Treehouse of Horror XVII/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 18 Episode References
← 381 "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em"	382 "Treehouse of Horror XVII"	"G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" 383 →

Cultural references

• The opening segment is a parody of the Tales from the Cryptkeeper television show, and even uses its theme music.

Trivia

• For unknown reasons when Bart told the golem not to kick Homer's wall kick the word "balls" was blocked.
• The Golem bears a very strong resemblance to the Golem of the three silent Golem movies, which were made in Germany and came out in 1915, 1917 and 1920.
• "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" is very likely a reference to the Fallout video game series, as the whole city of Springfield is turned into a post-apocalyptic world after the alien attack, and the fact that the ending song is "The Ink Spots - I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" which is actually never used in the game until Fallout 3. The name of the episode is an obvious reference to the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still".
• Sir Mix-a-Lot makes a parody of his best known song, "Baby Got Back" called "Baby Likes Fat" which plays when Homer starts eating people.
• All stories make a reference to World War II.
  • In Married to the blob the before the 2 Germans die the first one says "What did we Germans do to deserve this" then he says "Oh, right". Bart says in You Know when you need to Golem "Oh it's always the Jew's fault". Finally in The Day the Earth stood stupid Lenny asks why Grampa called the First world war it's current title and he says "You'll see".
• After Homer eats some fat German men at an Oktoberfest, he remarks "Must eat more fat people. Thank God I live in America."
• When Kang and Kodos invaded Earth, Kodos remarks that "we had to invade! They were working on weapons of mass Disentegration!" which is a reference to how American soldiers invaded Iraq because George H. W. Bush claimed they were working on Weapons of Mass Destruction.
• The chaos in Springfield after the radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" could be based off the mass hysteria in some parts of America and how many people died during the confusion.
• Homer previously gained weight was in "King-Size Homer".
• The last time someone gained weight in a Treehouse of Horror was in Treehouse of Horror V.

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