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*The title is a likely reference to ''[[wikipedia:At_the_Mountains_of_Madness|At the Mountains of Madness]]'' by [[wikipedia:H.P._Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft]]. | *The title is a likely reference to ''[[wikipedia:At_the_Mountains_of_Madness|At the Mountains of Madness]]'' by [[wikipedia:H.P._Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft]]. | ||
*[[wikipedia:Smokey_Bear|Smokey Bear]]'s Catchphrase ''Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires'' is satirized as being ambiguous. | *[[wikipedia:Smokey_Bear|Smokey Bear]]'s Catchphrase ''Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires'' is satirized as being ambiguous. | ||
| − | *The "political powers" Burns hallucinates seeing are [[wikipedia:Mao_Zedong|Mao Zedong]], [[wikipedia:Abraham_Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]], [[wikipedia:Teddy Roosevelt|Teddy Roosevelt]], [[wikipedia:Mahatma_Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[wikipedia:Ramses|Ramses]]. | + | *The "political powers" [[Mr. Burns]] hallucinates seeing are [[wikipedia:Mao_Zedong|Mao Zedong]], [[wikipedia:Abraham_Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]], [[wikipedia:Teddy Roosevelt|Teddy Roosevelt]], [[wikipedia:Mahatma_Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[wikipedia:Ramses|Ramses]]. |
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| + | *While trapped in the cabin and slowly going mad, Mr. Burns begins thinking that [[Homer]] wants to kill him so he can ride his corpse down the mountain to safety. Homer does just that in [[King of the Hill]], where he rides the frozen corpse of [[C.W. McAllister]] down the [[Murderhorn]]. | ||
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Cultural references
- The title is a likely reference to At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft.
- Smokey Bear's Catchphrase Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires is satirized as being ambiguous.
- The "political powers" Mr. Burns hallucinates seeing are Mao Zedong, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi and Ramses.
Continuity
- While trapped in the cabin and slowly going mad, Mr. Burns begins thinking that Homer wants to kill him so he can ride his corpse down the mountain to safety. Homer does just that in King of the Hill, where he rides the frozen corpse of C.W. McAllister down the Murderhorn.
