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Cultural references

Opening sequence

• The music in the scenes with the Mayan Indians is based on Apocalypto.

The Greatest Story Ever Holed

• The segment title is a pun on the film The Greatest Story Ever Told.
  • This segment has the third title that makes a reference to this movie; the others episodes are "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" from season 17 and "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" from season 21.
• The segment is a reference to the Large Hadron Collider.
• Comic Book Guy throws a DVD copy of the Disney film The Black Hole into the black hole.

UNnormal Activity

• The film series Paranormal Activity is punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.

Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure

• The title is a pun on Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
• Back to the Future:
  • The segment's plotline is a parody of the movie's.
  • The music in the sequences where Bart travels through time is similar to the movie's soundtrack.
• When Bart travels back in time he passes by movie posters for a large number of James Bond films.

Credits

• James "Haha, the Devil Bought Facebook" Brooks refers to Facebook.
• simonsam@twitTERROR refers to Twitter and Sam Simon's Twitter name.
• Humatt Selmanpede refers to The Human Centipede.
• The Phatman of the Opera is a reference to The Phantom of the Opera.
• Uncle Festerbrook is a reference to Uncle Fester of The Addams Family.
• Brian Death Knelley is a reference to a Death knell.
• Time and Relative Don in Payne is a reference to the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) from Doctor Who.
• 23 Shades of Yellow is a reference to 50 Shades of Grey.
• Th-Th-Th-That's Al, Folks! is a reference to Porky Pig's catchphrase, "That's all, folks!" from Looney Tunes.
• Night of the Living Dead-Gerly is a reference to Night of the Living Dead.
• Don of the Dead Barrozo is a reference to Dawn of the Dead.
• Chris Ledesma is credited as "Simpsons Music 500", the name of his blog.
• Katniss Everdeen Adamson is a reference to the character Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games.
• Pross Whedon is a reference to Joss Whedon.
• A-Mike-Rican Horror Scully is a reference to American Horror Story.
• Mothra B. Anderson is a reference to Mothra.
• Re-Animator Raynis is a reference to Re-Animator.
• "Tapping as Fast as I Can" Sirkot is a possible reference to The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
• Dchungo Unchained is a reference to Django Unchained.
• Here Comes Honey Bon Bon is a reference to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
• Norman "Bates" MacLeod is a reference to the character Norman Bates from the movie Psycho.

Trivia

• So far, this is the earliest Treehouse of Horror episode, having aired on October 7th, 2012.

Goofs

• In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Principal Skinner gets sucked into the black hole twice.

Continuity

• The third story contains a number of references to the Season 2 episode "The Way We Was", most prominent is the detention room scene where Marge and Homer intially fell in love.