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*During Lisa's nightmare, when the Simpsons are about to board the plane, the Moroccan police stop them by aiming pistols at them in the kneeling position, then lift up Homer's shirt to find smuggled items taped to his abdomen, parodying the opening scene of ''Midnight Express''. | *During Lisa's nightmare, when the Simpsons are about to board the plane, the Moroccan police stop them by aiming pistols at them in the kneeling position, then lift up Homer's shirt to find smuggled items taped to his abdomen, parodying the opening scene of ''Midnight Express''. | ||
*The end is similar to the film, [[wikipedia:The Thing With Two Heads|The Thing With Two Heads]]. | *The end is similar to the film, [[wikipedia:The Thing With Two Heads|The Thing With Two Heads]]. | ||
| + | *When [[Mr. Burns]] is scooping out Homer's brain, he hums "{{W|If I Only Had a Brain}}" from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. | ||
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Cultural references
- The introduction in Bart's nightmare is based on Rod Serling making the introduction to the Twilight Zone episodes.
- During Homer's nightmare, Bart and Lisa are watching Johnny Carson.
- A monkey's paw that grants wishes is based on "The Monkey's Paw" horror story by W.W. Jacobs.
- Bart's nightmare is largely based from the "It's a Good Life" segment of The Twlight Zone Movie.
- During Lisa's nightmare, when the Simpsons are about to board the plane, the Moroccan police stop them by aiming pistols at them in the kneeling position, then lift up Homer's shirt to find smuggled items taped to his abdomen, parodying the opening scene of Midnight Express.
- The end is similar to the film, The Thing With Two Heads.
- When Mr. Burns is scooping out Homer's brain, he hums "If I Only Had a Brain" from The Wizard of Oz.
Trivia
- The scene where Marge give her warning to the audience uses exactly the same scene from her warning in the first Treehouse of Horror, but with Marge given a different dialogue.
- When Kang and Kodos' ship lands on the Statue of Jebediah Springfield, the statue's head falls off as the rest of the statue falls over, as a reference to "The Telltale Head".
Goofs
- Sherri or Terri is colored yellow, not pale white, in one scene.
- For some reason Agnes Skinner is seen as a U.N. representative.
Continuity
- The segment, "Dead and Shoulders" from Season 25 episode, "Treehouse of Horror XXIV", is very similar to the end of the third segment of this episode, but with Bart's head in Lisa's body.
