Treehouse of Horror XXX/References
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Cultural references
Opening sequence
- The opening sequence is a parody mash-up of The Omen and The Exorcist.
- Dr. Hibbert is playing Tetris.
- Homer says that giving Bart a baby brother is like introducing Frankenstein to Count Dracula, Dick Cheney to George W. Bush or Ben Affleck to anybody.
- A poster for the Finding Nemo appears, shortened to "Nemo".
- A poster for the movie Racecar appears, a parody of Cars.
- On the mirror Homer sees Nemo's poster mirrored with the text OMEN appearing. This is a reference to The Shining.
- Mickey Mouse and the number of the Beast, 666, appear as marks on Maggie's head.
Danger Things
- It's a parody of Netflix's Stranger Things.
- The title card appears in the same font as the show's.
- The theme song plays during the title card and intermissions.
- Stranger Things was previously parodied as Odder Stuff in the episode "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can".
- Lisa goes to the Starcourt Mall, where many important scenes from the third season of the show happen.
- The rats in the scene are a reference to the ones coming out of the mall in the show, an important point in the story from Chapter 2: The Mall Rats onward.
- Lisa shaves her head like Eleven's.
- Bart plays the controversial Atari 2600 game E.T., showing off perfectly how the game is bad, while Milhouse mentions the movie.
- Kirk Van Houten throws out a Mr. T lunchbox and a Prince album.
- Bart said that Milhouse drunk a lot of New Coke.
- In the Over Under, a parody of the show's Upside Down, The Tracey Ullman Show version of Lisa and Bart, and the Demogorgon appear.
- Amazon delivers in the Over Under, with a fleet of flying monsters to deliver packages.
Heaven Swipes Right
- The segment is a parody of to Heaven Can Wait.
- God sold Heaven to Google.
- God wears a Miami Marlins shirt.
- Homer parodies Porky Pig's phrase "That's all folks".
- Choices of bodies:
- Professor Farnsworth from Futurama.
- A purple version of Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers mascot.
- One of The Rolling Stones.
- While in Mr. Teeny's body, Homer roots for the apes in Planet of the Apes.
When Hairy Met Slimy
- The segment title is a reference to When Harry Met Sally...
- The plot of the segment is a parody of The Shape of Water.
- Kang uses The Infinity Gauntlet just like Thanos did in the Marvel universe.
- Kodos is Klingon curious and always up for some Deep Space Nine, referencing to the Star Trek race and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series.
- She's also up for some R23some and Jubba the Butt, referencing R2-D2 and Jubba the Hutt from Star Wars, and some Wookie Nookie, a reference to the song of the same name in Moldiver's Mash of Unity album, another reference to the making love of the Wookiee, one of the species of the series of movies.
Continuity
Heaven Swipes Right
- An Odgenvillian with a Minnesota Vikings jersey is seen in the crowd at the football scene. ("Coming to Homerica")
- A photo of Professor Farnsworth is shown as one of the choices of bodies. ("Simpsorama")
- A photo of the The Rolling Stones is shown as one of the choices of bodies. ("How I Spent My Strummer Vacation").
- The Simpsons family have dinner at Chalmers' house. ("Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts")
Trivia
Opening sequence
- The mark of the beast on Maggie's head changes to "Episode 666 or 667 if Fox changes the schedule", referencing the actual number of the episode and the fact that Fox tends to change the air schedules of their show costantly, many times condamning them to cancellation.
Credits
- A mosaic with a scene from each Treehouse of Horror episode is shown, with the text "Treehouse of Horror XXX" super-impressed. Afterwards, a mosaic with a scene from each of the 600 episodes of the show is shown, with the text "Episode 666" super-impressed.
