The Ziff Who Came to Dinner/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the film .
 * The educational film  is parodied in the couch gag.
 * The song sung by the rappers in Phineas Q. Butterfat's parodies the 1979 song "".
 * The song played before Ziff's downfall is 's "".
 * Real-life film critic is listed as the author of What Would Jesus View?, the First Church of Springfield's movie guide.
 * The guide's title is a pun on the catchphrase ""
 * References in the film The Re-Deadening:
 * The movie is most likely a parody of , which is a horror movie about a possessed doll.
 * ', ', and  are also parodied in the plot.
 * The music of The Re-Deadening parodies the music played in .
 * The scene where Lisa videotapes herself and Bart searching the attic for the source of the noises is a reference to .
 * When Homer investigates the attic, he finds a copy of  from 1986 with a cover story titled "Why America Loves Saddam Hussein".
 * Artie Ziff's company going bust and cheating its shareholders is reminiscent of and its downfall.
 * Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Lisa tells Artie that Homer once started reading the book to the Simpson children, but became confused when he thought the chocolate factory was real; he has been searching for it ever since.
 * When Homer is arrested by the, he tells Moe to tell his family that he ran off to join the.
 * Music from the soundtrack of  plays briefly when Artie enters the prison yard.

Now Playing at the Googolplex
In addition to The Re-Deadening, the movies being shown or advertised at Springfield Googolplex Theatres are as follows:
 * "The Wild Dingleberries Movie", which is a parody of "."
 * "3 Fast 3 Furious", which is a parody of "."
 * "The Fashion of the Christ," which is a parody of "."
 * "A Kiss Before Boring," which is a parody of "."
 * "Ghost Frat," which is a parody of "."
 * "From Justin to Kelly 4", which is a fictional sequel to the 2000s flop film "."
 * "Eating Nemo,"which is a parody of "
 * "Teenage Sex Wager," which is a parody of the 1990s raunchy teen film, "."
 * "My Big Fat Greek Salad," which is a parody of "."
 * "Freddy vs. Jason vs. the Board of Education," which parodies "" and the Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Board of Education.
 * "Return to Ape Valley," which parodies "."
 * A Matrix Christmas, which parodies The Matrix; and You're in the Matrix, Charlie Brown which parodies The Matrix and Peanuts.
 * "The Unwatchable Hulk," which parodies "."

Trivia

 * This episode serves as a sequel to "Half-Decent Proposal",which is a sequel to "The Way We Was".
 * When Homer takes Artie to Moe's Tavern, the patrons sitting at the bar who greet Artie are Professor Lombardo, Jay Sherman, Aristotle Amadopolis, and Llewellyn Sinclair. All four of them (as well as Artie) were voiced by Jon Lovitz.
 * When Homer and the kids are attending The Re-Deadening, Homer rests his soda on Lisa's head exactly the same way that he rested his beer on Bart's head in "Lisa's First Word".
 * Bart and Lisa also investigate strange noises in the attic in "The Thing and I", a segment of Treehouse of Horror VII.
 * Interestingly, the movie guide What Would Jesus View? bans Teenage Sex Wager, but apparently has no problem with The Re-Deadening. A similar situation occurred in real life in 2008 when a movie theatre in refused to show ' but had no problem with showing '.