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Cultural references

• "Reaper Madness" is a reference to the film Reefer Madness.
• Curb Your Enthusiasm: When Marge tells Homer to take the old Death to the curb for the trash pickup, Homer replies, "I'll curb him, but without enthusiasm!"
• "Stop the world I want to goof off" is a parody of the musical - Stop the World: I Want to Get Off.
• When Frinkenstein walks down the street after re-assembling himself from other people's body parts, the music playing over the scene is "Stayin' Alive".
• After freezing Lisa, Bart says "She looks like a background character in a Hannah-Barbara Cartoon", referencing that in animation background characters are often still and motionless.

Trivia

• This is the second time that Ned Flanders becomes the devil. The first was in "Treehouse of Horror IV".
• The Halloween names (such as "Blood Curdling Cartwright") return to the closing credits.
• Homer's remark talking about the previous episode has a similarity to "Treehouse of Horror XII", where the Leprechaun from the first story, "Hex and the City", is seen on Bart's back in the "Wiz Kids" segment.
• The scene where Professor Frink kicks his father in the crotch is similar to the second Scooby-Doo movie, where Velma kicks the Black Knight ghost in the crotch, saying it was his "weak spot". The film was released 4 months after the episode aired.
• Parts of Frinkenstein include:
  • Snake's right arm.
  • Mr. Burns' left arm.
  • Sideshow Mel's hair.
  • Krusty's neck.
  • Nelson's torso.
  • part of Selma's right foot.
  • Disco Stu's left foot.
  • Kearney's legs.
  • Ned's organs.
  • Principal Skinner's spine.
  • Comic Book Guy's butt.
• When Lisa uses the stopwatch at the end of "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" Bart changes back from his 25 year old self back to his 10 year old self without explanation.
• When Lisa uses the stopwatch at the end of "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", the things that suddenly happen to the other members of the family are:
  • The upper portion of their bodies become rockets and zoom around.
  • Their genders are switched
  • They turn into bobbleheads.
  • They turn into TV Guide covers.
  • They turn into the Fantastic Four.
  • They return to normal, but are playing with hula-hoops.
• Lisa is talking Swedish. She says "Tack för att ni förärar vår stad" which can be translated to: "Thank you for honoring our city". Although the pronunciation is so poor that it's difficult for even native swedes to hear what she's supposed to say.

Continuity

• This episode marks the second time Homer was cast to be a Marvel superhero character (which also was a beast-like character); the first time was in "I Am Furious (Yellow)", where he lost his temper and temporarily acted like The Incredible Hulk.
• In the story Frinkenstein, Homer refers to the time he was Death, in the previous story Reaper Madness.

Goofs

• When the Simpsons are hula-hooping, Bart moves from the floor to his bed.
• Right before Professor Frink's father is kicked, Professor Frink is wearing the Nobel Prize. When his father is on the ground, his father is wearing the Nobel Prize.
• When Homer is going down to get some better seats at the game, everyone he touches dies. However, a man blocks Homer from touching his forehead he survives.
• When Homer wakes up from bed in "Reaper Madness", he is wearing a singlet. When God turns him back to normal, he is wearing his white shirt.
• At the Nobel prize party, a few of the people Frink, Sr. killed are alive again.