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A Clockwork Orange is a controversial science fiction novel by British author Anthony Burgess, which was made into an equally controversial movie by film director Stanley Kubrick.

References to A Clockwork Orange in The Simpsons

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference
4 4 "There's No Disgrace Like Home" According to the DVD commentary the electric shock therapy scene was inspired by this story.
19 54 "Dog of Death" Santa's Little Helper is tied up, with his eyes spalked open and forced to watch violent movies to make him more violent. The images of the film are all set to music from Ludwig van Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony". In "A Clockwork Orange" Alex gets a similar treatment, yet with the intent to make him disgusted by violence.
2 61 "A Streetcar Named Marge" Bart claims to have "pain in his gulliver", which is a direct quote of Alex' excuse to his mother not to get out of bed.
5 64 "Treehouse of Horror III" Bart dresses up like Alex from "A Clockwork Orange" for Halloween.
16 75 "Duffless" The scene where Bart reaches for two cupcakes spoofs the scene in "A Clockwork Orange" where Alex reaches for a woman's breasts. In both cases the character has been conditionalised to fear these things and falls to the ground, unable to function anymore.
3 84 "Homer Goes to College" Homer's college room mates force Homer to study by spalking his eyelids open and letting him read the syllabuses.
17 145 "Homer the Smithers" Mr. Burns' fall from the window and the way he lies in bed in body cast is similar to events Alex goes through in A Clockwork Orange
4 468 "Treehouse of Horror XXI" Maggie puts on a bowler hat and drinks milk with a menacing stare, accompanied by classical music, similar to the opening scenes of "A Clockwork Orange" in which Alex is also seen drinking a glass of milk while staring menacingly into the camera.

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