The Immigration of the Body Snatchers/References

Cultural references

 * The comic's title and plot are based on the 1956 film .
 * The dog with Groundskeeper Willie's head is a reference to a scene in the, where a dog with a man's head frightens the female protagonist, Elizabeth.
 * While Homer is running from the pod people he briefly talks to a man named . Pete tells Homer that he's being chased by a horde of zombies and heads for an abandoned shopping mall, à la .
 * Pete Benson is an employee at Bongo Comics.
 * The final scene is a reference to the Twilight Zone episode "". The aliens and monsters that appear are additional references to: The Terminator, Planet of the Apes, Dracula, ', ', and the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode "You’re No Fun Anymore". There are also references in this scene to  and the Twilight Zone episode "".
 * The mental hospital has a plaque which reads "Charlton Heston est: 1993". This is a reference to the, who starred in a number of Christian films.
 * A Frenchman is holding a book titled Le Genius du Jerry Lewis.
 * Maggie gives Homer music to send him to sleep.