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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the film ''{{w|The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)|The Man Who Came to Dinner}}''.
*The educational film ''{{w|Powers of Ten}}'' is parodied in the [[Powers of Ten parody|couch gag]].
*The song sung by the rappers in Phineas Q. Butterfat's parodies the 1979 song "{{w|Rapper's Delight}}".
*The song played before Ziff's downfall is {{w|Lou Bega}}'s "{{w|Mambo No. 5|Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)}}".
*Real-life film critic {{w|Michael Medved}} is listed as the author of ''[[What Would Jesus View?]]'', the [[First Church of Springfield]]'s movie guide.
**The guide's title is a pun on the {{w|Evangelicalism|Evangelical}} catchphrase "{{w|What would Jesus do?}}"
*References in the film ''[[The Re-Deadening]]'':
**The movie is most likely a parody of ''{{w|Dolly Dearest}}'', which is a horror movie about a possessed doll.
**''{{w|Village of the Damned (1995 film)|Village of the Damned}}'', ''{{w|Child's Play (film series)|Child's Play}}'', and ''{{w|The Others (2001 film)|The Others}}'' are also parodied in the plot.
**The music of ''The Re-Deadening'' parodies the music played in ''{{w|Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby}}''.
*The scene where [[Lisa]] videotapes herself and [[Bart]] searching the attic for the source of the noises is a reference to ''{{w|The Blair Witch Project}}''.
*When [[Homer]] investigates the attic, he finds a copy of ''{{w|Newsweek}}'' from 1986 with a cover story titled "Why America Loves [[Saddam Hussein]]".
*[[Artie Ziff]]'s company going bust and cheating its shareholders is reminiscent of {{w|Enron}} and its downfall.
*''{{w|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory}}'': Lisa tells Artie that [[Homer]] once started reading the book to the Simpson children, but became confused when he thought the chocolate factory was real; he has been searching for it ever since.
*When [[Homer]] is arrested by the {{w|U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|SEC}}, he tells [[Moe]] to tell his family that he ran off to join the {{w|Blue Man Group}}.
*Music from the soundtrack of ''{{w|The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile}}'' plays briefly when Artie enters the prison yard.
=== Now Playing at the Googolplex ===
In addition to ''The Re-Deadening'', the movies being shown or advertised at [[Springfield Googolplex Theatres]] are as follows:
*"The Wild Dingleberries Movie," which is a parody of "The Wild Thornberries Movie."
*"3 Fast 3 Furious," which is a parody of "2 Fast 2 Furious."
*"The Fashion of the Christ," which is a parody of "The Passion of the Christ."
*"A Kiss Before Boring," which is a parody of "A Kiss Before Dying."
*"Ghost Frat," which is a parody of "Ghost Rat."
*"From Justin to Kelly 4," which is a fictional sequel to the 2000s flop film "From Justin to Kelly."
*"Eating Nemo," which is a parody of "Finding Nemo."
*"Teenage Sex Wager," which is a parody of the 1990s raunchy teen film, "American Pie."
*"My Big Fat Greek Salad," which is a parody of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
*"Freddy vs. Jason vs. The Board of Education," which parodies "Freddy vs. Jason" and the Supreme Court case Brown vs. the Board of Education.
*"Return to Ape Valley," which parodies "Return to the Planet of the Apes."
*"A Matrix Christmas" and "You're in the Matrix, Charlie Brown," which parodies "The Matrix."
*"The Unwatchable Hulk," which parodies "The Incredible Hulk."

== Trivia ==
*When [[Homer]] takes [[Artie Ziff|Artie]] to [[Moe's Tavern]], the patrons sitting at the bar who greet Artie are [[Professor Lombardo]], [[Jay Sherman]], [[Aristotle Amadopolis]], and [[Llewellyn Sinclair]] all four of whom (as well as Artie) were originally voiced by [[Jon Lovitz]].
**In this scene, Jay Sherman and one other character were voiced by [[Maurice LaMarche]].
**LaMarche was not credited for his voices in this episode.
*When Homer and the kids are attending ''[[The Re-Deadening]]'', Homer rests his soda on [[Lisa]]'s head exactly the same way that he rested his beer on [[Bart]]'s head in "[[Lisa's First Word]]".
*Bart and Lisa also investigate strange noises in the attic in "The Thing and I", a segment of [[Treehouse of Horror VII]].
*Interestingly, the movie guide ''[[What Would Jesus View?]]'' bans ''[[Teenage Sex Wager]]'', but apparently has no problem with ''[[The Re-Deadening]]''. A similar situation occurred in real life in 2008 when a movie theatre in {{w|Salt Lake City}} refused to show ''{{w|Zack and Miri Make a Porno}}'' but had no problem with showing ''{{w|Saw V}}''.<ref>http://voices.yahoo.com/zack-miri-porno-2174137.html</ref>

== References ==
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