Treehouse of Horror XXVI/References

Cultural references

 * The segment Wanted: Dead, Then Alive's title is a reference to, which has a lot of meanings through popular culture.
 * The segment Homerzilla's title and the segment itself are parody of the original 1954 and the 1998 American remake and subsequent renaming of that film's monster to.
 * Agnes Skinner appears in the segment as the giant condor from.
 * Gamera appears in the 'Homerzilla' segment.
 * Disco Stu was singing "" (with the lyrics changed "ole" to "old") by before Homerzilla destroyed the power lines.
 * The segment Telepaths of Glory's title is a reference to the movie, as well to the season 27 episode Paths of Glory.
 * Bart's mask in the couch gag is a mask of Huckleberry Hound.
 * Lisa's mask in the couch gag is a mask of Yogi Bear.
 * Fiendbook is a parody of Facebook.
 * Sideshow Bob song "I Killed Bart Dead" is based on .
 * Sideshow Bob talks about and reads a fictional book about the author,, "The complete works of T. S. Eliot except "Cats"".
 * A student of Springfield University mentions Game of Thrones.
 * , Green Lantern, and  are referenced in posters.
 * Comic Book Guy is in the theater to get a good seat for the next Star Wars.
 * Scrat from  makes an appearance, voiced by Chris Wedge, who voiced him in the movies.
 * Fred Flintstone from The Flintstones appears underground as a skeleton in his foot-powered car from the series.
 * The bare-chested man on horseback is.
 * The song "" by plays during the montage showing Sideshow Bob killing Bart in different ways and reanimating him.
 * The Reanimation machine is a homage to the movie.
 * Telepaths of Glory parodies the movie.
 * In Sideshow Bob's song "I Killed Bart Dead", he sings the lyrics "I did what could not be done", to by, referencing Looney Tunes.
 * Maggie turns Homerzilla into a large.
 * When Milhouse summons the stone faces out of the ground, its a reference to the manga and anime.

Credits

 * Matt Selman's credit "The Necromattselmanicon" is a reference to the Necronomicon.
 * Brian Kelley's credit "Bram Shelley's Dracustein" is a reference to 's ' and 's '.
 * Tim Long's credit "Tim Long-Un" is a reference to.
 * Mike Scully's credit "Magic Mike Scully XXS" is a reference to .
 * David Silverman's credit "Dave Of The Dead Silverman" is a reference to .
 * Joel H. Cohen's writer credit "Joel Cohen's Credit 2: The Squeakquel" is a reference to .
 * Dan Castellaneta's credit "Dan 9 From Outer Space-Eta" is a reference to .
 * Chris Wedge's credit "Chris "Scrat" Wedge" is a reference to his character Scrat from .
 * Andrea Romero's credit "Andromeda Strain Romero" is a reference to .
 * Scott Muller's credit "Scott Mulrrr! Ruler Of The Planet Omicron Persei 8!" is a reference to Lrrr from Futurama.
 * Nick Conti's credit "Nick "Necrochasm" Conti (still don't have it)" is a reference to the gun "Necrochasm" from the game .

Continuity

 * This is the second time a "Treehouse of Horror" segment has featured Homer as a classic giant monster. ("Treehouse of Horror III")
 * Bart and Lisa previously acquired superpowers from radiation. ("Treehouse of Horror X")
 * This is be the second time where Bart and Lisa have special powers, but Lisa is much more powerful than Bart because of her intelligence. ("Treehouse of Horror XII")
 * This is the third episode someone in the Simpson Family lost their memory. ("Regarding Margie", "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind")
 * A cloth version of Mr. Sparkle billboard appears. ("In Marge We Trust")
 * Frank Grimes' tomb appears in the couch gag and he emerges from the tomb as a zombie monster. ("Homer's Enemy")
 * The that turned everyone into their costumed characters appears in the couch gag. ("Treehouse of Horror XVI")
 * Russ Cargill's Fiendbook post references the Dome and the year references the release date of the movie, it being ten years after. (The Simpsons Movie)
 * Oogle appears on smartphones. ("The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly")
 * Sideshow Bob steps on a rake in Springfield University. ("Cape Feare") ("Kamp Krusty")
 * Homer says to Sideshow Bob after he killed him "That's for trying to frame Krusty". ("Krusty Gets Busted")
 * Skinner appears as a box kite. ("Married to the Blob")
 * The plot line of "Wanted: Dead, Then Alive" is similar to that from the The Itchy & Scratchy Show's episode The Tears of a Clone. ("Little Big Mom")



Trivia

 * Kang and Kodos break the fourth wall talking about making a cameo appearance, and season 4.
 * This episode is the first "Treehouse of Horror" episode not to feature a title card and the first to have two segments linked together (Homerzilla and Telepaths of Glory, both having Homerzilla).
 * The production code TABF18 appears on the tests that Sideshow Bob is correcting as the course number.
 * One of the pre-release images for Telepaths of Glory have Lisa playing various instruments with her powers while Homer and Bart watch her. But in the final version, Bart is not present and Homer interrupts her, saying that "The musicians union does not allow this!", which makes her drop all the instruments.
 * Gracie Films logo's scream was replaced by Homerzilla roaring.

Goofs

 * When Lisa and Santa's Little Helper first look into the window and see Bart in the basement, there are no bars on the window but when the camera angle changes in the next scene, the bars appear.
 * After Sideshow Bob tried the reanimator machine for the first time, there's a skull with two wires connected to it's eye holes on the background. After the second test, however, it's gone.
 * During the montage, the word "Reanimate" on the machine appears only when Sideshow Bob pulls the lever, but when the family rescues Bart, it's shown in its normal position.
 * Due to Homerzilla eating all of the donuts, it's unlikely the fishes were getting fat and ugly because of them.
 * The title is inaccurate as Bart, Lisa and Milhouse gain telekinesis rather than telepathy.
 * Milhouse killed Dolph by throwing him on a volcano, but he reappears later at the "whack-a-mole" game with the other bullies.