Treehouse of Horror XIV/References
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"Treehouse of Horror XIV"
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Cultural references
- "Reaper Madness" is a reference to the film Reefer Madness.
- Curb Your Enthusiasm: When Marge tells Homer to take the old Death to the curb for the trash pickup, Homer replies, "I'll curb him, but without enthusiasm!"
- "Stop the world I want to goof off" is a parody of the musical - Stop the World: I Want to Get Off.
- When Frinkenstein walks down the street after re-assembling himself from other people's body parts, the music playing over the scene is "Stayin' Alive".
- After freezing Lisa, Bart says "She looks like a background character in a Hannah-Barbara Cartoon", referencing that in animation background characters are often still and motionless.
Trivia
- This is the second time that Ned Flanders becomes the devil. The first was in "Treehouse of Horror IV".
- The Halloween names (such as "Blood Curdling Cartwright") return to the closing credits.
- Homer's remark talking about the previous episode has a similarity to "Treehouse of Horror XII", where the Leprechaun from the first story, "Hex and the City", is seen on Bart's back in the "Wiz Kids" segment.
- The scene where Professor Frink kicks his father in the crotch is similar to the second Scooby-Doo movie, where Velma kicks the Black Knight ghost in the crotch, saying it was his "weak spot". The film was released 4 months after the episode aired.
- Parts of Frinkenstein include:
- When Lisa uses the stopwatch at the end of "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" Bart changes back from his 25 year old self back to his 10 year old self without explanation.
- When Lisa uses the stopwatch at the end of "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", the things that suddenly happen to the other members of the family are:
- The upper portion of their bodies become rockets and zoom around.
- Their genders are switched
- They turn into bobbleheads.
- They turn into TV Guide covers.
- They turn into the Fantastic Four.
- They return to normal, but are playing with hula-hoops.
- Lisa is talking Swedish. She says "Tack för att ni förärar vår stad" which can be translated to: "Thank you for honoring our city". Although the pronunciation is so poor that it's difficult for even native swedes to hear what she's supposed to say.
Continuity
- This episode marks the second time Homer was cast to be a Marvel superhero character (which also was a beast-like character); the first time was in "I Am Furious (Yellow)", where he lost his temper and temporarily acted like The Incredible Hulk.
- In the story Frinkenstein, Homer refers to the time he was Death, in the previous story Reaper Madness.
Goofs
- When the Simpsons are hula-hooping, Bart moves from the floor to his bed.
- Right before Professor Frink's father is kicked, Professor Frink is wearing the Nobel Prize. When his father is on the ground, his father is wearing the Nobel Prize.
- When Homer is going down to get some better seats at the game, everyone he touches dies. However, a man blocks Homer from touching his forehead he survives.
- When Homer wakes up from bed in "Reaper Madness", he is wearing a singlet. When God turns him back to normal, he is wearing his white shirt.
- At the Nobel prize party, a few of the people Frink, Sr. killed are alive again.
