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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
 
=== The Pookadook ===
 
=== The Pookadook ===
 
*The segment is a parody of the 2014 film ''{{W|The Babadook}}''.
 
*The segment is a parody of the 2014 film ''{{W|The Babadook}}''.
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*''[[Good Night, Escaped Gorilla]]'' and ''[[S'up, Moon?]]'' are parodies of ''[[Goodnight Moon]]''.
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*''[[Good Night, Escaped Gorilla]]'' is a parody of ''Good Night, Gorilla'' by {{W|Peggy Rathmann}}.
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*''[[S'up, Moon?]]'' is a parody of ''[[Goodnight Moon]]''.
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*''[[Don't Let the Pigeon Drive Drunk!]]'' is a parody of ''[[Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!]]''
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*''[[What Do You People Do All Day?]]'' is a parody of ''[[What Do People Do All Day?]]'' by {{W|Richard Scarry}}.
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*''[[Harold the Delusional Vandal]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|Harold and the Purple Crayon}}''.
 
*''[[The Ugly Duckling Gets a Beak Job]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|The Ugly Duckling}}''.
 
*''[[The Ugly Duckling Gets a Beak Job]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|The Ugly Duckling}}''.
 
*''[[The Grumple Who Snatched Christmas]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|How the Grinch Stole Christmas!}}''
 
*''[[The Grumple Who Snatched Christmas]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|How the Grinch Stole Christmas!}}''
  
 
=== Death Tome ===
 
=== Death Tome ===
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*The segment is a parody of ''{{W|Death Note}}''.
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*The segment is a parody of ''{{W|Death Note}}'', which was previously parodied in [[Bongo Comics]]'s ''[[Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror]]'' series in the 2008 story "[[Murder, He Wrote]]".
 
**[[Lisa]] is a parody of {{W|Light Yagami}}.
 
**[[Lisa]] is a parody of {{W|Light Yagami}}.
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**[[Bart]] is a parody of {{W2|L|Death Note}}.
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**[[Bart]] is a parody of {{W2|L|Death Note|L Lawliet}}.
 
**[[Steve Johnson]] is a parody of {{W2|Ryuk|Death Note}}.
 
**[[Steve Johnson]] is a parody of {{W2|Ryuk|Death Note}}.
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*[[Tofu]] is based on the cat {{W2|Maru|cat}}.
 
*The names of the [[Globo-Warm]] employees are directly taken from the 1995 Japanese baseball video game ''{{W|Fighting Baseball}}''.
 
*The names of the [[Globo-Warm]] employees are directly taken from the 1995 Japanese baseball video game ''{{W|Fighting Baseball}}''.
  
 
=== SimpsonsWorld ===
 
=== SimpsonsWorld ===
 
*The segment is a parody of ''{{W2|Westworld|TV series}}''.
 
*The segment is a parody of ''{{W2|Westworld|TV series}}''.
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*The Lisa that Homer activates mentions her diorama on ''{{W|The Tell-Tale Heart}}''.
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*A statue of {{Ch|Matt Groening}} and Bart is seen at the entrance of {{ap|SimpsonsWorld|location}}, a reference to the statue of [[Walt Disney]] and [[Mickey Mouse]] called {{W2|Partners|statue}}.
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*The Simpsons go to {{ap|Bob's Burgers|location}} where they are served by [[Linda Belcher]] from ''[[Bob's Burgers]]''. [[It's Your Funeral Home & Crematorium]] is seen next door.
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*The Burger of the Day at Bob's Burgers is the "Trilogy of Terror-yaki", a reference to the film ''{{W|Trilogy of Terror}}''.
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*[[Clothe the Raven]]: {{Ch|Edgar Allan Poe}} Cosplay Supply is a reference to the repeated line "Quoth the Raven" from ''{{W|The Raven}}'' by [[Edgar Allan Poe]].
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*Other theme parks seen include: [[Big Mouth Mountain]] for ''{{W2|Big Mouth|TV series}}'', [[SpongeBob Sea]] for ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', [[Futurama-Rama]] for ''[[Futurama]]'', [[Family Guy Town]] for ''[[Family Guy]]'', [[Rick and Morty Universe]] for ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' and [[South Park Park]] for ''[[South Park]]''.
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=== Credits ===
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*[[Carolyn Omine]]'s producer credit "Caronormal Omivity" is a reference to ''{{W2|Paranormal Activity|film series}}''. Her writer credit "The Carolynvisible Womine" is a reference to ''{{W|The Invisible Man}}''.
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*[[John Frink]]'s credit "Monsters, Frinc." is a reference to ''{{W|Monsters, Inc.}}''
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*[[Michael Price]]'s credit "Anne Rice's Michael Price" is a reference to author {{W|Anne Rice}}.
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*[[Jessica Conrad]]'s credit "The Condradjuring" is a reference to ''{{W|The Conjuring}}''.
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*[[Mike B. Anderson]]'s credit "My Bloody Anderson" is a reference to ''{{W2|My Bloody Valentine|film}}''.
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*[[Dan Castellaneta]]'s starring credit "All work and no play makes Dan a dull boy." is a reference to ''[[The Shining]]''.
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*[[Alexander Duke]]'s credit "The Pookaduke" is a reference to the segment from this "Treehouse of Horror" episode, "The Pookadook", which itself is a parody of ''{{W|The Babadook}}''.
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*[[Tom Klein]]'s credit "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" is a reference to "{{W|Eine kleine Nachtmusik}}" by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]].
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*[[Peter Gave]]'s credit "Pete Sematary" is a reference to ''{{W|Pet Sematary}}'' by [[Stephen King]].
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*[[Steve Kofsky]]'s credit "Pennywise Kofsky" is a reference to {{W2|It|character|Pennywise}}, the killer clown from ''{{W2|It|novel}}'' by Stephen King.
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*[[Norm MacLeod]]'s credit "Norman "Bates" MacLeod" is a reference to {{W|Norman Bates}} from ''[[Psycho]]''.
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*[[Lisa Walder]]'s credit "Cruellisa De Walder" is a reference to [[Cruella de Vil]] from ''{{W2|101 Dalmatians|franchise}}''.
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== Trivia ==
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*Korean animation company [[DR Movie]] animated the "Death Tome" segment. DR Movie had previously supported {{W2|Madhouse|company}} in animating the ''{{W2|Death Note|anime}}'' anime.
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*In SimpsonsWorld, a machine is seen that can simpsonize a person. This is a reference to a real life website that allowed people to do that by uploading a picture of themselves.
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*[[Chris Ledesma]]'s creepy credit is "Chris 'One Last Time' Ledesma" which is referencing that this is one of the last episodes that Ledesma worked as a music editor as he departed from the series after [[season 33|33]] seasons as stated by a tweet by [[Matt Selman]] on May 17, 2022, 5 days before "[[Poorhouse Rock]]" aired. Ledesma's last episode before leaving, "[[Step Brother from the Same Planet]]", aired on November 20, 2022 since it was a leftover from the previous season's production cycle. Since [[season 34]], he was replaced by [[Jake Schaefer]].
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
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*Locations seen in the segment include:
 
*Locations seen in the segment include:
 
**[[Blocko Store]]. ("[[The D'oh-cial Network]]")
 
**[[Blocko Store]]. ("[[The D'oh-cial Network]]")
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**[[I Can't Believe It's a Law Firm!]]. ("[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" et al)
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**[[I Can't Believe It's a Law Firm!]]. ("[[Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" ''et al.'')
 
**{{ap|It's a Wonderful Knife|building}}. ("[[My Sister, My Sitter]]")
 
**{{ap|It's a Wonderful Knife|building}}. ("[[My Sister, My Sitter]]")
 
**[[J.R.R. Toykin's]]. ("[[This Little Wiggy]]")
 
**[[J.R.R. Toykin's]]. ("[[This Little Wiggy]]")
 
**[[Lugash's Gym]]. ("[[Little Girl in the Big Ten]]")
 
**[[Lugash's Gym]]. ("[[Little Girl in the Big Ten]]")
 
**[[Señor Ding-Dong's Doorbell Fiesta]]. ("[[Maximum Homerdrive]]")
 
**[[Señor Ding-Dong's Doorbell Fiesta]]. ("[[Maximum Homerdrive]]")
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**[[Sconewall Bakery]]. ("[[Three Gays of the Condo]]")
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**[[The Wooly Bully]]. ("[[Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge]]")
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**[[All Creatures Great and Cheap]]. ("[[Lisa's Pony]]" ''et al.'')
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**[[Café Kafka]]. ("[[Little Girl in the Big Ten]]")
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**[[ZiffCorp]]. ("[[Half-Decent Proposal]]")
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**[[Sportacus]]. ("[[Bart Star]]")
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=== SimpsonsWorld ===
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*The opening of the segment comes from "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]".
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*The park goers decide to go and get high and shoot [[Mr. Burns]]. ("[[Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)]]")
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*Homer sings "[[I Am So Smart]]". ("[[Homer Goes to College]]")
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*Homer chants "where's my burrito?!" ("[[Last Exit to Springfield]]")
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*Homer starts to say "I'm king of the world!" before he is shut off. Another Homer is seen jumping [[Springfield Gorge]]. ("[[Bart the Daredevil]]")
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*References seen throughout the park include:
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**[[Abraham Simpson]] yelling at a cloud. ("[[The Old Man and the Key]]")
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**[[Lisa]] riding [[Princess]]. ("[[Lisa's Pony]]")
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**The Big-Butt Skinner balloon. ("[[Bart's Comet]]")
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**Homer driving [[The Homer]]. ("[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]")
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**{{ap|Kamp Krusty|location}}. ("[[Kamp Krusty]]")
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**Bart riding [[Stampy]]. ("[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]")
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**Homer driving {{ap|Mr. Plow|vehicle}}. ("[[Mr. Plow]]")
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**[[Moe]] carrying Homer with a giant fan strapped to his back. ("[[The Homer They Fall]]")
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**[[Troy McClure]]'s house. ("[[A Fish Called Selma]]")
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**Bart and his army carrying [[Nelson]]. ("[[Bart the General]]")
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**Homer skipping through {{ap|The Land of Chocolate|location}}. ("[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]")
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**[[Hank Scorpio]] with his flamethrower. ("[[You Only Move Twice]]")
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**Lisa and [[Bleeding Gums Murphy]] playing together on [[Springfield Bridge]]. ("[[Moaning Lisa]]")
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*The female employee had a date with a guy from the prop department who was in charge of [[Sideshow Bob]]'s rakes. ("[[Cape Feare]]")
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*When Homer sees the robot [[Sideshow Mel]], he exclaims "What the frosty chocolate milkshakes is this place?", referencing his catchphrase "[[Let's all go out for some frosty chocolate milkshakes!]]" from [[The Simpsons shorts|''The Simpsons'' shorts]].
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*Broken robot characters include:
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**[[Lenny]] with a spring in his eye. ("[[The Old Man and the "C" Student]]")
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**[[Groundskeeper Willie]] with a dolphin through him. ("[[Treehouse of Horror XI]]" - "The Night of the Dolphin")
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**[[Lance Murdock]] ("[[Bart the Daredevil]]")
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**[[Scratchy]] from "[[Screams from a Mall]]". ("[[The Front]]")
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**Electrocuted [[Frank Grimes]]. ("[[Homer's Enemy]]")
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**[[Rainier Wolfcastle]] melted wearing goggles. ("[[Radioactive Man]]")
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**A dead [[The Grumple|Grumple]]. ("[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]")
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*Other Marge robots seen include:
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**Muscular Marge. ("[[The Strong Arms of the Ma]]")
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**Glamazon Marge. ("[[Werking Mom]]")
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*Other Bart robots seen include:
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**[[Springfield Isotots]] Bart. ("[[The Boys of Bummer]]", "[[MoneyBart]]" ''et al.'')
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**Jockey Bart. ("[[Saddlesore Galactica]]")
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*Other Lisa robots seen include:
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**Lisa in her purple dress. ("[[I Love Lisa]]")
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**Tap dancing Lisa. ("[[Last Tap Dance in Springfield]]")
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**Lisa in a cowboy hat. ("[[Lisa's Substitute]]")
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**Floreda Lisa. ("[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]")
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**Lizard Queen Lisa. ("[[Selma's Choice]]")
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**Lisa with braces. ("[[Last Exit to Springfield]]")
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**Lisa in her riding outfit. ("[[Lisa's Pony]]")
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**Lisa the Clown. ("[[All About Lisa]]")
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**Hockey Lisa. ("[[Lisa on Ice]]")
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**Cool Lisa. ("[[Summer of 4 Ft. 2]]")
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**School president Lisa. ("[[The President Wore Pearls]]")
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**[[Frida Kahlo]] Lisa. ("[[Halloween of Horror]]")
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**Emo Lisa. ("[[Panic on the Streets of Springfield]]")
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**Wedding Lisa. ("[[Lisa's Wedding]]")
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**Beauty Queen Lisa. ("[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]")
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**[[Ravencrow Neversmiles]]. ("[[Smart and Smarter]]")
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**Gum hair Lisa. ("[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]")
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*The Lisa that Homer activates mentions her diorama on ''{{W|The Tell-Tale Heart}}'', although the diorama was actually [[Allison Taylor|Allison]]'s. ("[[Lisa's Rival]]")
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*Grampa robots seen include:
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**Grampa in drag. ("[[Whacking Day]]")
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**[[Flying Hellfish]] Grampa. ("[[Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"]]")
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**[[Glamorous Godfrey]]. ("[[Gorgeous Grampa]]")
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**Toreador Grampa. ("[[Million-Dollar Abie]]")
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*Other Homer robots seen include:
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**Evil Homer. ("[[Whacking Day]]")
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**Colonel Homer. ("[[Colonel Homer]]")
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**[[Muumuu]] Homer. ("[[King-Size Homer]]")
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*[[Statue of Jebediah Springfield]] with the motto "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." ("[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]")
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*[[Pyro]] inside an {{W|List of American Gladiators events#Atlasphere|''American Gladiators'' Atlasphere}}. ("[[A Milhouse Divided]]")
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*Stupid Sexy Flanders is seen. ("[[Little Big Mom]]")
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*The flying pig is seen. ("[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]")
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*The [[Aztec Theater]] is seen playing ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Movie]]''. ("[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]")
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*[[Poochie]] and {{ap|Roy|The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show}} are seen standing in front of the theater. ("[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]")
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*Officer Marge is seen arresting [[Fat Tony]], [[Legs]], and [[Louie]]. ("[[The Springfield Connection]]")
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*[[The Be Sharps]] are seen performing on the roof of [[Moe's Tavern]]. ("[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]")
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*The Australians superfans are holding a [[Flaming Homer|Flaming Moe]]. ("[[Flaming Moe's]]")
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*The Australian superfans make Homer do the hedge meme. ("[[Homer Loves Flanders]]")
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*The [[Mr. Burns' Casino]] is seen. ("[[$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)]]")
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*[[Red Blazer Realty]] is seen. ("[[Realty Bites]]")
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*Marge is seen with the [[Pretzel Wagon]]. ("[[The Twisted World of Marge Simpson]]")
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*The [[Khlav Kalash vendor]] is seen selling [[Khlav Kalash]]. A [[Crab Juice]] can is also seen on the ground. ("[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]")
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*[[Ralph]] says "my cat's breath smells like cat food". ("[[Lisa's Rival]]")
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*The Ralphs say "I choo-choo-choose you... to die." ("[[I Love Lisa]]")
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*Lisa steals the whacking stick from Homer. ("[[Whacking Day]]")
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*Homer pushes the stone of triumph at several Ralphs. [[Number One]] and the [[Stonecutters Lodge]] are also seen. ("[[Homer the Great]]")
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*Marge pushes the angel skeleton onto several Ralphs. ("[[Lisa the Skeptic]]")
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*Bart stacks up many megaphones and says "Testing" through them to destroy several Ralphs. ("[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]")
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*Lisa arms herself with the makeup shotgun ("[[The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace]]") and Homer arms himself with a T-shirt cannon. Homer also shoots [[Maude]] with the cannon. ("[[Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]")
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*One of the Ralphs has a [[Leprechaun]] with him. ("[[This Little Wiggy]]")
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*[[La Maison Derrière]] is seen. ("[[Bart After Dark]]")
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*The [[Escalator to Nowhere]] is seen. ("[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]")
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*Homer and Marge naked in a hot air balloon is seen. ("[[Natural Born Kissers]]")
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*Marge rescues the rest of the family in the [[Canyonero]]. ("[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]", "[[Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"]]")
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*One of the Ralphs says "dying tickles". ("[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]" - "Wiz Kids")
  
 
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{{Season 34|R}}
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[[Category:Cultural references]]
 
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References/Trivia


Season 34 Episode References
← 733 "Not It"
734
"Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"
"From Beer to Paternity" 735 →


Cultural references[edit]

The Pookadook[edit]

Death Tome[edit]

SimpsonsWorld[edit]

Credits[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Korean animation company DR Movie animated the "Death Tome" segment. DR Movie had previously supported Madhouse in animating the Death Note anime.
  • In SimpsonsWorld, a machine is seen that can simpsonize a person. This is a reference to a real life website that allowed people to do that by uploading a picture of themselves.
  • Chris Ledesma's creepy credit is "Chris 'One Last Time' Ledesma" which is referencing that this is one of the last episodes that Ledesma worked as a music editor as he departed from the series after 33 seasons as stated by a tweet by Matt Selman on May 17, 2022, 5 days before "Poorhouse Rock" aired. Ledesma's last episode before leaving, "Step Brother from the Same Planet", aired on November 20, 2022 since it was a leftover from the previous season's production cycle. Since season 34, he was replaced by Jake Schaefer.

Continuity[edit]

Death Tome[edit]

SimpsonsWorld[edit]

Season 34 References
Habeas Tortoise • One Angry Lisa • Lisa the Boy Scout • The King of Nice • Not It • Treehouse of Horror XXXIII • From Beer to Paternity • Step Brother from the Same Planet • When Nelson Met Lisa • Game Done Changed • Top Goon • My Life as a Vlog • The Many Saints of Springfield • Carl Carlson Rides Again • Bartless • Hostile Kirk Place • Pin Gal • Fan-ily Feud • Write Off This Episode • The Very Hungry Caterpillars • Clown V. Board of Education • Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass
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