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*[[Katy Perry (character)|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 ''{{w|The Muppet Show}}''. | *[[Katy Perry (character)|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 ''{{w|The Muppet Show}}''. | ||
*[[Grampa]] and [[Jasper]] are parodying {{W|Statler and Waldorf}} from ''The Muppets''. | *[[Grampa]] and [[Jasper]] are parodying {{W|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 "{{W|I Kissed a Girl}}". | ||
== Trivia == | == 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. | *"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. | ||
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Contents
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'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".
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.
