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* [[Professor Frink]] walks past an X-ray machine, revealing that he has an {{w|Alien (creature in Alien franchise)|Alien}} inside him. | * [[Professor Frink]] walks past an X-ray machine, revealing that he has an {{w|Alien (creature in Alien franchise)|Alien}} inside him. | ||
* Frink has created his own {{w|Frankenstein's Monster}}. | * Frink has created his own {{w|Frankenstein's Monster}}. | ||
| − | * References to ''{{w|The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office}}'' | + | * References to ''{{w|The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office}}'': |
** Frink's monster makes a couple of references to the show. | ** Frink's monster makes a couple of references to the show. | ||
** Frink's monster and some other monsters have a scene that parodies the show's opening sequence. | ** Frink's monster and some other monsters have a scene that parodies the show's opening sequence. | ||
** The first several frames of the episode's opening credits have the same font and layout as ''The Office''. | ** The first several frames of the episode's opening credits have the same font and layout as ''The Office''. | ||
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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}}''. | ||
Revision as of 08:59, November 16, 2010
Contents
Cultural References
Opening
- Professor Frink walks past an X-ray machine, revealing that he has an Alien inside him.
- Frink has created his own Frankenstein's Monster.
- References to The Office:
- Frink's monster makes a couple of references to the show.
- Frink's monster and some other monsters have a scene that parodies the show's opening sequence.
- The first several frames of the episode's opening credits have the same font and layout as The Office.
War and Pieces
- The segment is a parody of Jumanji.
- Board games that come to life include:
- Taffy Land (Candy Land)
- Drops and Risers (Snakes and Ladders)
- Consternation (Concentration)
- Ravenous Ravenous Rhinos (Hungry Hungry Hippos)
- Mouse Catch Mouse Trap
- Battleboat (Battleships
- Funopoly (Monopoly)
- Crate of Apes (Barrel of Monkeys)
- 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
- Cluedo (called "Clue" in North America)
- Milhouse's death scene in the segment is almost identical to Jack Dawson's in Titanic.
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 makes a cameo appearance, carrying Ranger Smith's head in a picnic basket.
- Milhouse's jealousy of Edmund, and his resulting transformation into a French Poodle, are a parody of the Twilight character Jacob Black and his family's ability to transform into wolves.
- Count Von Count and Big Bird from Sesame Street are seen 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.
Goofs
- In tweenlight, ned's body is shown, then a second later, all is left is his glasses
