The Fight Before Christmas/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 22 Episode References
← "How Munched Is that Birdie in the Window?"	472 "The Fight Before Christmas"	"Donnie Fatso" 473 →

Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the poem "The Night Before Christmas".

Bart's dream

• The Polar Express is based on the train from the book and film The Polar Express. In the film, it also goes to the North Pole.

Lisa's dream

• Marge killing Hitler is a reference to the film Inglourious Basterds.
• The flying elephant may be a reference to the film Dumbo. More specifically, it is possible that it is a parody of Walt Disney's animation studio being hired to make war propaganda films during the war years.

Marge's dream

• The family sing "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Breakfast", a parody of the song "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas".
• A song from The Nutcracker is heard, as typically heard in any Christmas Simpsons episode.

Maggie's dream

• Katy Perry's appearing as her real-life self while the rest of the cast are puppets is a parody of celebrity guest appearances on The Muppet Show.
• Grampa and Jasper are parodying Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets.
• When Katy Perry kisses Mr. Burns, he says "I kissed a girl, and I liked it", a reference to Katy Perry's song "I Kissed a Girl".
• Mr. Burns says that he was visited by three ghosts, a reference to A Christmas Carol.

Trivia

• "The Fight Before Christmas" is special for being the second episode to have part of it set in the real world, this time the characters were in puppet form with Katy Perry playing herself in real life. The first episode to have part of it set in real life was "Treehouse of Horror VI" where Homer went into the real world.
• Moe gets called a goblin twice in the episode. Once in Bart's dream and once in Maggie's dream.