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== Cultural references ==
 
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*The first part with the zombies is a reference to ''{{w|The Night of the Living Dead}}''.
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*There is a Mecha and a Kaiju battling it out in a reference to the 2013 del Toro's film, ''{{w|Pacific Rim}}''.
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*The Dead Raven landing on the [[Tire Fire]] is a reference to ''{{w|Planet of Vampires}}''.
 
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*[[Lard Lad]] receiving live is a reference to "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]".
 
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*Chief Wiggum looks similar to the Cyclops from the ''{{w|7th Voyage of Sinbad}}''.
 
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*The blackboard gag's text is a reference to ''{{w|The Shining}}''.
 
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**The man standing next to him is [[Stephen King]], author of The Shining.
 
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*[[Alfred Hitchcock]] tosses bird seed on [[Mrs. Krabappel]] and birds attack her, referencing the movie, ''{{w|The Birds (movie)|The Birds}}''.
 
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*Groundskeeper Willie's appearance is a reference to [[Hellboy]] and the character he buries under the leaves is a Kroenen from the film.
 
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*Homer's mutated appearance is a reference to the reapers from ''{{W|Blade 2}}''. Carl's appearance is a reference to [[Blade]] as well.
 
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*[[Matt Groening]]'s original designs for the [[Simpson family]] from ''"[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]"'' are buried underground, as well as the skeleton of {{w|Godzilla}}.
 
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*[[Mr. Burns]] is re-imagined as the Pale Man from Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-winning ''"{{w|Pan's Labyrinth}}"'', who ends up eating the unfortunate pixie [[Smithers]].
 
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**The family also later recreates the final scene of the film during the couch gag.
 
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*[[Maggie]] rides on the grocery checkout belt with scarabs from del Toro's first film, ''"{{w|Cronos}}"''
 
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*The cash register reads 666, the number of the beast.
 
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*del Toro's second film, ''"{{w|Mimic}}"'', is referenced, with [[Marge]] as the giant cockroach.
 
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*The music class is substituted by the phantoms of ''{{w|The Phantom of the Opera}}'', [[Dewey Largo]], instead, is dressed as ''{{w|The Phantom of the Paradise}}''
 
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*Pictures of the music class refer to (from left to right): Starships Poopers from "[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]", The Island of Dr. Hibbert from "[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]", The Raven from [[Treehouse of Horror]] and Milhouse and the Great Pumpkin from "[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]".
 
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*The characters standing on the sidewalk are:
 
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**Author {{w|H. P. Lovecraft}} is having coffee with the giant winged and tentacled  monster [[Cthulhu]], a reference to perhaps his most famous creation.
 
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**{{w|Edgar Allan Poe}}, who holds up his arm for the (3-eyed) raven to alight, a reference to Poe's poem "{{w|The Raven}}".
 
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**{{w|Ray Bradbury}} adding tattoos to a tattooed man, a reference to his book ''{{w|The Illustrated Man}}''.
 
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**Fantasy and science fiction author {{w|Richard Matheson}} standing next to a hooded, cloaked figure wearing dark glasses, a zombie from the 1971 movie ''{{w|The Omega Man}}'', based on Matheson's novel ''{{w|I Am Legend (novel)|I Am Legend}}''.
 
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*The {{w|Universal monsters}} ([[Dracula]], [[Frankenstein's monster]], {{w|The Wolf Man|the Wolf Man}}, the {{w|Creature from the Black Lagoon}}, the [[Mummy]], the {{w|Bride of Frankenstein}}, [[The Invisible Man]], and the Mutant from Metaluna from "''{{w|This Island Earth}}''") chase after a crowd of Springfield citizens, referencing the mob that chases after the monster.
 
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*Maggie terrorizes [[Milhouse]] behind the wheel of the evil 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III from "{{w|The Car (film)|The Car}}''".
 
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*Among the creatures and characters in the field next to the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpsons' house]] are:
 
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**A ghost? from ''{{w|Hellboy II: The Golden Army}}'' also from del Toro.
 
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**{{w|Rod Serling}}, author and host of the TV series ''{{w|The Twilight Zone}}'', smoking a cigarette.
 
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**The robot from the TV series ''{{w|Lost in Space}}''.
 
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**The alien from the 1979 movie, ''[[Alien]]''.
 
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**A mole from ''{{w|The Mole People}}''.
 
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**Coming out of the ground, a [[Morlock]] from the 1960 movie ''{{w|The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine}}''.
 
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**A line drawing in profile of [[Alfred Hitchcock]] as in the beginning of TV series ''{{w|Alfred Hitchcock Presents}}'', being drawn by [[Hans Moleman]].
 
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**"The Man in the Beaver Hat" from the 1927 lost film ''{{w|London After Midnight (film)|London After Midnight}}''.
 
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**The robot monster from the 1953 movie ''{{w|Robot Monster}}''.
 
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**Three of {{w|Ray Harryhausen}}'s sword-wielding skeletons from the 1963 movie ''{{w|Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)|Jason and the Argonauts}}''.
 
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**Ray Harryhausen's Ymir from the 1957 movie ''{{w|20 Million Miles to Earth}}''.
 
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**The object that collides into Kang and Kodos Spaceship is a reference to ''{{w|The First Man in the Moon}}''.
 
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**Two aliens from the 1957 movie  ''{{w|Invasion of the Saucer Men}}''.
 
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**''{{w|The Thing from Another World}} from the movie with the same name.
 
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**The vampire {{w|Count Orlok}} from the 1921 movie ''{{w|Nosferatu}}''.
 
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**The flying saucer and robot [[Gort]] from the 1951 movie ''{{w|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}'', with Gort shooting out a laser beam from his visor.
 
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**[[Bundlefly]] from the film [[The Fly]].
 
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**The pinhead {{w|Schlitzie}} from {{w|Tod Browning}}'s 1932 movie ''{{w|Freaks}}'', which could also reference Pepper from ''{{w|American Horror Story: Asylum}}''.
 
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**The Mummy and the Invisible Man again.
 
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**[[Rondo Harton]] from ''{{w|House of Horrors}}''.
 
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**[[Death]].
 
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*[[Homer]] is a pale-skinned ghost with a smoking head from del Toro's "''{{w|The Devil's Backbone}}''"
 
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*Lisa falls down the rabbit hole à la ''{{w|Alice in Wonderland}}''.
 
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*[[Hypnotoad]] from ''[[Futurama]]'' makes an appearance.
 
  
 
=== "Oh, the Places You’ll D’oh!" ===
 
=== "Oh, the Places You’ll D’oh!" ===

Revision as of 06:57, September 12, 2014

References/Trivia


Season 25 Episode References
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"Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
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Cultural references

Opening sequence

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"Oh, the Places You’ll D’oh!"

  • "The Fat in the Hat" is a parody of The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss. The segment's title "Oh, the Places You'll D'oh!" is a parody of Dr. Seuss's book Oh, the Places You'll Go!. The names, rhyming and anapestic (short-long-short) meter in this segment are true to that of Dr. Seuss's writing.
  • While blowing up City Hall the Fat in the Hat wears Guy Fawke's Mask from the movie V for Vendetta.

"Dead and Shoulders"

"Freaks no Geeks"

  • The title of the third vignette, "Freaks No Geeks" is a pun of the title of the TV series Freaks and Geeks. In addition, geek is the term for a sideshow performer of repulsive acts, such as biting the head off a live chicken.
  • The plot and characters of "Freaks No Geeks" are parodies of Freaks, a 1932 Pre-Code horror film about sideshow performers. Barney Gumble is a parody of the human torso from that movie. The chorus of "one of us, one of us" comes directly from that movie.
  • In the end of the episode Homer says to his kids: "And that, kids, is how I met your mother" which is a reference to the TV show How I Met Your Mother. The theme tune for the show then plays after he says it.

Credits

Trivia

Continuity

Goofs

  • In the sawmill scene in "Dead and Shoulder" segment, Bart and Lisa tongue color are dark brown or black instead of orange.
Season 25 References
Homerland • Treehouse of Horror XXIV • Four Regrettings and a Funeral • YOLO • Labor Pains • The Kid Is All Right • Yellow Subterfuge • White Christmas Blues • Steal This Episode • Married to the Blob • Specs and the City • Diggs • The Man Who Grew Too Much • The Winter of His Content • The War of Art • You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee • Luca$ • Days of Future Future • What to Expect When Bart's Expecting • Brick Like Me • Pay Pal • The Yellow Badge of Cowardge
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