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2001: A Space Odyssey is a science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, released in 1968. The novel of the same title, by Arthur C. Clarke, was written concurrently with the development of the film and was published after the film's release. A sequel to the novel, titled 2010: Odyssey Two, appeared in 1982 and was adapted into a film in 1984. Clarke went on to write two additional sequels in the 2001 series, 2061: Odyssey Three and 3001: The Final Odyssey, neither of which has been adapted into a movie.

2001: A Space Odyssey has been referred to several times in Simpsons media.

References to 2001: A Space Odyssey in The Simpsons[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference
Lisa's Pony 2001.png 3 43 "Lisa's Pony" At the beginning of the episode, Homer dreams he is one of the apes in the "Dawn of Man" sequence. While the other apes learn to use fire and tools, Homer uses the monolith as a back-scratcher and falls asleep leaning against it.
Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes 2001.png 59 "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" Homer's vision when he rides the Spinemelter 2000 is based on the "Star Gate" sequence.
No image.png 5 91 "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" Mr. Burns laying in bed in a reference to the scene near the end where Dave awakes as an old man.
Deep Space Homer 2001 1.png
Deep Space Homer 2001 2.png
Deep Space Homer 2001 3.png
Deep Space Homer 2001 4.png
 96 "Deep Space Homer" In the Itchy & Scratchy episode, Itchy leaves the ship to retrieve Scratchy, flying an EVA pod which resembles the ones on Discovery.

In the scene where Homer eats the floating chips, the background music is "Blue Danube", which is heard during the docking scene in 2001. Also, the closeup where Homer opens his mouth as he approaches a chip is a visual callback to the docking scene.

Also Sprach Zarathustra plays during the episode's ending scene. Bart throwing the marker pen which turns into a satellite references the transition from the Dawn of Man sequence to the space station. The satellite hits an embryonic Homer, who appears as a Star Child in orbit about Earth.

Simpsons Spin Off Showcase Daisy Bell.png 8 177 "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" Moe's Love Tester, possessed by Grampa, is attacked by Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph, and while malfunctioning sings "Daisy Bell" in a distorted voice. This is based on the scene where HAL 9000 sings "Daisy Bell" as its circuits are disconnected.
Maximum Homerdrive 2001.png 10 220 "Maximum Homerdrive" The Navitron Autodrive System says "I'm afraid I can't let you do this, Red", referencing the famous line from HAL 9000. It also uses a red light similar to HAL.
Treehouse of Horror XII 2001 1.png
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Treehouse of Horror XII 2001 3.png 		13 270 "Treehouse of Horror XII" The "House of Whacks" segment has a number of references to 2001:

The Ultrahouse 3000 is based on HAL.

Marge and Homer's bedroom resembles the bedroom seen at the end of the film.

When Marge tries to escape, the Ultrahouse suggests that she take a stress pill. HAL makes the same suggestion to David Bowman.

Homer removes the circuit boards of the Ultrahouse to deactivate it, the same way that Bowman deactivates HAL. Also like HAL, as the circuit boards are removed, the Ultrahouse's voice becomes garbled and dies out completely when Homer removes the last one.

Bart Rolling Lisa in Bubble.png 289 "Little Girl in the Big Ten" Also sprach Zarathustra plays as Bart rolls Lisa (enclosed in the plastic bubble) off of the school roof to land on the giant chocolate cake commemorating Principal Skinner's years of service.
No image.png 14 294 "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" The scene of the connection of the TV to the satellite and of the monkeys working in the spaceship takes place with the musical piece An der schönen blauen Donau by Johann Strauss II
MBFGW C3PO and Boba Fett.png 15 330 "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" In one shot, when the family is at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, a poster for the film can be seen at the top right of the screen (see image).
Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind 2001.png 19 409 "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Homer's vision of memories resembles the Star Gate.
Everything Is Fake.png 22 485 "500 Keys" After Lisa finds the hidden classroom at Springfield Elementary School, she notices that the things in it look real but don't really work, such as a ruler without lines and a book with pull tabs that don't do anything, similar to the hotel room (as described in the novel) where Bowman ends up after he goes through the Star Gate.
Ships in Bottles.png 23 495 "Holidays of Future Passed" One of the ships in bottles that Homer has built is Discovery (farthest to the left, above Lisa's head).
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Treehouse of Horror XXV 2001 2.png 		26 556 "Treehouse of Horror XXV" Homer attacks Sideshow Mel with a bone similar to how the apes used bones as weapons in the Dawn of Man sequence. Afterwards, he sees what appears to be a black monolith, but is actually an iPhone shown up close.

Stanley Kubrick throws a pen in the air in the same way that one of the apes throws a bone at the end of the Dawn of Man sequence.

571 "The Kids Are All Fight" Also sprach Zarathustra plays when Homer begins to strangle Bart.
THOH XXVII 2001.png 28 600 "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" Bill Odenkirk is credited as "2001: A Space Odenkirk".
2001 A Space Odyssey Dominoes Pizza.png 610 "Fatzcarraldo" The sun rising behind the Dominoes Pizza box is a parody of one of the monolith scenes.
Bart's Not Dead 2001.png 30 640 "Bart's Not Dead" The aliens seen at the beginning of the episode are in a room similar to the one seen at the end of the film.
Treehouse of Horror XXIX 2001.png 643 "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" When Lisa is absorbed by a pod, she has a vision based on the Star Gate sequence.
Frinkcoin 2001.png 31 675 "Frinkcoin" The sun rising over the whiteboard surrounded by lights in the town square.

The Simpsons Movie[edit]

Picture Reference
Itchy-Scratchy-Moon.png Also sprach Zarathustra plays during the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon seen at the beginning of the movie, during the scene where Itchy and Scratchy land on the Moon.

Specials[edit]

Picture Title Reference
Trumptastic Voyage 2001.png Trumptastic Voyage During Homer's voyage on Donald Trump's head, he floats past the monolith being worshipped by a number of apes with Trump's hair and the Hamburglar.

Comics[edit]

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference
Simpsons Comics
Simpsons Comics #159 Big Monty When Waylon Smithers smashes the sentient computer Lisa has communicated with throughout the entire narrative, its final words are: "Lisa... Lisa... give me your answer do.", a nod to Hal 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey when it is deactivated and starts singing "Daisy Bell" (with the line: "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do.").

Video games[edit]

Picture Game Reference
R.O.S.A.png The Simpsons: Tapped Out R.O.S.A and her catchphrase "I am sorry, I am afraid I can't do that" are references to HAL.

Other[edit]

Picture Source Reference
EvergreenTerrace.png Powers of Ten parody (couch gag) Also sprach Zarathustra plays.

Common cast and crew[edit]

Cast[edit]

Picture Name Role in the 2001 franchise Role on The Simpsons
John Lithgow.jpg John Lithgow Portrayed engineer Walter Curnow in the film adaptation of 2010: Odyssey Two. Voiced himself in the Season 30 episode "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh".

External links[edit]


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