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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
| − | ===Opening Sequence=== | + | === Opening Sequence === |
| − | *[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] wonder if speeding up time will allow the | + | *[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] wonder if speeding up time will allow the [[Chicago Cubs]] to win the {{W|World Series}}, a reference to the team's long-standing {{W|List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts|championship drought}}, which lasted from 1908 to 2016. |
| − | ===B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence=== | + | |
| + | === B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence === | ||
*''{{W|A.I. Artificial Intelligence}}'': Punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment. | *''{{W|A.I. Artificial Intelligence}}'': Punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment. | ||
| − | *The song featured during [[Bart]]'s "jealousy" montage is "{{W|New Kid in Town}}" by the {{ | + | *The song featured during [[Bart]]'s "jealousy" montage is "{{W|New Kid in Town}}" by the {{W2|Eagles|band}}. |
*The scene where Bart meets the group of robots in the woods is a spoof of the music video for the song "{{W|Rockit}}" by {{W|Herbie Hancock}}. The walking pair of robot legs were featured in the video. | *The scene where Bart meets the group of robots in the woods is a spoof of the music video for the song "{{W|Rockit}}" by {{W|Herbie Hancock}}. The walking pair of robot legs were featured in the video. | ||
| − | *The segment concludes with a short parody of '' | + | *The segment concludes with a short parody of ''[[The Exorcist]]'', featuring a possessed [[Homer]]. |
| − | ===Survival of the Fattest=== | + | === Survival of the Fattest === |
*The second segment is a parody of ''{{W|The Most Dangerous Game}}'', a 1923 short story by {{W|Richard Connell}}. | *The second segment is a parody of ''{{W|The Most Dangerous Game}}'', a 1923 short story by {{W|Richard Connell}}. | ||
| − | *The segment title is a pun on the | + | *The segment title is a pun on the [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]-inspired catchphrase, "{{W|survival of the fittest}}". |
| − | ===I've Grown a Costume on Your Face=== | + | === I've Grown a Costume on Your Face === |
| − | *The segment's title is a reference to the song "{{W|I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face}}" from the musical ''{{W|My Fair Lady}}''. It is also an allusion to a [[ | + | *The segment's title is a reference to the song "{{W|I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face}}" from the musical ''{{W|My Fair Lady}}''. It is also an allusion to a [[List of songs/Season 14|song]] that [[Bart]] and [[Sideshow Bob]] sing in Bart's room in the [[Season 14]] episode "[[The Great Louse Detective]]". |
*Television series references: | *Television series references: | ||
| − | **''{{ | + | **''{{W2|Buffy the Vampire Slayer|TV series}}'': In the episode "Halloween", most of the residents of Sunnydale don cursed costumes that transform them into what they are dressed as. |
| − | **The classic '' | + | **The classic ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'': In the episode "The Masks," four greedy heirs are turned into monsters by the hideous masks each wears at their benefactor's behest. |
**''{{W|The Fairly OddParents}}'': In the episode "Scary GodParents," Timmy wishes that everybody's Halloween costumes were real. | **''{{W|The Fairly OddParents}}'': In the episode "Scary GodParents," Timmy wishes that everybody's Halloween costumes were real. | ||
| − | * After all of [[Springfield]]'s citizens are turned into real-life versions of their costumes, [[Mayor Quimby]] as Mayor McCheese says, "I am not a happy meal right now" as dogs lick at him, a reference to [[McDonald's]] {{W|Happy Meal}}s. | + | *After all of [[Springfield]]'s citizens are turned into real-life versions of their costumes, [[Mayor Quimby]] as Mayor McCheese says, "I am not a happy meal right now" as dogs lick at him, a reference to [[McDonald's]] {{W|Happy Meal}}s. |
| − | *At the end of the segment, [[Maggie]] the witch flies up to the moon, accompanied by the theme music of '' | + | *At the end of the segment, [[Maggie]] the witch flies up to the moon, accompanied by the theme music of ''[[Bewitched]]'', in a scene very similar to the TV series' title animation. |
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| − | *"I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" is similar to an issue of the [[Simpsons Comics]] [[Bartman]], in which an [[Itchy and Scratchy]] brought to life through alien technology create a nuclear explosion which turns the Simpsons into costumed superheroes. | + | *"I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" is similar to an issue of the ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' [[Bartman]], in which an [[Itchy and Scratchy]] brought to life through alien technology create a nuclear explosion which turns the Simpsons into costumed superheroes. |
| − | *This is the first [[Treehouse of Horror series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode to not be the premiere of its season since [[Treehouse of Horror X]]. | + | *This is the first [[Treehouse of Horror series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode to not be the premiere of its season since "[[Treehouse of Horror X]]". |
*This is the only Simpson episode where God's face is completely shown (in the opening). | *This is the only Simpson episode where God's face is completely shown (in the opening). | ||
| − | + | === Costumes in "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" === | |
| − | === Costumes in "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face"=== | ||
*[[Homer Simpson]]: a decapitated man | *[[Homer Simpson]]: a decapitated man | ||
*[[Marge Simpson]]: a skeleton with a human head | *[[Marge Simpson]]: a skeleton with a human head | ||
| − | *[[Bart Simpson]]: a werewolf | + | *[[Bart Simpson]]: a {{W|Eddie Munster}}-like werewolf |
| − | *[[Lisa Simpson]]: | + | *[[Lisa Simpson]]: [[Albert Einstein]] |
*[[Maggie Simpson]]: a witch | *[[Maggie Simpson]]: a witch | ||
| − | *[[Martin Prince | + | *[[Martin Prince]]: {{W|Oberon}}, king of the fairies, from ''{{W|A Midsummer's Night Dream}}'' |
*[[Groundskeeper Willie]]: a bug spray can | *[[Groundskeeper Willie]]: a bug spray can | ||
*[[Hans Moleman]]: a mole, even though he didn't dress as one | *[[Hans Moleman]]: a mole, even though he didn't dress as one | ||
| − | *[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]: | + | *[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]: [[R2-D2]] |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Dr. Hibbert]]: {{ap|Count Dracula|monster|Dracula}} (mistaken for [[Blacula]] by Mayor Quimby) |
*[[Milhouse Van Houten]]: a bulldozer | *[[Milhouse Van Houten]]: a bulldozer | ||
| − | *[[Kirk Van Houten]]: | + | *[[Kirk Van Houten]]: a circus strong man |
*[[Ned Flanders]]: a flower (which looks somewhat like Bob the Angry Flower) | *[[Ned Flanders]]: a flower (which looks somewhat like Bob the Angry Flower) | ||
*[[Nelson Muntz]]: the {{W|Lone Ranger}}, but everyone (including the witch) thinks he is a raccoon | *[[Nelson Muntz]]: the {{W|Lone Ranger}}, but everyone (including the witch) thinks he is a raccoon | ||
| − | *[[Mayor Quimby]]: | + | *[[Mayor Quimby]]: [[Cheesy McMayor]] |
| − | * Mayor Quimby's bodyguard: | + | *Mayor Quimby's bodyguard: a cat |
*[[Abraham Simpson]]: a gorilla | *[[Abraham Simpson]]: a gorilla | ||
| − | *[[Sideshow Mel]]: Spider-Man | + | *[[Sideshow Mel]]: [[Spider-Man]] |
*[[Chief Wiggum]]: Jared Fogle | *[[Chief Wiggum]]: Jared Fogle | ||
| − | *[[Lou]]: | + | *[[Eddie]] and [[Lou]]: [[The Three Musketeers|Musketeers]] |
| − | + | *[[Horatio McCallister]]: {{W|Poseidon}} (interestingly, [[Poseidon]] was portrayed as the Sea Captain in "[[Tales from the Public Domain]]") | |
| − | *[[Horatio McCallister]]: {{W|Poseidon}} (interestingly, | + | *[[Edna Krabappel]]: a snake |
| − | *[[Edna Krabappel]]: | + | *[[Lenny Leonard]]: A prison inmate |
| − | *[[Lenny Leonard]]: prison inmate | + | *[[Carl Carlson]]: The [[mummy]] |
| − | *[[Carl Carlson]]: mummy | + | *[[Principal Skinner]]: [[G.I. Joe]] |
| − | *[[Principal Skinner]]: | + | *[[Agnes Skinner]]: A southern belle |
| − | *[[Agnes Skinner]]: | ||
*[[Patty]]: horse's front | *[[Patty]]: horse's front | ||
*[[Selma]]: horse's back | *[[Selma]]: horse's back | ||
*[[Gil]]: a ghost | *[[Gil]]: a ghost | ||
| − | *[[Barney Gumble]]: | + | *[[Barney Gumble]]: [[Frankenstein's monster]] |
| − | *[[Moe Szyslak]]: | + | *[[Moe Szyslak]]: [[Hugh Hefner]] |
| − | *[[Disco Stu]]: {{ | + | *[[Disco Stu]]: {{Ch|Steve Martin}} with an arrow through the head |
| − | *[[Jasper Beardley]]: Scarecrow from '' | + | *[[Jasper Beardley]]: [[Scarecrow]] from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' |
| − | *[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]]: | + | *[[Luigi Risotto|Luigi]]: a tiered cake |
| − | *[[Squeaky- | + | *[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]]: [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee]] from the ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' sequel ''Alice Through The Looking Glass''. |
| + | *[[Squeaky-Voiced Teen]]: [[Tin Man]] from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' | ||
*[[Professor Frink]]: Caveman | *[[Professor Frink]]: Caveman | ||
*[[Bumblebee Man]]: Bumblebee | *[[Bumblebee Man]]: Bumblebee | ||
| − | *[[Old Jewish | + | *[[Old Jewish man]]: His brother [[Irving]] |
| − | *Other costumes include an {{W|Imperial Scout Trooper}}. | + | *Other costumes include an {{W|Imperial Scout Trooper}}, an astronaut, a football player, a Native American, and more... |
| − | ===Deaths in "Survival of the Fattest"=== | + | === Deaths in "Survival of the Fattest" === |
These are the people whom [[Mr. Burns]] massacres in the segment "Survival of the Fattest." The deaths are in chronological order. | These are the people whom [[Mr. Burns]] massacres in the segment "Survival of the Fattest." The deaths are in chronological order. | ||
*[[Comic Book Guy]]: Shot after refusing to run. | *[[Comic Book Guy]]: Shot after refusing to run. | ||
| − | *[[Blue- | + | *[[Blue-haired lawyer]]: Killed after defending Burns. |
*[[Apu]]: Shot after being discovered hiding in a bush, but is reincarnated as a rabbit. After reincarnation, he gets caught in a bear trap. | *[[Apu]]: Shot after being discovered hiding in a bush, but is reincarnated as a rabbit. After reincarnation, he gets caught in a bear trap. | ||
*[[Krusty the Clown]]: Shot once by Burns, only to begin to tell a joke. He is then shot multiple more times through the chest to keep him from finishing. | *[[Krusty the Clown]]: Shot once by Burns, only to begin to tell a joke. He is then shot multiple more times through the chest to keep him from finishing. | ||
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*[[Lou]] the Cop: Flung from a tree and shot after Dr. Nick. | *[[Lou]] the Cop: Flung from a tree and shot after Dr. Nick. | ||
*[[Kirk Van Houten]]: Flung from a tree, shot and killed after Lou. | *[[Kirk Van Houten]]: Flung from a tree, shot and killed after Lou. | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[The Yes Guy]]: Flung from a tree, and then shot after Kirk. |
*[[Kent Brockman]]: Flung from a tree, and was the last person to be shot out of the air. | *[[Kent Brockman]]: Flung from a tree, and was the last person to be shot out of the air. | ||
| − | *[[Moe | + | *[[Moe Szyslak]]: He was flung from the tree along with the others, but Burns missed him. After taunting Burns, he ironically lands on on a weather vane, impaling himself. He still survives, wins the lottery, and is about to leave to cash it in, but [[Chief Wiggum]] lands on him, crushing and finally killing him. |
*[[Clancy Wiggum]]: Falls on a weathervane and dies instantly, crushing Moe. | *[[Clancy Wiggum]]: Falls on a weathervane and dies instantly, crushing Moe. | ||
| + | *[[Sea Captain]]: Killed off-screen. Head was thrown away by Smithers from the bag. | ||
| + | *[[Principal Skinner]]: Unknown, possibly survived. | ||
| + | *[[Otto Mann]]: Unknown, possibly survived. | ||
*[[Professor Frink]]: Eaten by Homer, who passes up bananas, saying that they look green. | *[[Professor Frink]]: Eaten by Homer, who passes up bananas, saying that they look green. | ||
*[[Sideshow Mel]]: Shot by Burns, using machine guns on a plane during a strafing run. | *[[Sideshow Mel]]: Shot by Burns, using machine guns on a plane during a strafing run. | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Dewey Largo]]: Also shot during the strafing run. |
*[[Groundskeeper Willie]]: Shot and killed during the strafing run, dying at exactly the same time as Mel and Plute. | *[[Groundskeeper Willie]]: Shot and killed during the strafing run, dying at exactly the same time as Mel and Plute. | ||
*[[Carl]]: Shot during the strafing run, but survives until just before Lenny dies. | *[[Carl]]: Shot during the strafing run, but survives until just before Lenny dies. | ||
*[[Lenny]]: Shot during the strafing run, but survives long enough to see his idea of heaven. | *[[Lenny]]: Shot during the strafing run, but survives long enough to see his idea of heaven. | ||
*[[Barney]]: Shot three times through the chest while being used as a diversion by Homer. | *[[Barney]]: Shot three times through the chest while being used as a diversion by Homer. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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| − | *Marge reminds when | + | *Marge reminds Bart of when he killed a bird ("[[Bart the Mother]]"). |
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Contents
Cultural references[edit]
Opening Sequence[edit]
- Kang and Kodos wonder if speeding up time will allow the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series, a reference to the team's long-standing championship drought, which lasted from 1908 to 2016.
B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence[edit]
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence: Punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.
- The song featured during Bart's "jealousy" montage is "New Kid in Town" by the Eagles.
- The scene where Bart meets the group of robots in the woods is a spoof of the music video for the song "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock. The walking pair of robot legs were featured in the video.
- The segment concludes with a short parody of The Exorcist, featuring a possessed Homer.
Survival of the Fattest[edit]
- The second segment is a parody of The Most Dangerous Game, a 1923 short story by Richard Connell.
- The segment title is a pun on the Darwin-inspired catchphrase, "survival of the fittest".
I've Grown a Costume on Your Face[edit]
- The segment's title is a reference to the song "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from the musical My Fair Lady. It is also an allusion to a song that Bart and Sideshow Bob sing in Bart's room in the Season 14 episode "The Great Louse Detective".
- Television series references:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In the episode "Halloween", most of the residents of Sunnydale don cursed costumes that transform them into what they are dressed as.
- The classic The Twilight Zone: In the episode "The Masks," four greedy heirs are turned into monsters by the hideous masks each wears at their benefactor's behest.
- The Fairly OddParents: In the episode "Scary GodParents," Timmy wishes that everybody's Halloween costumes were real.
- After all of Springfield's citizens are turned into real-life versions of their costumes, Mayor Quimby as Mayor McCheese says, "I am not a happy meal right now" as dogs lick at him, a reference to McDonald's Happy Meals.
- At the end of the segment, Maggie the witch flies up to the moon, accompanied by the theme music of Bewitched, in a scene very similar to the TV series' title animation.
Trivia[edit]
- "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" is similar to an issue of the Simpsons Comics Bartman, in which an Itchy and Scratchy brought to life through alien technology create a nuclear explosion which turns the Simpsons into costumed superheroes.
- This is the first Treehouse of Horror episode to not be the premiere of its season since "Treehouse of Horror X".
- This is the only Simpson episode where God's face is completely shown (in the opening).
Costumes in "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face"[edit]
- Homer Simpson: a decapitated man
- Marge Simpson: a skeleton with a human head
- Bart Simpson: a Eddie Munster-like werewolf
- Lisa Simpson: Albert Einstein
- Maggie Simpson: a witch
- Martin Prince: Oberon, king of the fairies, from A Midsummer's Night Dream
- Groundskeeper Willie: a bug spray can
- Hans Moleman: a mole, even though he didn't dress as one
- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: R2-D2
- Dr. Hibbert: Dracula (mistaken for Blacula by Mayor Quimby)
- Milhouse Van Houten: a bulldozer
- Kirk Van Houten: a circus strong man
- Ned Flanders: a flower (which looks somewhat like Bob the Angry Flower)
- Nelson Muntz: the Lone Ranger, but everyone (including the witch) thinks he is a raccoon
- Mayor Quimby: Cheesy McMayor
- Mayor Quimby's bodyguard: a cat
- Abraham Simpson: a gorilla
- Sideshow Mel: Spider-Man
- Chief Wiggum: Jared Fogle
- Eddie and Lou: Musketeers
- Horatio McCallister: Poseidon (interestingly, Poseidon was portrayed as the Sea Captain in "Tales from the Public Domain")
- Edna Krabappel: a snake
- Lenny Leonard: A prison inmate
- Carl Carlson: The mummy
- Principal Skinner: G.I. Joe
- Agnes Skinner: A southern belle
- Patty: horse's front
- Selma: horse's back
- Gil: a ghost
- Barney Gumble: Frankenstein's monster
- Moe Szyslak: Hugh Hefner
- Disco Stu: Steve Martin with an arrow through the head
- Jasper Beardley: Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz
- Luigi: a tiered cake
- Sherri and Terri: Tweedledum and Tweedledee from the Alice in Wonderland sequel Alice Through The Looking Glass.
- Squeaky-Voiced Teen: Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz
- Professor Frink: Caveman
- Bumblebee Man: Bumblebee
- Old Jewish man: His brother Irving
- Other costumes include an Imperial Scout Trooper, an astronaut, a football player, a Native American, and more...
Deaths in "Survival of the Fattest"[edit]
These are the people whom Mr. Burns massacres in the segment "Survival of the Fattest." The deaths are in chronological order.
- Comic Book Guy: Shot after refusing to run.
- Blue-haired lawyer: Killed after defending Burns.
- Apu: Shot after being discovered hiding in a bush, but is reincarnated as a rabbit. After reincarnation, he gets caught in a bear trap.
- Krusty the Clown: Shot once by Burns, only to begin to tell a joke. He is then shot multiple more times through the chest to keep him from finishing.
- Dr. Julius Hibbert: Flung from a tree by Homer, and then became the first to be shot out of the air by Burns.
- Dr. Nick Riviera: Flung from a tree and shot immediately after Hibbert.
- Lou the Cop: Flung from a tree and shot after Dr. Nick.
- Kirk Van Houten: Flung from a tree, shot and killed after Lou.
- The Yes Guy: Flung from a tree, and then shot after Kirk.
- Kent Brockman: Flung from a tree, and was the last person to be shot out of the air.
- Moe Szyslak: He was flung from the tree along with the others, but Burns missed him. After taunting Burns, he ironically lands on on a weather vane, impaling himself. He still survives, wins the lottery, and is about to leave to cash it in, but Chief Wiggum lands on him, crushing and finally killing him.
- Clancy Wiggum: Falls on a weathervane and dies instantly, crushing Moe.
- Sea Captain: Killed off-screen. Head was thrown away by Smithers from the bag.
- Principal Skinner: Unknown, possibly survived.
- Otto Mann: Unknown, possibly survived.
- Professor Frink: Eaten by Homer, who passes up bananas, saying that they look green.
- Sideshow Mel: Shot by Burns, using machine guns on a plane during a strafing run.
- Dewey Largo: Also shot during the strafing run.
- Groundskeeper Willie: Shot and killed during the strafing run, dying at exactly the same time as Mel and Plute.
- Carl: Shot during the strafing run, but survives until just before Lenny dies.
- Lenny: Shot during the strafing run, but survives long enough to see his idea of heaven.
- Barney: Shot three times through the chest while being used as a diversion by Homer.
Continuity[edit]
Survival of the Fattest[edit]
- Marge reminds Bart of when he killed a bird ("Bart the Mother").
