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Cultural references

Opening sequence

• The celebrities mentioned in the opening sequence are: Jennifer Lawrence, Warren Beatty, John Travolta, Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Prince, Taylor Swift, Sean Penn, Bruce Springsteen, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, James Franco, Kanye West, and Leonardo DiCaprio.

School Is Hell

• The segment title refers to one of the Life in Hell series of books written by Matt Groening.
• Martin has a copy of Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs.
• The iRunes app is a reference to iTunes.
• The blackboard in hell has repeated multiple times, "Eternal torment is the only just punishment for the unbaptized", a belief held by Saint Augustine, who applied it to babies.
• The Wilhelm scream is heard when the external shot of Hellroads is seen.
• "Hell Is for Children" by Pat Benatar plays during the montage of Bart in Hellroads.
• The book Tender Are My Whipped Buttocks is a parody of Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
• The book Fahrenheit 451,000 is a parody of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
• The book I'm Not Even Dead Yet is written by author John Irving.
• The O'Reilly Factor for Kids is a real book written by Bill O'Reilly.
• The Docetan heresy is mentioned.

A Clockwork Yellow

• The segment is a parody of A Clockwork Orange.
  • The "Title Music from A Clockwork Orange" plays over the opening and multiple times in the segment.
  • Moe's character Moog is a parody of Alex DeLarge.
  • Homer's character Dum is a parody of Dim.
  • Marge is seen reading the novel A Clockwork Orange.
  • Stanley Kubrick, director of the film, made an appearance in the segment.
• Movies seen in the DVD store include:
  • Dr. Strangelaugh, a parody of Kubrick's 1964 black comedy film Dr. Strangelove.
  • Paths of Gravy, a parody of Kubrick's 1957 anti-war film Paths of Glory.
  • Full Milhouse Jacket, a parody of Kubrick's 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket.
  • Do'h-Lita, a parody of Kubrick's 1962 psychological drama film Lolita.
• Dum suggests that he and his future wife listen to Never Too Much by Luther Vandross. The titular song plays in the next scene.
• Dum puts on the "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini.
• When the New gang attack Moog, "La gazza ladra" by Rossini plays.
• One of the "nasties" put into the hat is "Tell Each 'Doctor Who' They're the Worst".
• The book Naked London is published by Taschen. It features a naked Winston Churchill on the cover, in front of Big Ben.
• When the Glugs are attacking the party, "Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Finale)" by Ludwig van Beethoven plays.
• When Dum is attacking Sideshow Mel, "Also sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss plays.
• At the end of the segment, there are several parodies of other Stanley Kubrick movies.
  • The orgy, including the music in the background and the masks, is a parody of Eyes Wide Shut.
  • The scene with Leonard Lawrence sitting on the toilet with a gun is a parody of Full Metal Jacket.
  • When Homer hits Sideshow Mel with the bone, the iPhone as black monolith, and Stanley Kubrick throwing the pen in the air are parodies of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  • The duel scene between Carl and the Comic Book Guy (including his clothes) is a parody of Barry Lyndon.
  • In the end, there is also a film reel titled "fake moon landing" which is a parody of the mockumentary Dark Side of the Moon.
• When Kubrick throws the pen in the air, "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II plays.

The Others

• The segment is a parody of The Others.
• Married... with Children plays on multiple different TV stations, including FXXXXXX (a parody of FXX), The Herstory Channel (a parody of the History Channel), Al Jazeera, BET, Animal Planet, and Syfy.
  • Peggy Bundy is a Xenomorph from Alien on Syfy.
• Simpson families at the end of the episode:
  • Pixar family
  • Japanese anime/manga family:
    • Marge is Rangiku from Bleach.
    • Homer is Zoro from One Piece.
    • Bart is Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto.
    • Lisa is Mikasa from Attack on Titan.
    • Maggie is Pikachu from Pokémon.
    • Santa's Little Helper is Haku from Spirited Away.
  • Adventure Time family:
    • Bart is Finn.
    • Lisa is Fiona.
    • Homer is the Ice King.
    • Marge is Princess Bubblegum.
    • Santa's Little Helper is Jake.
  • South Park family:
    • Bart is Stan Marsh.
    • Lisa is Kyle Broflovski.
    • Maggie resembles Ike Broflovski.
  • Archer family:
    • Homer is Sterling Archer.
    • Marge is Lana Kane.
    • Bart is Cyril Figgis.
    • Lisa is Pamela "Pam" Poovey.
    • Maggie is Seamus McGoon.
  • Sylvain Chomet style family (from "Diggs" couch gag)
  • LEGO family (from "Brick Like Me").
  • Minion family from Despicable Me.
  • Animal family (from "The Island of Dr. Hibbert" of "Treehouse of Horror XIII").

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  Minions

Credits

• Monster Mash Selman is a reference to the song "Monster Mash".
• The Mike of Pricenstein is a reference to The Bride of Frankenstein.
• Odenwork Orange is a reference to A Clockwork Orange.
• cat westbrook >/dev/null is a reference to the /dev/null file in the Unix operating system.
• Brian Shelley's Frankenstein is a reference to Mary Shelley and Frankenstein.
• I'm Divergent Adamson is a reference to Divergent.
• Dies Irae Greaney is a reference to "Dies Irae".
• Carrie (Lyn Omine) is a reference to Carrie.
• Mikereisstopheles is a reference to Mephistopheles.
• Re-Animator Raynis is a reference to Re-Animator.
• On a Highway to Hell-Sinki is a reference to Highway to Hell and Finland's capital, Helsinki.
• Denise Still Tapping Sirkot could be a reference to The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
• @AlJean on Twitter - 5 Years After Everyone Else is a reference to Twitter.
• Nancy Thankenstein Cartfright is a reference to Frankenstein.
• The Jonkerning 2: The Kern, Jon-Ing is a reference to The Conjuring 2. (The Treehouse of Horror episode aired two years before The Conjuring 2 premiered.)
• See No Evil. No, Wait... There She Is is a reference to See No Evil.
• Bobby "The Wolf of Beech Street" Mackston is a reference to The Wolf of Wall Street.
• Norman "Bates" MacLeod is a reference to Norman Bates from Psycho.

Continuity

Opening sequence

• The opening sequence features scenes from multiple different Treehouse of Horror episodes:
  • The Raven in The Raven Chamber. ("Treehouse of Horror")
  • Mr. Burns wearing Homer's brain on his head. ("Treehouse of Horror II")
  • Flanders the Devil appearing to Homer in the kitchen. ("Treehouse of Horror IV")
  • Groundskeeper Willie getting an axe to the back from Homer. ("Treehouse of Horror V")
  • 3D Homer in the real world. ("Treehouse of Horror VI")
  • Bart being fused with a fly. ("Treehouse of Horror VIII")
  • Bart at the breakfast table with a very long neck and the Leprechaun dancing on his head. ("Treehouse of Horror XII")
  • Many Homer clones falling into a gorge. ("Treehouse of Horror XIII")
  • Ned Flanders as a cow-centaur. ("Treehouse of Horror XIII")
  • Milhouse with the Grand Pumpkin. ("Treehouse of Horror XIX")

School Is Hell

• One of the Hellroads students is seen being force-fed donuts. ("Treehouse of Horror IV")

A Clockwork Yellow

• Moog grabs onto Shary Bobbins when he falls out of Big Ben. An instrumental version of "Cut Every Corner" then plays. ("Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious")

The Others

• On the Syfy version of Married... with Children, Al Bundy resembles an Ethereal Being. ("Treehouse of Horror XXIII")
• The Ullman Simpsons took a family portrait before. ("Family Portrait")
• The old Simpson family from the shorts were seen buried in "Adventures in Baby-Getting".
  • They were also seen buried in the Guillermo del Toro opening sequence.
• The animal versions of the Simpsons appear. ("Treehouse of Horror XIII")
• The LEGO Simpsons appear. ("Brick Like Me")
• The end is a parody of the short "Family Portrait".