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===War and Pieces=== | ===War and Pieces=== | ||
*The segment is a parody of ''{{w|Jumanji}}''. | *The segment is a parody of ''{{w|Jumanji}}''. | ||
| + | *Board games that come to life include: | ||
| + | ** Taffy Land | ||
| + | ** Drops and Risers ({{w|Snakes and Ladders}}) | ||
| + | ** Consternation | ||
| + | ** Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos ({{w|Hungry Hungry Hippos}}) | ||
| + | ** Mouse Catch {{w|Mouse Trap}} | ||
| + | ** Battleboat ({{w|battleships}} | ||
| + | ** Funopoly ({{w|Monopoly}}) | ||
| + | ** Crate of Apes | ||
| + | ** Yahtzu ({{w|Yahtzee}}) | ||
| + | ** Tiddlywonks ({{w|Tiddlywinks}}) | ||
| + | ** [[Satan's Path]] | ||
| + | ** Spinning tops | ||
| + | ** Connect Three (Connect Four) | ||
| + | ** Tumbling Game | ||
| + | ** Ice Hockey Game | ||
| + | ** Dominoes | ||
| + | ** Lego-style blocks | ||
| + | ** Chess | ||
| + | ** Mystery Date | ||
| + | ** Operation | ||
| + | ** Scrabble | ||
| + | |||
===Master and Cadaver=== | ===Master and Cadaver=== | ||
*The title is a pun on the 2003 movie ''{{w|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World}}''. | *The title is a pun on the 2003 movie ''{{w|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World}}''. | ||
Revision as of 12:27, November 8, 2010
Contents
Cultural References
Opening
- The creature inside Frink when he goes past the x-ray resembles an alien.
- Frink has made his own Frankenstien's Monster.
- The monster refers to the Office, and a scene parodies the opening.
War and Pieces
- The segment is a parody of Jumanji.
- Board games that come to life include:
- Taffy Land
- Drops and Risers (Snakes and Ladders)
- Consternation
- Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos (Hungry Hungry Hippos)
- Mouse Catch Mouse Trap
- Battleboat (battleships
- Funopoly (Monopoly)
- Crate of Apes
- Yahtzu (Yahtzee)
- Tiddlywonks (Tiddlywinks)
- Satan's Path
- Spinning tops
- Connect Three (Connect Four)
- Tumbling Game
- Ice Hockey Game
- Dominoes
- Lego-style blocks
- Chess
- Mystery Date
- Operation
- Scrabble
Master and Cadaver
- The title is a pun on the 2003 movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
- The plot parodies Dead Calm
- At the end, Maggie imitates Alex from A Clockwork Orange.
- Colonel Ketchup is a parody of Colonel Mustard
Tweenlight
- TheTwilight series is punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.
- Yogi Bear is seen with Ranger Smith's head.
- Count Von Count and Big Bird from Seaseme Street are in Dracula-la Land.
Trivia
- This is the first time the viewers were told not to watch ever since Treehouse Of Horror V.
- The Wilhelm scream is heard at a couple of places in the episode:
- During the "War and Pieces" segment, when Bart and Milhouse kill enemy characters in the video game they're playing.
- After the closing credits, when the Gracie Films card appears.
