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**''The Exorcist'' was previously parodied as the segment "The Exor-Sis" from [[Season 29]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XXVIII]]".
 
**''The Exorcist'' was previously parodied as the segment "The Exor-Sis" from [[Season 29]] episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XXVIII]]".
 
*[[Dr. Hibbert]] is playing ''[[Tetris]]''.
 
*[[Dr. Hibbert]] is playing ''[[Tetris]]''.
*Homer says that giving Bart a baby brother is like introducing Frankenstein to {{ap|Count Dracula|monster}}, [[Dick Cheney]] to [[George W. Bush]] or [[Ben Affleck]] to anybody.
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*Homer says that giving Bart a baby brother is like introducing Frankenstein to {{ap|Count Dracula|monster}}, [[Dick Cheney]] to [[George W. Bush]], or [[Ben Affleck]] to anybody.
*A poster for the ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' appears, shortened to "Nemo".
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*A poster for ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' appears, shortened to "Nemo".
 
*A poster for the movie ''[[Racecar]]'' appears, a parody of ''[[Cars]]''.
 
*A poster for the movie ''[[Racecar]]'' appears, a parody of ''[[Cars]]''.
*On the mirror, [[Homer]] sees Nemo's poster mirrored with the text OMEN appearing. This is a reference to ''[[The Shining]]'', where "REDRUM" is mirrored. OMEN is a reference to ''{{W|The Omen}}'', where a couple takes home an infant baby that turns out to be the antichrist.
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*On the mirror, [[Homer]] sees Nemo's poster mirrored with the text OMEN appearing. This is a reference to ''[[The Shining]]'', where "REDRUM" is mirrored. OMEN is a reference to ''{{W|The Omen}}'', where a couple takes home an infant baby that turns out to be the Antichrist.
 
*[[Mickey Mouse]] and the {{W|Number of the Beast}}, 666, appear as marks on [[Maggie]]'s head.
 
*[[Mickey Mouse]] and the {{W|Number of the Beast}}, 666, appear as marks on [[Maggie]]'s head.
  
 
=== Danger Things ===
 
=== Danger Things ===
*It's a parody of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[Stranger Things]]''.
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*The segment is a parody of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[Stranger Things]]''.
 
**The title card appears in the same font as the show's.
 
**The title card appears in the same font as the show's.
 
**The theme song plays during the title card and intermissions.
 
**The theme song plays during the title card and intermissions.
**Stranger Things was previously parodied as ''[[Odder Stuff]]'' in [[Season 30]] episode "[[I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can]]".
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**''Stranger Things'' was previously parodied as ''[[Odder Stuff]]'' in [[Season 30]] episode "[[I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can]]".
 
**[[Lisa]] goes to the [[Starcourt Mall]], where many important scenes from the third season of the show happen.
 
**[[Lisa]] goes to the [[Starcourt Mall]], where many important scenes from the third season of the show happen.
 
***The rats in the scene are a reference to the ones coming out of the mall in the show, an important point in the story from ''Chapter 2: The Mall Rats'' onward.
 
***The rats in the scene are a reference to the ones coming out of the mall in the show, an important point in the story from ''Chapter 2: The Mall Rats'' onward.
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*[[Jane Fonda's Legwarmers of Death]] is a reference to {{Ch|Jane Fonda}}.
 
*[[Jane Fonda's Legwarmers of Death]] is a reference to {{Ch|Jane Fonda}}.
 
*''[[Charles in Charge]]'' is a reference to the television sitcom ''{{W|Charles in Charge}}''.
 
*''[[Charles in Charge]]'' is a reference to the television sitcom ''{{W|Charles in Charge}}''.
*Lisa shaves her head like {{W2|Eleven|Stranger Things}}'s.
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*Lisa shaves her head like {{W2|Eleven|Stranger Things}}.
*[[Bart]] plays the controversial {{W|Atari}} {{W|Atari 2600|2600}} game ''{{W2|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|video game}}'', showing off perfectly how the game is bad, while [[Milhouse]] mentions the {{W|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|movie}}.
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*[[Bart]] plays the controversial {{W|Atari}} {{W|Atari 2600|2600}} game ''{{W2|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|video game}}'', showing off perfectly how bad the game is, while [[Milhouse]] mentions the {{W|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|movie}}.
*[[Kirk Van Houten]] throws out a {{Ch|Mr. T}} lunchbox, a [[Prince]] album, and a walkman.
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*[[Kirk Van Houten]] throws out a {{Ch|Mr. T}} lunchbox, a [[Prince]] album, and a Walkman.
*Bart said that Milhouse drank a lot of [[New Coke]].
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*Bart says that Milhouse drank a lot of [[New Coke]].
*In the [[Over Under]], a parody of the show's Upside Down, ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' version of Lisa and Bart, as well as the [[Demogorgon]] appear.
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*In the [[Over Under]], a parody of the show's Upside Down, ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' version of Lisa and Bart, as well as the [[Demogorgon]], appear.
 
*[[Amazon]] delivers in the Over Under, with a fleet of flying monsters to deliver packages.
 
*[[Amazon]] delivers in the Over Under, with a fleet of flying monsters to deliver packages.
  
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*[[God]] sold [[Heaven]] to [[Google]].
 
*[[God]] sold [[Heaven]] to [[Google]].
 
*God wears a {{W|Miami Marlins}} shirt.
 
*God wears a {{W|Miami Marlins}} shirt.
*Homer parodies [[Porky Pig]]'s phrase "That's all folks".
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*Homer parodies [[Porky Pig]]'s phrase "That's all, folks".
 
*Choices of bodies:
 
*Choices of bodies:
 
**[[Hans Moleman]]
 
**[[Hans Moleman]]
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=== When Hairy Met Slimy ===
 
=== When Hairy Met Slimy ===
*The segment title is a reference to ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]''
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*The segment title is a reference to ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]''.
 
*The plot of the segment is a parody of ''{{W|The Shape of Water}}''.
 
*The plot of the segment is a parody of ''{{W|The Shape of Water}}''.
 
**Patty and Selma have a green {{W|Volkswagen Type 181|Volkswagen Thing}}.
 
**Patty and Selma have a green {{W|Volkswagen Type 181|Volkswagen Thing}}.
*[[Kang]] uses {{W|The Infinity Gauntlet}} just like [[Thanos]] did in the [[Marvel]] universe.
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*[[Kang]] uses {{W|The Infinity Gauntlet}}, just like [[Thanos]] did in the [[Marvel]] universe.
*[[Kodos]] is {{W|Klingon}} curious and always up for some Deep Space Nine, referencing the ''[[Star Trek]]'' race and the ''{{W|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}'' series.
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*[[Kodos]] is {{W|Klingon}} curious and always up for some "Deep Space Nine," referencing the ''[[Star Trek]]'' race and the ''{{W|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}'' series.
**She's also up for some R23some and Jabba the Butt, referencing [[R2-D2]] and Jabba the Hutt from ''[[Star Wars]]'', and some Wookie Nookie, a reference to the song of the same name in Moldiver's ''Mash of Unity'' album, another reference to making love to a Wookie, one of the species of the series of movies.
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**She's also up for some R23some and Jabba the Butt, referencing [[R2-D2]] and Jabba the Hutt from ''[[Star Wars]]'', and some Wookie Nookie, a reference to the song of the same name in Moldiver's ''Mash of Unity'' album, another reference to making love to a Wookie, one of the species in the series of movies.
  
 
=== Credits ===
 
=== Credits ===
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*[[Hans Zimmer]]'s credit "Scissorhands Zimmer" is a reference to the film ''{{W|Edward Scissorhands}}''.
 
*[[Hans Zimmer]]'s credit "Scissorhands Zimmer" is a reference to the film ''{{W|Edward Scissorhands}}''.
 
*[[Steve Kofsky]]'s credit "The Devil's Own Mr. Kofsky" is a reference to the 1997 film ''{{W|The Devil's Own}}''.
 
*[[Steve Kofsky]]'s credit "The Devil's Own Mr. Kofsky" is a reference to the 1997 film ''{{W|The Devil's Own}}''.
*[[Nick Conti]]'s credit "Nick of the Outer Wilds" is a reference to the 2019 videogame ''{{W|Outer Wilds}}''.
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*[[Nick Conti]]'s credit "Nick of the Outer Wilds" is a reference to the 2019 video game ''{{W|Outer Wilds}}''.
 
*[[Norm MacLeod]]'s credit "Norman "Bates" MacLeod" is a reference to the psychological horror film ''[[Psycho]]''.
 
*[[Norm MacLeod]]'s credit "Norman "Bates" MacLeod" is a reference to the psychological horror film ''[[Psycho]]''.
 
*[[Louise Jaffe]]'s credit "Lulu the Friendly Ghost" is a reference to [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]].
 
*[[Louise Jaffe]]'s credit "Lulu the Friendly Ghost" is a reference to [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]].
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=== Heaven Swipes Right ===
 
=== Heaven Swipes Right ===
*An [[Ogdenville|Odgenvillian]] with a [[Minnesota Vikings]] jersey is seen in the crowd at the football scene. ("[[Coming to Homerica]]")
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*An [[Ogdenville|Ogdenvillian]] with a [[Minnesota Vikings]] jersey is seen in the crowd at the football scene. ("[[Coming to Homerica]]")
 
*A photo of [[Professor Farnsworth]] is shown as one of the choices of bodies. ("[[Simpsorama]]")
 
*A photo of [[Professor Farnsworth]] is shown as one of the choices of bodies. ("[[Simpsorama]]")
 
*A photo of the [[The Rolling Stones]] is shown as one of the choices of bodies. ("[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]")
 
*A photo of the [[The Rolling Stones]] is shown as one of the choices of bodies. ("[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]")
*The [[Simpsons family]] have dinner at [[Chalmers' house]] with {{ch|Theodore Roosevelt}}'s picture haning on the wall. ("[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]")
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*The [[Simpson family]] have dinner at [[Chalmers' house]] with {{Ch|Theodore Roosevelt}}'s picture hanging on the wall. ("[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]")
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
=== Opening sequence ===
 
=== Opening sequence ===
*The mark of the beast on Maggie's head changes to "Episode 666 or 667 if [[Fox]] changes the schedule", referencing the actual number of the episode and the fact that Fox tends to change the air schedules of their show costantly, many times condamning them to cancellation.
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*The mark of the beast on Maggie's head changes to "Episode 666 or 667 if [[Fox]] changes the schedule," referencing the actual number of the episode and the fact that Fox tends to change the air schedules of their shows constantly, many times condemning them to cancellation.
  
 
=== Credits ===
 
=== Credits ===
*A mosaic with a scene from each [[Treehouse of Horror series|Treehouse of Horror episode]] is shown, with the text "Treehouse of Horror XXX" super-impressed. Afterwards, a mosaic with a scene from each of the 600 episodes of the show is shown, with the text "Episode 666" super-impressed.
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*A mosaic with a scene from each [[Treehouse of Horror series|Treehouse of Horror episode]] is shown, with the text "Treehouse of Horror XXX" superimposed. Afterwards, a mosaic with a scene from each of the 600 episodes of the show is shown, with the text "Episode 666" superimposed.
  
 
{{Season 31|R}}
 
{{Season 31|R}}

Latest revision as of 17:40, February 11, 2025

References/Trivia


Season 31 Episode References
665 "The Fat Blue Line"
666
"Treehouse of Horror XXX"
"Gorillas on the Mast" 667


Cultural references[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

Danger Things[edit]

Heaven Swipes Right[edit]

When Hairy Met Slimy[edit]

Credits[edit]

Continuity[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

Heaven Swipes Right[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

  • The mark of the beast on Maggie's head changes to "Episode 666 or 667 if Fox changes the schedule," referencing the actual number of the episode and the fact that Fox tends to change the air schedules of their shows constantly, many times condemning them to cancellation.

Credits[edit]

  • A mosaic with a scene from each Treehouse of Horror episode is shown, with the text "Treehouse of Horror XXX" superimposed. Afterwards, a mosaic with a scene from each of the 600 episodes of the show is shown, with the text "Episode 666" superimposed.
Season 31 References
The Winter of Our Monetized Content Go Big or Go Homer The Fat Blue Line Treehouse of Horror XXX Gorillas on the Mast Marge the Lumberjill Livin La Pura Vida Thanksgiving of Horror Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? Bobby, It's Cold Outside Hail to the Teeth The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson Frinkcoin Bart the Bad Guy Screenless Better Off Ned Highway to Well The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby Warrin' Priests: Part One Warrin' Priests: Part Two The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds The Way of the Dog