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"Treehouse of Horror XXXVI"
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Cultural references[edit]
America the Beautiful[edit]
The Last Days of Crisco[edit]
- The segment's title is a pun on:
- The Last Days of Disco, a 1998 American comedy-drama set in the disco scene of New York City. The segment takes place in Springfield's own disco setting.
- Crisco, the American brand of shortening. Fat is a main topic in the segment.
- The segment is a parody of Jaws and The Blob.
- The poster is a parody of Smokey and the Bandit.
- The disco song heard at the beginning of the segment is "Misunderstood" by Rick Curti.
- Disco Stu is shown on inline skates with a boombox on his shoulder.
- Herman's Military Antiques is selling Vietnam War surplus clothing and equipment.
- Homer and Bart are parodying Big and Little Enos in Smokey and the Bandit.
- Mayor Quimby's outfit is based on Mayor Vaughn's in Jaws.
- Lou seeing Üter pulled down the drain is parodying in Jaws when Police Chief Brody (Roy Schneider)'s realization the shark biting and pulling down a swimming little boy by the now-iconic dolly zoom on his face before the beachgoers all panic.
- Stands at the state fair include:
- The Fatberg brandishes elongated Moe as if Moe were nunchucks.
- Homer yells "Hasta la grease-ta!" when he attacks the Fatberg, a reference to the Terminator catchphrase "hasta la vista, baby."
- Before dying, Fatberg exclaims "This is the big one! I'm coming, Fat-lizabeth!" This is a reference to the 1970s American sitcom Sanford and Son, specifically Fred G. Sanford's (Redd Foxx) catchphrase "This is the big one! I'm coming, Elizabeth!" which he used whenever he pretended to have a heart attack while calling out to his deceased wife, Elizabeth.
Clown Night with the Devil[edit]
 "The Yuk-sorcist" is a parody of the 1973 movie The Exorcist- "The Yuk-sorcist" is a parody of the 1973 movie The Exorcist.
- When Sideshow Mel is not allowed to improvise, he complains by saying that he was in The Groundlings' "Sunday Company". The Groundlings is an American improvisational and sketch comedy school in Los Angeles, with some of its members being able to be accepted into the "Sunday Company", a training group for advanced and skilled students.
- Sideshow Mel's face being eaten off by the chimp is a reference to a real-life event (Travis).
- The copy of Kidz Variety that the Devil shows Krusty has the headline "Peabody Winners Wipeout!"
- The educational TV shows, and characters from them, include:
- The characters from TV shows attack Krusty with Emmy Award statuettes. Among these TV shows, only Pinwheel and Romper Room have not won this award.
- Krusty and the Devil pitch the Halloween show to Netflix.
Plastic World[edit]
Credits[edit]
- Michael Price's co-executive producer credit, "The Pricening", is a reference to The Conjuring.
- Tim Long's credit, "Agatha All Tim Long", is a reference to Agatha All Along.
- Joel H. Cohen's credit, "Clown in a Cohenfield", is a reference to the horror novel Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare.
- J. Stewart Burns' credit, "Stewmanji", is a reference to the film Jumanji.
- Dan Castellaneta's credit, "The Devil and Daniel Castellaneta", is a reference to the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benét.
- Ryan Koh's credit, "Dra-Koh-la", is a reference to Count Dracula.
- Cesar Mazariegos's credit, "Cesar You Afraid of the Dark?", is a reference to the horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?.
- Jessica Conrad's credit, "Final Jesstination", is a reference to the Final Destination franchise.
- Broti Gupta's co-executive producer credit, "Rosemary's Broti", is a reference to the novel Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin.
- Dan Greaney's consulting producer credit, "Greaney vs. Mechagreaney", is a reference to the film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.
- Mike Reiss' credit, "Mik3 R3iss", is a reference to the science fiction horror film M3GAN.
- Richard K. Chung's credit, "Chungry Are the Damned", is a reference to the segment "Hungry Are the Damned" from the first "Treehouse of Horror" episode.
- Denise Sirkot's credit, "Denise Ex Machina Sirkot", is a reference to the plot device deus ex machina.
- Matt Selman's executive producer credit, "Selmanator 2: Judgematt Day", is a reference to the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Idris Elba's credit, "Idris Nightmare on Elba Street", is a reference to the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
- Alex Désert's credit, "Alex 28 Déserts Later", is a reference to the 28 Days Later film series.
- Chris Edgerly's credit, "The Nightmare Before Chris Edgerly", is a reference to the film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- Tom Klein's credit, "Klein: Romulus", is a reference to the film Alien: Romulus.
- Nick Dahan's credit, "Dahante's Inferno", is a reference to Dante's Inferno.
- Peter Gave's credit, "Chat G Petey", is a reference to ChatGPT.
- Nikki Isordia's credit, "A Nightmare on Nikki Street", is a reference to the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
- Michael G. Mahan's credit, "Michael 'My Little Soda Pop' Mahan", is a reference to the Soda Pop song from KPop Demon Hunters.
- Kip Lewis' credit, "Kip-thulhu", is a reference to the monster Cthulhu.
- Danny Elfman's credit, "Elferatu", is a reference to the vampire film Nosferatu.
- Scott Muller's credit, "Heckraiser", is a reference to the Hellraiser franchise.
- Nick Conti's credit, "Count Nickula", is a reference to Count Dracula.
- Norm MacLeod's credit, "Norman 'Bates' MacLeod", is a reference to Norman Bates from Psycho.
- Jake Schaefer's credit, "28 Jakes Schaefer", is a reference to the 28 Days Later film series.
- Jesse Johnstone's credit, "Loch Jess Monster", is a reference to the Loch Ness Monster.
- Nik Daniels' credit, "'The Corpse Husband' Nik", is a reference to the YouTuber Corpse Husband.
Continuity[edit]
The Last Days of Crisco[edit]
Clown Night with the Devil[edit]
- Clips from the opening include:
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