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Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the film The Man Who Came to Dinner.
  • The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", from Season 15.
• As the Simpsons head to Dizz-Nee Land, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" plays.
• There is a Pirates of the Caribbean attraction called Politically Correct at Dizz-Nee Land.
• There are parodies of Mickey Mouse and Scrooge McDuck (who looks similar to The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland) in Dizz-Nee Land.
• The flying car in the video shown at Out-of-Date Futureland looks very similar to the cars in The Jetsons.
• Toonton Abbey is a reference to Downton Abbey.
• When the UFO is traveling to Rigel VII:
  • The Silver Surfer from Marvel is seen.
  • A part of space looks very similar to the video game Asteroids.
  • Rocky the Flying Squirrel is seen on an asteroid with two aliens.
• Among the few creatures seen in the zoo were a Black hole alien, a xenomorph from the Alien franchise, and, most terrifying of all, a kitten.
• The Matrix: The Rigellian resistance live in a large underground cavern and enjoy celebrating with dancing and loud music, similar to the "Zion Dance Party" scene in The Matrix Reloaded.
• References to Star Trek:
  • Homer makes an entry to the "Captain's Log" on the journey away from Rigel VII.
  • As the family receives a transmission from an unknown source, theme music that accompanied the Klingons in the Star Trek film series played.
  • The end credits parody Star Trek and the theme music plays.
• Cosmic Wars was mentioned to have been bought out by Dizz-Nee, a reference to Star Wars being bought out by Disney.
• Star Wars: Homer uses a device similar to a lightsaber to chop off his hand and uses another setting to restore his hand. He then uses this device on Marge's hair and gives her a hand in her hair instead.
• Shakespeare: Homer makes "The complete work of Shakespeare made of chocolate" book on the escape ship.

Trivia

• When Kang and Kodos introduce themselves, Homer says "What the? This isn't Halloween!" Kang and Kodos usually only appear during Halloween episodes. The last time Kang and Kodos appeared in a non-Halloween episode was in the Season 13 episode "Gump Roast".

Continuity

• The potato chip scene previously happened in "Deep Space Homer", except this time, Bart and Maggie kept eating them.
• Diz-nee previously appeared in "The PTA Disbands".