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Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to Jacob's Ladder, referring to a ladder to heaven described in the Book of Genesis.
• Bart tricks Lisa into playing The Scary Maze Game.
• Homer trows board games into the fire:
  • Scribble, a parody of Scrabble.
  • Don't Lose the Pieces, a parody of Don't Lose Your Mind.
  • Oligopoly, a parody of Monopoly.
  • Needless Operation, a parody of Operation
  • Mouse Trip, a parody of Mouse Trap.
• In the VHS collection, there're recordings of
  • Family Matters.
  • The Tracey Ullman Show (Homer imitates himself in the shorts.
  • Saved by the Bell.
• When Homer presses play on the VHS, the 1997 Ricola commercial.
• On the Homer's Xxxercise tape, the song Physical by Olivia Newton-John plays.
• In Bart's brain, The Scream by Edward Munch appears, with Bart as the screamer.
• The final montage is a parody "Six Feet Under"'s series finale.

Continuity

• Bart posted the pictures of the prank on Lisa on MyTube. ("Elementary School Musical")
• Amongst the ghosts appears:
  • Maude Flanders ("Treehouse of Horror XIII")
  • Snowball II, Snowball III and Snowball III ("I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot")
  • Albert ("Walking Big & Tall")
  • Shary Bobbins ("Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious")
  • Amber Simpson ("Viva Ned Flanders")
  • Alice Glick ("Three Men and a Comic Book")
  • Ice cream man ("Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)")
  • Waylon Smithers, Sr. ("The Blunder Years")
  • Marvin Monroe ("There's No Disgrace Like Home")
  • Jebediah Springfield ("The Telltale Head")
  • Frankie the Squealer ("Insane Clown Poppy")
• Maude's death scene is shown. ("Alone Again, Natura-Diddily")