w|Mr. T}} → {{Ch|Mr. T}}, {{w|Lucky Charms}} → Lucky Charms, {{W2|Trix|cereal}} → Trix, {{w|Enrique Iglesias}} → Enrique Iglesias, {{w|Freddy Krueger}} → Freddy Krueger

2021-04-09T19:02:40Z

replaced: {{w|Mr. T}} → {{Ch|Mr. T}}, {{w|Lucky Charms}} → Lucky Charms, {{W2|Trix|cereal}} → Trix, {{w|Enrique Iglesias}} → Enrique Iglesias, {{w|Freddy Krueger}} → Freddy Krueger

SolarBot: /* Wiz Kids */replaced: {{w|Led Zeppelin}} → Led Zeppelin

2021-01-31T18:01:12Z

‎Wiz Kids: replaced: {{w|Led Zeppelin}} → Led Zeppelin

SolarBot: /* House of Whacks */replaced: {{w|Friends}} → Friends

2021-01-25T00:07:52Z

‎House of Whacks: replaced: {{w|Friends}} → Friends

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 *One of the items the [[Ultrahouse]] attacks Homer with is the [[Electric Hammer]] that Homer invented in "[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]".
 **Other items include: A pair of electric safety scissors, gardening shears, a hypodermic needle, a garden hose, claws, a flamethrower, a stress pill, an electric fan, a power drill, and a soapy shaving brush.
-*In "Wiz Kids," [[Lord Montymort]]'s "[[The Wailing Wall|wailing wall]]" features [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Maude Flanders]],[[Comic Book Guy]], [[Snake Jailbird]], [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], [[Kent Brockman]], [[Dewey Largo|Mr. Largo]], [[Patty Bouvier]], the [[Blue-haired lawyer]], [[Üter Zorker]], the [[Old Jewish man]], [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Lunchlady Doris]], [[Moe Szyslak]], [[Larry Burns]], [[Snowball II]], the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] and [[Frank Grimes]].
+*In "Wiz Kids," [[Lord Montymort]]'s "[[The Wailing Wall|wailing wall]]" features [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Maude Flanders]],[[Comic Book Guy]], [[Snake Jailbird]], [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], [[Kent Brockman]], [[Dewey Largo|Mr. Largo]], [[Patty Bouvier]], the [[Blue-haired lawyer]], [[Üter Zorker]], the [[Old Jewish man]], [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Lunchlady Doris]], [[Moe Szyslak]], [[Larry Burns]], [[Snowball II]], the [[Squeaky-Voiced Teen]] and [[Frank Grimes]].
 *Signs on the classroom wall include a table of the magical elements, a poster advertising the magic fair, and the words: Abracadabra, Alakazam and Hocus-Pocus.
 *The figure on the sign indicating the men's washroom wears a wizard's cap.

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 *''{{W|A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors}}'' - the scene where [[Slithers]] eats Lord Montymort's body parallels the scene where a girl is almost eaten by a [[Freddy Krueger]] snake.
 *Lisa's [[Handsome prince|prince]] wears clothing identical to English comedian {{W|Tim Brooke-Taylor}}.
-*The dragon in the episode is very similar to the dragon that {{W|Maleficent}} transforms into in the Walt Disney cartoon movie ''{{W2|Sleeping Beauty|1959 film}}''.
+*The dragon in the episode is very similar to the dragon that [[Maleficent]] transforms into in the Walt Disney cartoon movie ''{{W2|Sleeping Beauty|1959 film}}''.
 *''[[The Fly]]'' - The [[Frog Prince]], the thing that vomits and begs to be killed in which Bart turns the frog, is a reference to the final part of the 1986 film. .

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 *One of the items the [[Ultrahouse]] attacks Homer with is the [[Electric Hammer]] that Homer invented in "[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]".
 **Other items include: A pair of electric safety scissors, gardening shears, a hypodermic needle, a garden hose, claws, a flamethrower, a stress pill, an electric fan, a power drill, and a soapy shaving brush.
-*In "Wiz Kids," [[Lord Montymort]]'s "[[The Wailing Wall|wailing wall]]" features [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Maude Flanders]],[[Comic Book Guy]], [[Snake Jailbird]], [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], [[Kent Brockman]], [[Dewey Largo|Mr. Largo]], [[Patty Bouvier]], the [[Blue-haired lawyer]], [[Üter Zorker]], the [[Old Jewish man]], [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Lunchlady Dora]], [[Moe Szyslak]], [[Larry Burns]], [[Snowball II]], the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] and [[Frank Grimes]].
+*In "Wiz Kids," [[Lord Montymort]]'s "[[The Wailing Wall|wailing wall]]" features [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Maude Flanders]],[[Comic Book Guy]], [[Snake Jailbird]], [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], [[Kent Brockman]], [[Dewey Largo|Mr. Largo]], [[Patty Bouvier]], the [[Blue-haired lawyer]], [[Üter Zorker]], the [[Old Jewish man]], [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Lunchlady Doris]], [[Moe Szyslak]], [[Larry Burns]], [[Snowball II]], the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] and [[Frank Grimes]].
 *Signs on the classroom wall include a table of the magical elements, a poster advertising the magic fair, and the words: Abracadabra, Alakazam and Hocus-Pocus.
 *The figure on the sign indicating the men's washroom wears a wizard's cap.

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 *One of the items the [[Ultrahouse]] attacks Homer with is the [[Electric Hammer]] that Homer invented in "[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]".
 **Other items include: A pair of electric safety scissors, gardening shears, a hypodermic needle, a garden hose, claws, a flamethrower, a stress pill, an electric fan, a power drill, and a soapy shaving brush.
-*In "Wiz Kids," [[Lord Montymort]]'s "[[The Wailing Wall|wailing wall]]" features [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Maude Flanders]],[[Comic Book Guy]], [[Snake Jailbird]], [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], [[Kent Brockman]], [[Dewey Largo|Mr. Largo]], [[Patty Bouvier]], the [[Blue-haired lawyer]], [[Üter Zorker]], the [[Old Jewish Man]], [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Lunchlady Dora]], [[Moe Szyslak]], [[Larry Burns]], [[Snowball II]], the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] and [[Frank Grimes]].
+*In "Wiz Kids," [[Lord Montymort]]'s "[[The Wailing Wall|wailing wall]]" features [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Maude Flanders]],[[Comic Book Guy]], [[Snake Jailbird]], [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]], [[Rainier Wolfcastle]], [[Kent Brockman]], [[Dewey Largo|Mr. Largo]], [[Patty Bouvier]], the [[Blue-haired lawyer]], [[Üter Zorker]], the [[Old Jewish man]], [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Selma Bouvier]], [[Lunchlady Dora]], [[Moe Szyslak]], [[Larry Burns]], [[Snowball II]], the [[Squeaky-voiced teen]] and [[Frank Grimes]].
 *Signs on the classroom wall include a table of the magical elements, a poster advertising the magic fair, and the words: Abracadabra, Alakazam and Hocus-Pocus.
 *The figure on the sign indicating the men's washroom wears a wizard's cap.

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 == Cultural references ==
-=== Opening sequence===
+=== Opening sequence ===
 *''[[The Flintstones]]'' - When the Simpsons trick-or-treat the [[Burns' manor]], [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] are dressed as [[Fred Flintstone|Fred]] and [[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma]].
 *[[Bart]] is dressed as a hobo, and Lisa and Maggie are costumed as a two-headed girl.
-===Hex and the City===
+=== Hex and the City ===
 *''{{w|Sex and the City}}'' - Punned in the title. A Hex is a curse.
 *{{w|Automated teller machine|ATMs}} - The sign in the [[Gypsy]]'s [[Gypsy's Shop|shop window]] says "Fortune Teller. After Hours Use Automated Teller."
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 *[[Yoda]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'' is the minister at the Leprechaun/Gypsy wedding. He says, "Husband and wife I pronounce you now."
-===House of Whacks===
+=== House of Whacks ===
 *''{{w|House of Wax}}'' - Punned in the title.
 *The {{w|Mafia}} - "Whacking" someone is Mafia slang for killing them.
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 *The song playing in the background when the [[Ultrahouse]] is in [[Patty]]'s and [[Selma]]'s apartment is "{{w|Rhythm Divine}}" by [[Enrique Iglesias]].
-===Wiz Kids===
+=== Wiz Kids ===
 *The title is a pun on the phrase "Whiz Kids".
 *''[[Harry Potter]]'' - Hogwarts School and various characters and themes from the Harry Potter books, parodied throughout the third segment. {{ch|Harry Potter|Harry}} himself appears in [[Mrs. Krabappel]]'s classroom, chewing brimstone and blowing a bubble of fire after she accuses him of having gum.

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 **The Simpsons pass a store called "[[Fatty Meats]]".
 **The balloon [[Homer]] steals says "Birthday Boy".
-*The fantasy creatures that get caught in Homer's leprechaun trap include: An {{w|imp}}, a {{w|fairy}}, a {{w|pixie}} ({{w|Tinkerbell}}), a [[Hobgoblin]], a {{w|nymph}}, a {{w|naiad}}, a {{w|wood sprite}}, [[Katie Couric]], and the [[Leprechaun]].
+*The fantasy creatures that get caught in Homer's leprechaun trap include: An {{w|imp}}, a {{w|fairy}}, a {{w|pixie}} ([[Tinker Bell]]), a [[Hobgoblin]], a {{w|nymph}}, a {{w|naiad}}, a {{w|wood sprite}}, [[Katie Couric]], and the [[Leprechaun]].
 *One of the gypsies at the wedding bears a strong resemblance to [[Ruth Powers]].
 *The [[Salesbot]] in "House of Whacks" is modeled after [[Gil]] and also shares his voice.
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 **Bongo, the one-eared rabbit from ''[[Life in Hell]]'', is the last rabbit to jump in.
 **One of the creatures lured into the trap by the Lucky Charms is [[Katie Couric]].
-**The pixie caught in Homer's trap is {{w|Tinkerbell}}, from the {{W|Disney}} animated film ''{{W2|Peter Pan|1953 film}}''.
+**The pixie caught in Homer's trap is [[Tinker Bell]], from the {{W|Disney}} animated film ''{{W2|Peter Pan|1953 film}}''.
 *Lisa eats {{w|Quaker Oats}} for breakfast after she becomes a centaur.
 *''{{w|Mister Ed}}'' - After [[Lisa]] finishes transforming into a centaur, she suggests to Homer that he sic the Leprechaun on the Gypsy. Homer tells her, "Good idea, Mr. Ed."

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 *{{w|Automated teller machine|ATMs}} - The sign in the [[Gypsy]]'s [[Gypsy's Shop|shop window]] says "Fortune Teller. After Hours Use Automated Teller."
 *{{w|Aer Lingus}} - [[Moe]] says that Leprechauns come to the USA by hiding in the wheel wells of Aer Lingus jets. Aer Lingus is the oldest and second-largest airline in [[Ireland]].
-*[[Homer]] lures the [[Leprechaun]] into his pit trap using {{w|Lucky Charms}} cereal, the mascot of which is a Leprechaun.
+*[[Homer]] lures the [[Leprechaun]] into his pit trap using [[Lucky Charms]] cereal, the mascot of which is a Leprechaun.
-**Homer accidentally pours {{W2|Trix|cereal}} cereal into the hole first, attracting rabbits (The Trix mascot is a rabbit).
+**Homer accidentally pours [[Trix]] cereal into the hole first, attracting rabbits (The Trix mascot is a rabbit).
 **Bongo, the one-eared rabbit from ''[[Life in Hell]]'', is the last rabbit to jump in.
 **One of the creatures lured into the trap by the Lucky Charms is [[Katie Couric]].
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 *''{{w|Bad Taste}}'' - Homer is presumed to have been murdered by the Ultrahouse, but is revealed as having survived when he emerges from the floor. The family discovers that the back of his head is missing, revealing his brain. In ''Bad Taste'', Derek falls off a cliff, presumably to his death, only to wake up later and notice that a piece from the back of his head is missing, also revealing his brain.
 *When Homer attacks the water softener with an axe, his movements and demeanor are reminiscent of Jack Torrance breaking through the bathroom door with an axe in ''[[The Shining]]''.
-*The song playing in the background when the [[Ultrahouse]] is in [[Patty]]'s and [[Selma]]'s apartment is "{{w|Rhythm Divine}}" by {{w|Enrique Iglesias}}.
+*The song playing in the background when the [[Ultrahouse]] is in [[Patty]]'s and [[Selma]]'s apartment is "{{w|Rhythm Divine}}" by [[Enrique Iglesias]].
 ===Wiz Kids===
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 *''[[Harry Potter]]'' - Hogwarts School and various characters and themes from the Harry Potter books, parodied throughout the third segment. {{ch|Harry Potter|Harry}} himself appears in [[Mrs. Krabappel]]'s classroom, chewing brimstone and blowing a bubble of fire after she accuses him of having gum.
 **The episode aired a year after the publication of the fourth book, ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', and around the same time as the release of the first movie, ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (just after the UK release and about a week before the USA release).
-*When [[Nelson]] makes [[Milhouse]] zap himself, his third transformation resembles {{w|Mr. T}}.
+*When [[Nelson]] makes [[Milhouse]] zap himself, his third transformation resembles {{Ch|Mr. T}}.
 *[[Mrs. Krabappel]] is dressed like the evil queen in Disney's ''{{w|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}}.
 *[[Led Zeppelin]] - The band's name is punned when [[Lisa]] uses a spell on [[Bart]] called "Head Zeppelin," which turns Bart's head into a {{w|Zeppelin}}.
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 *''[[Jurassic Park]]'' - The dragon's roar sounds like the T-Rex in the ''Jurassic Park'' movies.
 *''[[Mork & Mindy]]'' - Bart exclaims "Shazbot!" when the dragon reveals itself to be Montymort in disguise.
-*''{{w|A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors}}'' - the scene where [[Slithers]] eats Lord Montymort's body parallels the scene where a girl is almost eaten by a {{w|Freddy Krueger}} snake.
+*''{{w|A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors}}'' - the scene where [[Slithers]] eats Lord Montymort's body parallels the scene where a girl is almost eaten by a [[Freddy Krueger]] snake.
 *Lisa's [[Handsome prince|prince]] wears clothing identical to English comedian {{w|Tim Brooke-Taylor}}.
-* the dragon in the episode is very similar to the dragon that {{w|Maleficent}} transforms into in the Walt Disney cartoon movie ''{{w|Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)}}''.
+*The dragon in the episode is very similar to the dragon that {{w|Maleficent}} transforms into in the Walt Disney cartoon movie ''{{W2|Sleeping Beauty|1959 film}}''.
-* ''[[The Fly]]'' - The [[Frog Prince]], the thing that vomits and begs to be killed in which Bart turns the frog, is a reference to the final part of the 1986 film. .
+*''[[The Fly]]'' - The [[Frog Prince]], the thing that vomits and begs to be killed in which Bart turns the frog, is a reference to the final part of the 1986 film. .
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 *When [[Nelson]] makes [[Milhouse]] zap himself, his third transformation resembles {{w|Mr. T}}.
 *[[Mrs. Krabappel]] is dressed like the evil queen in Disney's ''{{w|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs}}.
-*{{w|Led Zeppelin}} - The band's name is punned when [[Lisa]] uses a spell on [[Bart]] called "Head Zeppelin," which turns Bart's head into a {{w|Zeppelin}}.
+*[[Led Zeppelin]] - The band's name is punned when [[Lisa]] uses a spell on [[Bart]] called "Head Zeppelin," which turns Bart's head into a {{w|Zeppelin}}.
 *[[Bart]] enters [[Lord Montymort]]'s lair via the school bathrooms, the same way that the Chamber of Secrets is accessed in ''{{w|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}''.
 *Montymort's "[[The Wailing Wall|wailing wall]]" is a reference to the {{w|Western Wall|Wailing Wall}} (also called the Western Wall), a remnant of the Jewish Temple in [[Jerusalem]].

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 **The Ultrahouse suggests that [[Marge]] take a stress pill. HAL 9000 makes the same suggestion to astronaut David Bowman in ''2001''.
 **[[Homer]] disables the Ultrahouse by removing the circuit boards from its CPU, and while he does so, the Ultrahouse's voice becomes less sophisticated, then slow and garbled, and finally stops. The same thing happens to HAL 9000 at the hands of David Bowman.
-*''{{w|Friends}}'' - When the Simpsons test the [[Matthew Perry]] voice for the Ultrahouse, it says "Yeah, could I be any more of a house," a reference to {{w|Chandler Bing|Chandler}}'s usual attitude.
+*''[[Friends]]'' - When the Simpsons test the [[Matthew Perry]] voice for the Ultrahouse, it says "Yeah, could I be any more of a house," a reference to {{w|Chandler Bing|Chandler}}'s usual attitude.
 *Another voice option for the house is {{w|Dennis Miller}}. [[Marge]] and [[Lisa]] suggest that this voice caused murder-suicides.
 *When [[Bart]] suggests "{{w|James Bond|007}}'s" voice for the Ultrahouse (referring to [[Pierce Brosnan]] being the 5th Bond actor), Marge thinks of {{w|George Lazenby}} (the 2nd Bond).