Halloween of Horror/References
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Cultural references
- Kids are dressed as:
- The three employees wear a Scream mask, a Carrie mask and a It mask.
- Adults are dressed as popular characters:
- Wiggum as Frankenstein,
- Moe as an Egyptian Pharaoh,
- Bumblebee Man as the Pope,
- Wolfcastle as Jessica Rabbit,
- Dr. Hibbert as the Devil,
- Krusty as Ancient Greek,
- Mrs. Muntz as Wonder Woman,
- Snake as Elvis Presley,
- Agnes Skinner as Amy Winehouse,
- Barney wearing the Borat lime green bikini,
- Willie as Rosie the Riveter,
- Judge Harm as Cruella de Vil,
- Ruth Powers as Daenerys Targaryen,
- Quimby as Hugh Hefner,
- Lurleen Lumpkin as a southern belle,
- Superintendent Chalmers as Zardoz,
- Ms. Pommelhorst as Harley Quinn,
- Otto and Sea Captain as Hobbits,
- Kent Brockman as David Bowie.
- Hans Moleman, Princess Kashmir, Stephanie Brockman, Miss Hoover, Professor Frink, Kumiko and Comic Book Guy are dressed in Steampunk outfits.
- McDonald's: Among the costumes Apu has for sale at Official Halloween Headquarters are Restaurant Meat Clown and Striped Hamburger Thief, references to the fast food chain's advertising mascots Ronald McDonald and Hamburglar, respectively.
- Homer references Psycho, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz and the AI takeover scenario.
- The house on the hill in the background at Krustyland is the house from Psycho.
- The song that the adults sings is a parody of the Time Warp song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
- There is a box in The Simpsons attic that says Festivus. It is both a parody and a secular holiday from the American sitcom Seinfeld.
- A boy dressed as E.T. appears.
- Homer whistles the theme song from the 1978 horror movie Halloween, refering to it as a "happy tune".
- The song "Halloween is so bueno" is a parody of the Mexican song Cielito lindo.
- The Krustyland event "Halloween Horror Night" is a likely reference to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights events which are done at Universal's theme parks in Orlando, Hollywood, Singapore, and at Osaka, Japan.
Continuity
Trivia
- According to Al Jean, this was a canon Halloween episode making it the first of its kind and aired in addition to "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" but aired in a different week.[1]
- The production code TABF22 is on the Groupon for a zip line adventure.
- This episode has yet to air in the UK however this might have been done due to it's higher rating.
Goofs
- During the "Adult Halloween" musical number, Sideshow Mel is drawn too tall in some shots.
- Professor Frink's glasses change throughout the "Adult Halloween" scene.
- When Homer sits on the couch to calm Lisa down, he puts a popcorn bowl beside her, but when the three employees ring the doorbell, the bowl disappears and Homer places a puzzle box on it's place.
- The products at Apu's Official Halloween Headquarters change places between scenes.
- When Homer and Lisa are running upstairs from the invaders, Tailee disappears from Lisa's hand and reappears when they are upstairs.
- The same mistake occours when Lisa is climbing onto the roof: Tailee disappears when Homer is holding her and reappears when she gives it to Homer.
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