Treehouse of Horror XXI/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

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.

Goofs

• In tweenlight, ned's body is shown, then a second later, all is left is his glasses