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==Cultural References==
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*The first segment is a parody of ''A.I.: Artificial Intelligence''.
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{{EpisodePrevNextRef|Milhouse of Sand and Fog|Marge's Son Poisoning}}
*The end of the first segment concludes with a short parody of ''The Exorcist'' featuring a possessed [http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Homer_Simpson Homer].
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*The song featured during Bart's jealousy segment is "New Kid in Town" by The Eagles
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== Cultural references ==
*The second segment is a parody of ''[http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=The_Most_Dangerous_Game&action=edit&redlink=1 The Most Dangerous Game]'', a 1923 short story by Richard Edward Connell.
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=== Opening Sequence ===
*The title "I've Grown a Costume to your Face" is a reference to the song "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from ''My Fair Lady''. It is also an allusion to a song that Bart and Sideshow Bob sing in Bart's room in the episode "[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/The_Great_Louse_Detective The Great Louse Detective]", Season 14.
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*[[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.
*In the beginning segment, [http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Kang_and_Kodos Kang and Kodos] wonder if by speeding up time, maybe the Chicago Cubs can actually win the World Series. As of 2005, it has been 97 years since that club's last World Series title, and 60 years since their last Series appearance.
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*"B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence" spoofs the music video for the Herbie Hancock song, "Rockit." In the scene where Bart meets the group of robots in the woods, that song is played accompanied by a walking pair of robot legs that were featured in the video.
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=== B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence ===
*After all of Springfield's citizens are turned into real-life versions of their costumes, Mayor Quimby as Mayor McCheese says while being licked at by dogs quotes "I am not a happy meal right now" which is a reference to the McDonald's happy meals.
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*''{{W|A.I. Artificial Intelligence}}'': Punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.
*At the end of "I've Grown a Costume to your Face", Maggie the witch flies up to the moon to the theme music of Bewitched, the animation is also very similar to the Bewitched title animation.
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*The song featured during [[Bart]]'s "jealousy" montage is "{{W|New Kid in Town}}" by the {{W2|Eagles|band}}.
==  Trivia==
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*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 episode is very similar to the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' episode "Halloween", in which most of the residents of Sunnydale don cursed costumes that transform them into what they are dressed as. It is also similar to the classic ''Twilight Zone'' episode ''The Masks'' in which four greedy heirs are turned into monsters by the hideous masks each wears at their benefactor's behest, Halloweentown, and ''[http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=The_Fairly_OddParents&action=edit&redlink=1 The Fairly OddParents]'' Halloween special ("Scary GodParents") in which Timmy wishes that everybody's Halloween costumes were real. The episode is also similar to an issue of the [http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Simpson_Comic&action=edit&redlink=1 Simpson Comic] [http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Bartman Bartman], in which an Itchy and Scratchy brought to life through alien technology create a nuclear explosion which turns the Simpsons into costumed superheroes.
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*The segment concludes with a short parody of ''[[The Exorcist]]'', featuring a possessed [[Homer]].
*This is first Treehouse of Horror to not be the premiere of its season since [http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_X Treehouse of Horror X].
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=== Survival of the Fattest ===
*Among the costumes in "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face":
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*The second segment is a parody of ''{{W|The Most Dangerous Game}}'', a 1923 short story by {{W|Richard Connell}}.
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Lisa_Simpson Lisa]: Albert Einstein
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*The segment title is a pun on the [[Charles Darwin|Darwin]]-inspired catchphrase, "{{W|survival of the fittest}}".
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Marge_Simpson Marge]: a skeleton
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**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Maggie_Simpson Maggie]: a witch
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=== I've Grown a Costume on Your Face ===
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Martin_Prince Martin]: Oberon, king of the fairies, from ''A Midsummer's Night Dream''
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*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]]".
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Groundskeeper_Willie Willie]: a bug spray can
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*Television series references:
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Homer_Simpson Homer]: a decapitated man
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**''{{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.
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Hans_Moleman Hans Moleman]: a mole, even though he didn't dress as one
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**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.
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Bart_Simpson Bart]: werewolf
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**''{{W|The Fairly OddParents}}'': In the episode "Scary GodParents," Timmy wishes that everybody's Halloween costumes were real.
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Apu_Nahasapeemapetilon Apu]: [http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/R2-D2 R2-D2]
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*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.
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Julius_Hibbert Dr. Hibbert]: Dracula (Mistaken for Blacula by Mayor Quimby)
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*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.
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Milhouse_Van_Houten Milhouse]: a bulldozer
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**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Ned_Flanders Ned]: a flower (which looks somewhat like Bob the Angry Flower)
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== Trivia ==
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Nelson_Muntz Nelson]: the Lone Ranger, but everyone (including the witch) thinks he is a raccoon
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*"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.
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Joe_Quimby Mayor Quimby]: Mayor McCheese
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*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]]".
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Abraham_Simpson Grandpa]: a gorilla
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*This is the only Simpson episode where God's face is completely shown (in the opening).
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Sideshow_Mel Sideshow Mel]: Spider-Man
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=== Costumes in "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" ===
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Clancy_Wiggum Wiggum]: Jared Fogle
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*[[Homer Simpson]]: a decapitated man
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Horatio_McCallister Sea Captain]: Poseidon (he played Poseidon in "[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Tales_from_the_Public_Domain Tales from the Public Domain]")
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*[[Marge Simpson]]: a skeleton with a human head
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Lenny_Leonard Lenny]: prison inmate
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*[[Bart Simpson]]: a {{W|Eddie Munster}}
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Carl_Carlson Carl]: mummy
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*[[Lisa Simpson]]: [[Albert Einstein]]
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Seymour_Skinner Skinner]: G.I. Joe
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*[[Maggie Simpson]]: a witch
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Agnes_Skinner Agnes]: Southern belle
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*[[Martin Prince]]: {{W|Oberon}}, king of the fairies, from ''{{W|A Midsummer's Night Dream}}''
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Patty Patty]: horse's rear
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*[[Groundskeeper Willie]]: a bug spray can
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Selma Selma]: horse's head
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*[[Hans Moleman]]: a mole, even though he didn't dress as one
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Gil Gil]: a ghost
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*[[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]]: [[R2-D2]]
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Barney_Gumble Barney]: Frankenstein's monster
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*[[Dr. Hibbert]]: {{ap|Count Dracula|monster|Dracula}} (mistaken for [[Blacula]] by Mayor Quimby)
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Moe_Szyslak Moe]: Hugh Hefner
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*[[Milhouse Van Houten]]: a bulldozer
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Disco_Stu Disco Stu]: Steve Martin
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*[[Kirk Van Houten]]: A circus strong man
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Jasper_Beardley Jasper]: Scarecrow from ''The Wizard of Oz''
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*[[Ned Flanders]]: a flower (which looks somewhat like Bob the Angry Flower)
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Professor_Frink Professor Frink]: caveman
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*[[Nelson Muntz]]: the {{W|Lone Ranger}}, but everyone (including the witch) thinks he is a raccoon
**[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Bumblebee_Man Bumblebee Man]: Bumblebee (quite obvious) (if you can't find him, he's the one who gets 'obsessed' with Flanders).
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*[[Mayor Quimby]]: [[Cheesy McMayor]]
**Other costumes include an Imperial Scout Trooper.
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*Mayor Quimby's bodyguard: A cat
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*[[Abraham Simpson]]: a gorilla
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*[[Sideshow Mel]]: [[Spider-Man]]
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*[[Chief Wiggum]]: Jared Fogle
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*[[Eddie]] and [[Lou]]: [[The Three Musketeers|Musketeers]]
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*[[Horatio McCallister]]: {{W|Poseidon}} (interestingly, [[Poseidon]] was portrayed as the Sea Captain in "[[Tales from the Public Domain]]")
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*[[Edna Krabappel]]: A snake
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*[[Lenny Leonard]]: prison inmate
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*[[Carl Carlson]]: [[mummy]]
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*[[Principal Skinner]]: [[G.I. Joe]]
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*[[Agnes Skinner]]: Southern belle
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*[[Patty]]: horse's front
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*[[Selma]]: horse's back
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*[[Gil]]: a ghost
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*[[Barney Gumble]]: [[Frankenstein's monster]]
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*[[Moe Szyslak]]: [[Hugh Hefner]]
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*[[Disco Stu]]: {{Ch|Steve Martin}} with an arrow through the head
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*[[Jasper Beardsley]]: [[Scarecrow]] from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''
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*[[Luigi Risotto|Luigi]]: a tiered cake
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*[[Sherri]] and [[Terri]]: [[Tweedledum and Tweedledee]] from the ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' sequel ''Alice Through The Looking Glass''.
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*[[Squeaky-voiced teen]]: [[Tin Man]] from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''
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*[[Professor Frink]]: Caveman
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*[[Bumblebee Man]]: Bumblebee
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*[[Old Jewish man]]: His brother [[Irving]]
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*Other costumes include an {{W|Imperial Scout Trooper}}, an astronaut, a football player, a Native American.
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=== Deaths in "Survival of the Fattest" ===
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These are the people whom [[Mr. Burns]] massacres in the segment "Survival of the Fattest." The deaths are in chronological order.
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*[[Comic Book Guy]]: Shot after refusing to run.
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*[[Blue-haired lawyer]]: Killed after defending Burns.
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*[[Apu]]: Shot after being discovered hiding in a bush, but is reincarnated as a rabbit. After reincarnation, he gets caught in a bear trap.
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*[[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.
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*Dr. [[Julius Hibbert]]: Flung from a tree by [[Homer]], and then became the first to be shot out of the air by Burns.
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*Dr. [[Nick Riviera]]: Flung from a tree and shot immediately after Hibbert.
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*[[Lou]] the Cop: Flung from a tree and shot after Dr. Nick.
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*[[Kirk Van Houten]]: Flung from a tree, shot and killed after Lou.
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*[[The Yes Guy]]: Flung from a tree, and then shot after Kirk.
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*[[Kent Brockman]]: Flung from a tree, and was the last person to be shot out of the air.
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*[[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.
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*[[Clancy Wiggum]]: Falls on a weathervane and dies instantly, crushing Moe.
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*[[Professor Frink]]: Eaten by Homer, who passes up bananas, saying that they look green.
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*[[Sideshow Mel]]: Shot by Burns, using machine guns on a plane during a strafing run.
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*[[Dewey Largo]]: Also shot during the strafing run.
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*[[Groundskeeper Willie]]: Shot and killed during the strafing run, dying at exactly the same time as Mel and Plute.
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*[[Carl]]: Shot during the strafing run, but survives until just before Lenny dies.
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*[[Lenny]]: Shot during the strafing run, but survives long enough to see his idea of heaven.
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*[[Barney]]: Shot three times through the chest while being used as a diversion by Homer.
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== Continuity ==
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=== Survival of the Fattest ===
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*Marge reminds Bart of when he killed a bird ("[[Bart the Mother]]").
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[[Category:Cultural references]]
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[[Category:Trivia]]
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[[Category:Continuity]]

Latest revision as of 16:07, April 24, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 17 Episode References
359 "Milhouse of Sand and Fog"
360
"Treehouse of Horror XVI"
"Marge's Son Poisoning" 361


Cultural references[edit]

Opening Sequence[edit]

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]

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]

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]

Season 17 References
The Bonfire of the Manatees The Girl Who Slept Too Little Milhouse of Sand and Fog Treehouse of Horror XVI Marge's Son Poisoning See Homer Run The Last of the Red Hat Mamas The Italian Bob Simpsons Christmas Stories Homer's Paternity Coot We're on the Road to D'ohwhere My Fair Laddy The Seemingly Never-Ending Story Bart Has Two Mommies Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife Million-Dollar Abie Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore The Wettest Stories Ever Told Girls Just Want to Have Sums Regarding Margie The Monkey Suit Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play