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*[[Bart]] tricks [[Lisa]] into playing {{w|Jump scare|The Scary Maze Game}}. | *[[Bart]] tricks [[Lisa]] into playing {{w|Jump scare|The Scary Maze Game}}. | ||
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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 and Pictionary.
- 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 are 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.
- Rod and Todd recite the lines "If I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take" from the Christian child's prayer "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep".
- In Bart's brain, The Scream by Edward Munch appears, with Bart as the screamer. A chalkboard saying "Roots of Singh" is also seen, a reference to Simon Singh.
- Homer mentions getting every answer in Jeopardy! wrong.
- The final montage is a parody Six Feet Under's series finale.
- The song playing over it and credits is "Breathe Me" by Sia. The same song was used in the Six Feet Under 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")
