The Man Who Came to Be Dinner/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the film .
 * The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", from Season 15.
 * As the Simpsons head to Dizz-Nee Land, "" plays.
 * There is a  attraction called Politically Correct at Dizz-Nee Land.
 * There are parodies of Mickey Mouse and (who looks similar to The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland) in Dizz-Nee Land.
 * The flying car in the video shown at Out-of-Date Futureland looks very similar to the cars in The Jetsons.
 * Toonton Abbey is a reference to .
 * When the UFO is traveling to Rigel VII:
 * The Silver Surfer from Marvel is seen.
 * A part of space looks very similar to the video game Asteroids.
 * Rocky the Flying Squirrel is seen on an asteroid with two aliens.
 * Among the few creatures seen in the zoo were a Black hole alien, a xenomorph from the Alien franchise, and, most terrifying of all, a kitten.
 * The Matrix: The Rigellian resistance live in a large underground cavern and enjoy celebrating with dancing and loud music, similar to the "Zion Dance Party" scene in The Matrix Reloaded.
 * References to Star Trek:
 * Homer makes an entry to the "Captain's Log" on the journey away from Rigel VII.
 * As the family receives a transmission from an unknown source, theme music that accompanied the Klingons in the Star Trek film series played.
 * The end credits parody Star Trek and the theme music plays.
 * Cosmic Wars was mentioned to have been bought out by Dizz-Nee, a reference to Star Wars being bought out by .
 * Star Wars: Homer uses a device similar to a lightsaber to chop off his hand and uses another setting to restore his hand. He then uses this device on Marge's hair and gives her a hand in her hair instead.
 * Shakespeare: Homer makes "The complete work of Shakespeare made of chocolate" book on the escape ship.

Trivia

 * When Kang and Kodos introduce themselves, Homer says "What the? This isn't Halloween!" Kang and Kodos usually only appear during Halloween episodes. The last time Kang and Kodos appeared in a non-Halloween episode was in the Season 13 episode "Gump Roast".
 * This is the final episode to receive more than 10 million viewers on its premiere.

Continuity

 * The potato chip scene previously happened in "Deep Space Homer", except this time, Bart and Maggie kept eating them.
 * Diz-nee previously appeared in "The PTA Disbands".