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Cultural references

America the Beautiful

• The segment is based on The Onion's cartoon strip "Painful Procedural".
• "America the Beautiful" by Samuel A. Ward plays.
• Monsters represent several events:
  • A werewolf represents the trade wars.
  • A zombie represents Pronouns.
  • Death represents the 2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak.
• The Onion's political cartoonist, Ward Sutton, has a cartoon bubble saying "The Watching Dead", a reference to the TV series The Walking Dead.

The Last Days of Crisco

• The segment is a parody of Jaws and The Blob.
• The poster is a parody Smokey and the Bandit.
• Mayor Quimby's outfit is based on Mayor Vaughn's in Jaws.
• Stands at the state fair include:
  • Oleo and Deep fried double stuff Oreos.
  • Butterfinger croquettes.
  • Deep Fried Tic Tacs.
• Homer yells "Hasta la grease-ta!" when he attacks the Fatberg, a reference to the Terminator catchphrase "hasta la vista, baby."

Clown Night with the Devil

• The segment is a parody of the film Late Night with the Devil.
• Costumes the kids are wearing include:
  • Jaffee Ziswhisky as Spider-Man from Marvel Comics.
  • Hubert Wong as Darkwing Duck from Darkwing Duck.
  • Martin Prince as Darth Vader from Star Wars.
  • Wendell Borton as C-3PO from Star Wars.
  • Ralph Wiggum as Mario from Mario.
  • Janey Powell as Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon.
  • Üter Zörker as Batman from DC Comics.
  • Bart Simpson as Steve Urkel from Family Matters.
    • When the Devil reveals that Bart made the deal, Bart laughs and says "did I do that?", the catchphrase of Urkel.
• A painting of Krusty based on Shot Marilyns by Andy Warhol is seen.
• "The Yuk-sorcist" is a parody of the movie The Exorcist.
• The voice of the Devil was interpreted similarly to the one of Satan from the episode "Hot, Bothered and Bedeviled" of Animaniacs.
• The copy of Kidz Variety that the Devil shows Krusty has the headline "Peabody Winners Wipeout!"
• The educational TV shows, and characters from them, include:
  • The Magic School Bus and Valerie Frizzle.
  • Zoom and a kid speaking in ubbi dubbi.
  • Captain Kangaroo and the titular Captain Kangaroo.
  • Pinwheel and Ebenezer T. Squint.
  • The Great Space Coaster and Gary Gnu.
  • 3-2-1 Contact, Romper Room, and The Electric Company also have graves.
• Krusty and the Devil pitch the Halloween show to Netflix.

Plastic World

• Plastic World is similar to Waterworld.
• The narrator mentions Tic Tac boxes.
• Gil finds a Slim Jim when panning for food.
• Lisa lost her family to the avalanche of Diaper Genie bag mountain.
• In the dump where Lisa is talking, DieHard batteries are seen.
• Better Gardens & Homes is a parody of Better Homes and Gardens magazine.
• The Celebrity Dirt has Viola Davis on the cover, the narrator of the segment.
• Among the seeds, Lisa finds bags of Funyuns and spicy Cheetos.
• Bart, Sherri and Terri have Oakland Raiders foam fingers.
• Homer says he's as smooth as G.I. Joe and as hairless as Ken.
• "What a Wonderful World" by Joey Ramone is heard at the end of the segment and in the credits.

Credits

• Michael Price's co-executive producer credit, "The Pricening", is a reference to The Conjuring.
• Tim Long's credit, "Agatha All Tim Long", is a reference to Agatha All Along.
• Joel H. Cohen's credit, "Clown in a Cohenfield", is a reference to the horror novel Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare.
• J. Stewart Burns' credit, "Stewmanji", is a reference to the film Jumanji.
• Dan Castellaneta's credit, "The Devil and Daniel Castellaneta", is a reference to the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benét.
• Ryan Koh's credit, "Dra-Koh-la", is a reference to Count Dracula.
• Cesar Mazariegos's credit, "Cesar You Afraid of the Dark?", is a reference to the horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?
• Jessica Conrad's credit, "Final Jesstination", is a reference to the Final Destination franchise.
• Broti Gupta's co-executive producer credit, "Rosemary's Broti", is a reference to the novel Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin.
• Dan Greaney's consulting producer credit, "Greaney vs. Mechagreaney", is a reference to the film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
• Mike Reiss' credit, "Mik3 R3iss", is a reference to the science fiction horror film M3GAN.
• Richard K. Chung's credit, "Chungry Are the Damned", is a reference to the segment "Hungry Are the Damned" from the first "Treehouse of Horror" episode.
• Denise Sirkot's credit, "Denise Ex Machina Sirkot", is a reference to the plot device deus ex machina.
• Matt Selman's executive producer credit, "Selmanator 2: Judgematt Day", is a reference to the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
• Idris Elba's credit, "Idris Nightmare on Elba Street", is a reference to the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
• Alex Désert's credit, "Alex 28 Déserts Later", is a reference to the 28 Days Later film series.
• Chris Edgerly's credit, "The Nightmare Before Chris Edgerly", is a reference to the film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
• Tom Klein's credit, "Klein: Romulus", is a reference to the film Alien: Romulus.
• Nick Dahan's credit, "Dahante's Inferno", is a reference to Dante's Inferno.
• Peter Gave's credit, "Chat G Petey", is a reference to ChatGPT.
• Nikki Isordia's credit, "A Nightmare on Nikki Street", is a reference to the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
• Kip Lewis' credit, "Kip-thulhu", is a reference to the monster Cthulhu.
• Danny Elfman's credit, "Elferatu", is a reference to the vampire film Nosferatu.
• Scott Muller's credit, "Heckraiser", is a reference to the Hellraiser franchise.
• Nick Conti's credit, "Count Nickula", is a reference to Count Dracula.
• Norm MacLeod's credit, "Norman "Bates" MacLeod" is a reference to Norman Bates from Psycho.
• Jake Schaefer's credit, "28 Jakes Schaefer", is a reference to the 28 Days Later film series.
• Jesse Johnstone's credit, "Loch Jess Monster", is a reference to the Loch Ness Monster.
• Nik Daniels' credit, ""The Corpse Husband" Nik", is a reference to the YouTuber Corpse Husband.

Continuity

The Last Days of Crisco

• Homer and Bart work at Simpson and Son Grease. ("Lard of the Dance")
• A Butterfinger croquettes stand is seen at the state fair. ("Sweets and Sour Marge")
• Albert is one of the victims of the Fatberg. ("Walking Big & Tall")
• Chloe Talbot is on the Wheel of Large Portions with Barney. ("She Used to Be My Girl")

Clown Night with the Devil

• Clips from the opening includes:
  • Krusty and Alphonse. ("Krusty Gets Kancelled")
  • Krusty dressed as Nana and Sideshow Mel as a fire hydrant. ("All About Lisa")
  • Krusty as Count Dracula. ("Treehouse of Horror IX")