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Contents
Cultural references
Opening sequence
- It's a parody of the film Bambi, where Barti is a parody of the main character Bambi.
- The narrator mentions Disney and the parents of the protagonists of their movies being killed in them.
Bong Joon Ho's This Side of Parasite
- It's a parody of the 2019 South Korean film Parasite.
- The title of The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "D'oh Piercer" is a reference to the movie Snowpiercer.
Nightmare on Elm Tree
- It's a parody of the film A Nightmare on Elm Street.
- The film was previously parodied in the segment "Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace" from Season 7 episode "Treehouse of Horror VI".
- Guardians of the Galaxy is shown at the drive-in and Groot and Rocket Raccoon appear on the screen.
- The song "O Tannenbaum" plays at the Springfield Christmas Tree Farm, and later when the trees have killed everyone.
- The walking tree mentions the Dutch elm disease.
- Treebeard from The Lord of the Rings is seen walking with the other trees.
- The Chandelier Tree and the The Giving Tree also are seen with the tree army.
- The Stanford Tree on the Stanford University S is seen.
- Audrey II, the plant from Little Shop of Horrors, is seen.
- The news about the tree on Channel 6 News is called Splinter Cell, a reference to Tom Clancy's series of the same name.
- Kent Brockman calls the trees "Forrest Grumps", a reference to the film Forrest Gump.
- The Aztec Theater is playing Saw.
Poetic Interlude
- Vincent Price reads The Telltale Bart, a reference to The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe.
Dead Ringer
- It's a parody of the film series The Ring and TikTok.
- The TikTok is certified rotten, a reference to the review website Rotten Tomatoes.#
- The TikTok contains an advert for Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Trivia
Nightmare on Elm Tree
- Homer mentions the stories told on the treehouse, and how they're three, with two of them good, and one lame in the middle, and how he's putting an end to that, also referencing the fact that this is the first episode with a total of five stories in it.
Dead Ringer
Continuity
Bong Joon Ho's This Side of Parasite
- Mr. Sparkle's box appears. ("In Marge We Trust")
- Greta Wolfcastle appears. ("The Bart Wants What It Wants")
Poetic Interlude
- The story about Bart was animated in a similar way to the Dark Stanley story ("Yokel Chords") and the "Show's Too Short" story. ("The D'oh-cial Network")
- Bart is shown catfishing Edna Krabappel on Tinder. ("Bart the Lover")
Dead Ringer
- Grampa gives the voice on the phone his credit card number, scamming himself. ("Bart's in Jail!")
Goofs
Bong Joon Ho's This Side of Parasite
- During the fighting in the house, Luigi is seen twice in the same scene.
