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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*One of the segments will feature a ''{{W|Back to the Future}}''-style story.
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=== Opening sequence ===
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*The music in the scenes with the Mayan Indians is based on ''{{W|Apocalypto}}''.
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*[[Joe Quimby|Mayan Quimby]] says that the world ending would be [[Barack Obama|Obama]]'s fault.
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*Kang's pirate costume is a parody of [[Captain Hook]], while Kodos' fairy costume is a parody of [[Tinker Bell]].
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=== The Greatest Story Ever Holed ===
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*The segment title is a pun on the film ''{{W|The Greatest Story Ever Told}}''.
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*The segment is a reference to the {{W|Large Hadron Collider}}.
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*The song "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" from the album ''{{W|Raising Sand}}'' by [[Robert Plant]] and [[Alison Krauss]] plays during the montage of the family throwing things into the [[Springfield's black hole|black hole]].
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*[[Comic Book Guy]] throws a DVD copy of the {{W|Disney}} film ''{{W|The Black Hole}}'' into the black hole.
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*The [[Ethereal Beings]] use a [[Zune]].
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=== UNnormal Activity ===
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*The film series ''{{W|Paranormal Activity}}'' is punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.
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=== Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure ===
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*The title is a pun on ''{{W|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure}}''.
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*''{{ap|Back to the Future|franchise}}'':
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**The segment's plotline is a parody of the movie's.
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*When [[Bart]] travels back in time he passes by movie posters for a large number of ''[[James Bond]]'' films.
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**The music that plays in this sequence is the "{{W|James Bond Theme}}" by {{W|Monty Norman}}.
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*In 1974, [[The Android's Dungeon]] is selling six issues of [[Spider-Man]] #1 for $1.
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*An instrumental version of "{{W|(They Long to Be) Close to You}}" by [[The Carpenters]] plays when [[Marge]] enters the classroom.
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*When [[Barty Ziff]] is whipping the flower in [[Nelson]]'s mouth, [[Artie Ziff]] says that he's just like {{Ch|Indiana Jones}}. Ziff then says that [[Richard Dreyfuss]] played him in their universe.
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=== Credits ===
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*[[James L. Brooks|James "Haha, the Devil Bought Facebook" Brooks]] refers to [[Facebook]].
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*[[Sam Simon|simonsam@twitTERROR]] refers to [[Twitter]] and Sam Simon's Twitter name.
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*[[Matt Selman|Humatt Selmanpede]] refers to ''{{W|The Human Centipede}}''.
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*[[Marc Wilmore|The Phatman of the Opera]] is a reference to ''{{W|The Phantom of the Opera}}''.
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*[[Jeff Westbrook|Uncle Festerbrook]] is a reference to {{W|Uncle Fester}} of ''{{W|The Addams Family}}''.
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*[[Brian Kelley|Brian Death Knelley]] is a reference to a {{W|Death knell}}.
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*[[Don Payne|Time and Relative Don in Payne]] is a reference to the [[TARDIS]] (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
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*[[Bonita Pietila|23 Shades of Yellow]] is a reference to ''{{W|50 Shades of Grey}}''.
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*[[Al Jean|Th-Th-Th-That's Al, Folks!]] is a reference to {{W|Porky Pig}}'s catchphrase, "That's all, folks!" from ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
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*[[Chris Edgerly|Night of the Living Dead-Gerly]] is a reference to ''{{W|Night of the Living Dead}}''.
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*[[Don Barrozo|Don of the Dead Barrozo]] is a reference to ''{{W|Dawn of the Dead}}''.
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*[[Chris Ledesma]] is credited as "[[Simpsons Music 500]]", the name of his blog.
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*[[Larina Jean Adamson|Katniss Everdeen Adamson]] is a reference to the character {{W|Katniss Everdeen}} from ''[[The Hunger Games]]''.
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*[[Max Pross|Pross Whedon]] is a reference to [[Joss Whedon]].
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*[[Mike Scully|A-Mike-Rican Horror Scully]] is a reference to ''{{W|American Horror Story}}''.
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*[[Mike B. Anderson|Mothra B. Anderson]] is a reference to [[Mothra]].
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*[[Richard Raynis|Re-Animator Raynis]] is a reference to ''{{W|Re-Animator}}''.
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*[[Denise Sirkot|"Tapping as Fast as I Can" Sirkot]] is a possible reference to ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''.
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*[[Richard K. Chung|Dchungo Unchained]] is a reference to ''{{W|Django Unchained}}''.
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*[[Bonita Pietila|Here Comes Honey Bon Bon]] is a reference to ''{{W|Here Comes Honey Boo Boo}}''.
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*[[Norm MacLeod|Norman "Bates" MacLeod]] is a reference to the character Norman Bates from the movie ''[[Psycho]]''.
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== Goofs ==
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[[File:Treehouse of Horror XXIII pennant.png|thumb|Milhouse's eyebrows error.]]
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*In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Principal Skinner gets sucked into the black hole twice.
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*Homer's fingers return to normal in several shots when entering the black hole and on the planet.
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*In the shot of the [[Black hole aliens]] with the Springfieldians in the background, [[Legs]] has [[Louie]]'s colors and [[Arnie Pye]] has [[Gil]]'s.
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*In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Milhouse's eyebrows are red (see picture on right).
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== Continuity ==
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*The third story contains a number of references to the [[Season 2]] episode "[[The Way We Was]]", most prominent is the detention room scene where Marge and Homer initially fell in love.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:54, October 11, 2023

References/Trivia


Season 24 Episode References
509 "Moonshine River"
510
"Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
"Adventures in Baby-Getting" 511


Cultural references[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

The Greatest Story Ever Holed[edit]

UNnormal Activity[edit]

  • The film series Paranormal Activity is punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.

Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure[edit]

Credits[edit]

Goofs[edit]

Milhouse's eyebrows error.
  • In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Principal Skinner gets sucked into the black hole twice.
  • Homer's fingers return to normal in several shots when entering the black hole and on the planet.
  • In the shot of the Black hole aliens with the Springfieldians in the background, Legs has Louie's colors and Arnie Pye has Gil's.
  • In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Milhouse's eyebrows are red (see picture on right).

Continuity[edit]

  • The third story contains a number of references to the Season 2 episode "The Way We Was", most prominent is the detention room scene where Marge and Homer initially fell in love.
Season 24 References
Moonshine River Treehouse of Horror XXIII Adventures in Baby-Getting Gone Abie Gone Penny-Wiseguys A Tree Grows in Springfield The Day the Earth Stood Cool To Cur, with Love Homer Goes to Prep School A Test Before Trying The Changing of the Guardian Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing Hardly Kirk-ing Gorgeous Grampa Black-Eyed, Please Dark Knight Court What Animated Women Want Pulpit Friction Whiskey Business The Fabulous Faker Boy The Saga of Carl Dangers on a Train