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| − | == | + | {{TabR|nogags}} |
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| − | *This is first Treehouse of Horror to not be the premiere of its season since [ | + | |
| − | * | + | == Cultural references == |
| − | * | + | === Opening Sequence === |
| − | * | + | *[[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] wonder if speeding up time will allow the [[Chicago Cubs]] to win the {{W|World Series}}, a reference to the team's long-standing {{W|List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts|championship drought}}, which lasted from 1908 to 2016. |
| − | **[ | + | |
| − | * | + | === B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence === |
| − | * | + | *''{{W|A.I. Artificial Intelligence}}'': Punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment. |
| − | + | *The song featured during [[Bart]]'s "jealousy" montage is "{{W|New Kid in Town}}" by the {{W2|Eagles|band}}. | |
| − | + | *The scene where Bart meets the group of robots in the woods is a spoof of the music video for the song "{{W|Rockit}}" by {{W|Herbie Hancock}}. The walking pair of robot legs were featured in the video. | |
| − | + | *The segment concludes with a short parody of ''[[The Exorcist]]'', featuring a possessed [[Homer]]. | |
| − | + | === Survival of the Fattest === | |
| − | * | + | *The second segment is a parody of ''{{W|The Most Dangerous Game}}'', a 1923 short story by {{W|Richard Connell}}. |
| − | * | + | *The segment title is a pun on the [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]-inspired catchphrase, "{{W|survival of the fittest}}". |
| − | **[ | + | |
| − | * | + | === I've Grown a Costume on Your Face === |
| − | * | + | *The segment's title is a reference to the song "{{W|I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face}}" from the musical ''{{W|My Fair Lady}}''. It is also an allusion to a [[List of songs/Season 14|song]] that [[Bart]] and [[Sideshow Bob]] sing in Bart's room in the [[Season 14]] episode "[[The Great Louse Detective]]". |
| − | * | + | *Television series references: |
| − | * | + | **''{{W2|Buffy the Vampire Slayer|TV series}}'': In the episode "Halloween", most of the residents of Sunnydale don cursed costumes that transform them into what they are dressed as. |
| − | * | + | **The classic ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'': In the episode "The Masks," four greedy heirs are turned into monsters by the hideous masks each wears at their benefactor's behest. |
| − | **[ | + | **''{{W|The Fairly OddParents}}'': In the episode "Scary GodParents," Timmy wishes that everybody's Halloween costumes were real. |
| − | **[ | + | *After all of [[Springfield]]'s citizens are turned into real-life versions of their costumes, [[Mayor Quimby]] as Mayor McCheese says, "I am not a happy meal right now" as dogs lick at him, a reference to [[McDonald's]] {{W|Happy Meal}}s. |
| − | * | + | *At the end of the segment, [[Maggie]] the witch flies up to the moon, accompanied by the theme music of ''[[Bewitched]]'', in a scene very similar to the TV series' title animation. |
| − | * | + | |
| − | * | + | == Trivia == |
| − | * | + | *"I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" is similar to an issue of the ''[[Simpsons Comics]]'' [[Bartman]], in which an [[Itchy and Scratchy]] brought to life through alien technology create a nuclear explosion which turns the Simpsons into costumed superheroes. |
| − | * | + | *This is the first [[Treehouse of Horror series|Treehouse of Horror]] episode to not be the premiere of its season since "[[Treehouse of Horror X]]". |
| − | * | + | *This is the only Simpson episode where God's face is completely shown (in the opening). |
| − | * | + | === Costumes in "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" === |
| − | * | + | *[[Homer Simpson]]: a decapitated man |
| − | * | + | *[[Marge Simpson]]: a skeleton with a human head |
| − | **[ | + | *[[Bart Simpson]]: a {{W|Eddie Munster}} |
| − | **[ | + | *[[Lisa Simpson]]: [[Albert Einstein]] |
| − | **[ | + | *[[Maggie Simpson]]: a witch |
| − | ** | + | *[[Martin Prince]]: {{W|Oberon}}, king of the fairies, from ''{{W|A Midsummer's Night Dream}}'' |
| + | *[[Groundskeeper Willie]]: a bug spray can | ||
| + | *[[Hans Moleman]]: a mole, even though he didn't dress as one | ||
| + | *[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]: [[R2-D2]] | ||
| + | *[[Dr. Hibbert]]: {{ap|Count Dracula|monster|Dracula}} (mistaken for [[Blacula]] by Mayor Quimby) | ||
| + | *[[Milhouse Van Houten]]: a bulldozer | ||
| + | *[[Kirk Van Houten]]: A circus strong man | ||
| + | *[[Ned Flanders]]: a flower (which looks somewhat like Bob the Angry Flower) | ||
| + | *[[Nelson Muntz]]: the {{W|Lone Ranger}}, but everyone (including the witch) thinks he is a raccoon | ||
| + | *[[Mayor Quimby]]: [[Cheesy McMayor]] | ||
| + | *Mayor Quimby's bodyguard: A cat | ||
| + | *[[Abraham Simpson]]: a gorilla | ||
| + | *[[Sideshow Mel]]: [[Spider-Man]] | ||
| + | *[[Chief Wiggum]]: Jared Fogle | ||
| + | *[[Eddie]] and [[Lou]]: [[The Three Musketeers|Musketeers]] | ||
| + | *[[Horatio McCallister]]: {{W|Poseidon}} (interestingly, [[Poseidon]] was portrayed as the Sea Captain in "[[Tales from the Public Domain]]") | ||
| + | *[[Edna Krabappel]]: A snake | ||
| + | *[[Lenny Leonard]]: prison inmate | ||
| + | *[[Carl Carlson]]: [[mummy]] | ||
| + | *[[Principal Skinner]]: [[G.I. Joe]] | ||
| + | *[[Agnes Skinner]]: Southern belle | ||
| + | *[[Patty]]: horse's front | ||
| + | *[[Selma]]: horse's back | ||
| + | *[[Gil]]: a ghost | ||
| + | *[[Barney Gumble]]: [[Frankenstein's monster]] | ||
| + | *[[Moe Szyslak]]: [[Hugh Hefner]] | ||
| + | *[[Disco Stu]]: {{Ch|Steve Martin}} with an arrow through the head | ||
| + | *[[Jasper Beardsley]]: [[Scarecrow]] from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Luigi Risotto|Luigi]]: a tiered cake | ||
| + | *[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]]: [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee]] from the ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' sequel ''Alice Through The Looking Glass''. | ||
| + | *[[Squeaky-voiced teen]]: [[Tin Man]] from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Professor Frink]]: Caveman | ||
| + | *[[Bumblebee Man]]: Bumblebee | ||
| + | *[[Old Jewish man]]: His brother [[Irving]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | *Other costumes include an {{W|Imperial Scout Trooper}}, an astronaut, a football player, a Native American. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Deaths in "Survival of the Fattest" === | ||
| + | These are the people whom [[Mr. Burns]] massacres in the segment "Survival of the Fattest." The deaths are in chronological order. | ||
| + | *[[Comic Book Guy]]: Shot after refusing to run. | ||
| + | *[[Blue-haired lawyer]]: Killed after defending Burns. | ||
| + | *[[Apu]]: Shot after being discovered hiding in a bush, but is reincarnated as a rabbit. After reincarnation, he gets caught in a bear trap. | ||
| + | *[[Krusty the Clown]]: Shot once by Burns, only to begin to tell a joke. He is then shot multiple more times through the chest to keep him from finishing. | ||
| + | *Dr. [[Julius Hibbert]]: Flung from a tree by [[Homer]], and then became the first to be shot out of the air by Burns. | ||
| + | *Dr. [[Nick Riviera]]: Flung from a tree and shot immediately after Hibbert. | ||
| + | *[[Lou]] the Cop: Flung from a tree and shot after Dr. Nick. | ||
| + | *[[Kirk Van Houten]]: Flung from a tree, shot and killed after Lou. | ||
| + | *[[The Yes Guy]]: Flung from a tree, and then shot after Kirk. | ||
| + | *[[Kent Brockman]]: Flung from a tree, and was the last person to be shot out of the air. | ||
| + | *[[Moe Syzlak]]: He was flung from the tree along with the others, but Burns missed him. After taunting Burns, he ironically lands on on a weather vane, impaling himself. He still survives, wins the lottery, and is about to leave to cash it in, but [[Chief Wiggum]] lands on him, crushing and finally killing him. | ||
| + | *[[Clancy Wiggum]]: Falls on a weathervane and dies instantly, crushing Moe. | ||
| + | *[[Professor Frink]]: Eaten by Homer, who passes up bananas, saying that they look green. | ||
| + | *[[Sideshow Mel]]: Shot by Burns, using machine guns on a plane during a strafing run. | ||
| + | *[[Dewey Largo]]: Also shot during the strafing run. | ||
| + | *[[Groundskeeper Willie]]: Shot and killed during the strafing run, dying at exactly the same time as Mel and Plute. | ||
| + | *[[Carl]]: Shot during the strafing run, but survives until just before Lenny dies. | ||
| + | *[[Lenny]]: Shot during the strafing run, but survives long enough to see his idea of heaven. | ||
| + | *[[Barney]]: Shot three times through the chest while being used as a diversion by Homer. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Continuity == | ||
| + | === Survival of the Fattest === | ||
| + | *Marge reminds Bart of when he killed a bird ("[[Bart the Mother]]"). | ||
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| + | {{Season 17|R}} | ||
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Treehouse of Horror 16}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Cultural references]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Trivia]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Continuity]] | ||
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Contents
Cultural references[edit]
Opening Sequence[edit]
- Kang and Kodos wonder if speeding up time will allow the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series, a reference to the team's long-standing championship drought, which lasted from 1908 to 2016.
B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence[edit]
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence: Punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.
- The song featured during Bart's "jealousy" montage is "New Kid in Town" by the Eagles.
- The scene where Bart meets the group of robots in the woods is a spoof of the music video for the song "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock. The walking pair of robot legs were featured in the video.
- The segment concludes with a short parody of The Exorcist, featuring a possessed Homer.
Survival of the Fattest[edit]
- The second segment is a parody of The Most Dangerous Game, a 1923 short story by Richard Connell.
- The segment title is a pun on the Darwin-inspired catchphrase, "survival of the fittest".
I've Grown a Costume on Your Face[edit]
- The segment's title is a reference to the song "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from the musical My Fair Lady. It is also an allusion to a song that Bart and Sideshow Bob sing in Bart's room in the Season 14 episode "The Great Louse Detective".
- Television series references:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: In the episode "Halloween", most of the residents of Sunnydale don cursed costumes that transform them into what they are dressed as.
- The classic The Twilight Zone: In the episode "The Masks," four greedy heirs are turned into monsters by the hideous masks each wears at their benefactor's behest.
- The Fairly OddParents: In the episode "Scary GodParents," Timmy wishes that everybody's Halloween costumes were real.
- After all of Springfield's citizens are turned into real-life versions of their costumes, Mayor Quimby as Mayor McCheese says, "I am not a happy meal right now" as dogs lick at him, a reference to McDonald's Happy Meals.
- At the end of the segment, Maggie the witch flies up to the moon, accompanied by the theme music of Bewitched, in a scene very similar to the TV series' title animation.
Trivia[edit]
- "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" is similar to an issue of the Simpsons Comics Bartman, in which an Itchy and Scratchy brought to life through alien technology create a nuclear explosion which turns the Simpsons into costumed superheroes.
- This is the first Treehouse of Horror episode to not be the premiere of its season since "Treehouse of Horror X".
- This is the only Simpson episode where God's face is completely shown (in the opening).
Costumes in "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face"[edit]
- Homer Simpson: a decapitated man
- Marge Simpson: a skeleton with a human head
- Bart Simpson: a Eddie Munster
- Lisa Simpson: Albert Einstein
- Maggie Simpson: a witch
- Martin Prince: Oberon, king of the fairies, from A Midsummer's Night Dream
- Groundskeeper Willie: a bug spray can
- Hans Moleman: a mole, even though he didn't dress as one
- Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: R2-D2
- Dr. Hibbert: Dracula (mistaken for Blacula by Mayor Quimby)
- Milhouse Van Houten: a bulldozer
- Kirk Van Houten: A circus strong man
- Ned Flanders: a flower (which looks somewhat like Bob the Angry Flower)
- Nelson Muntz: the Lone Ranger, but everyone (including the witch) thinks he is a raccoon
- Mayor Quimby: Cheesy McMayor
- Mayor Quimby's bodyguard: A cat
- Abraham Simpson: a gorilla
- Sideshow Mel: Spider-Man
- Chief Wiggum: Jared Fogle
- Eddie and Lou: Musketeers
- Horatio McCallister: Poseidon (interestingly, Poseidon was portrayed as the Sea Captain in "Tales from the Public Domain")
- Edna Krabappel: A snake
- Lenny Leonard: prison inmate
- Carl Carlson: mummy
- Principal Skinner: G.I. Joe
- Agnes Skinner: Southern belle
- Patty: horse's front
- Selma: horse's back
- Gil: a ghost
- Barney Gumble: Frankenstein's monster
- Moe Szyslak: Hugh Hefner
- Disco Stu: Steve Martin with an arrow through the head
- Jasper Beardsley: Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz
- Luigi: a tiered cake
- Sherri and Terri: Tweedledum and Tweedledee from the Alice in Wonderland sequel Alice Through The Looking Glass.
- Squeaky-voiced teen: Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz
- Professor Frink: Caveman
- Bumblebee Man: Bumblebee
- Old Jewish man: His brother Irving
- Other costumes include an Imperial Scout Trooper, an astronaut, a football player, a Native American.
Deaths in "Survival of the Fattest"[edit]
These are the people whom Mr. Burns massacres in the segment "Survival of the Fattest." The deaths are in chronological order.
- Comic Book Guy: Shot after refusing to run.
- Blue-haired lawyer: Killed after defending Burns.
- Apu: Shot after being discovered hiding in a bush, but is reincarnated as a rabbit. After reincarnation, he gets caught in a bear trap.
- Krusty the Clown: Shot once by Burns, only to begin to tell a joke. He is then shot multiple more times through the chest to keep him from finishing.
- Dr. Julius Hibbert: Flung from a tree by Homer, and then became the first to be shot out of the air by Burns.
- Dr. Nick Riviera: Flung from a tree and shot immediately after Hibbert.
- Lou the Cop: Flung from a tree and shot after Dr. Nick.
- Kirk Van Houten: Flung from a tree, shot and killed after Lou.
- The Yes Guy: Flung from a tree, and then shot after Kirk.
- Kent Brockman: Flung from a tree, and was the last person to be shot out of the air.
- Moe Syzlak: He was flung from the tree along with the others, but Burns missed him. After taunting Burns, he ironically lands on on a weather vane, impaling himself. He still survives, wins the lottery, and is about to leave to cash it in, but Chief Wiggum lands on him, crushing and finally killing him.
- Clancy Wiggum: Falls on a weathervane and dies instantly, crushing Moe.
- Professor Frink: Eaten by Homer, who passes up bananas, saying that they look green.
- Sideshow Mel: Shot by Burns, using machine guns on a plane during a strafing run.
- Dewey Largo: Also shot during the strafing run.
- Groundskeeper Willie: Shot and killed during the strafing run, dying at exactly the same time as Mel and Plute.
- Carl: Shot during the strafing run, but survives until just before Lenny dies.
- Lenny: Shot during the strafing run, but survives long enough to see his idea of heaven.
- Barney: Shot three times through the chest while being used as a diversion by Homer.
Continuity[edit]
Survival of the Fattest[edit]
- Marge reminds Bart of when he killed a bird ("Bart the Mother").
