Difference between revisions of "Days of Future Future/References"

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Cultural references

• The episode title is a reference to The Moody Blues album Days of Future Passed, previously referenced in the episode "Holidays of Future Passed".
• Jerry appears to be based on the aliens from the Alien franchise.
• Cretaceous Park is a parody of Jurassic Park, as well as a reference to most of the dinosaurs used in Jurassic Park being from the Cretaceous era.
• The method of implanting memories is a parody of Total Recall.
• Jimbo Jones pulls out a miniature lightsaber from Star Wars when attempting to mug Lisa and Milhouse.
• The Real Housewives of Venus is a parody of The Real Housewives series.
• Women on Bart's Little Black eBook, from left to right, top to bottom:
  • Maria from Metropolis.
  • Marta from Star Trek.
  • Unknown humanoid.
  • Pris from Blade Runner.
  • EVE from Wall-E.
  • Zira from Planet of the Apes.
  • Empress Zimzam, a parody of Queen Amidala from Star Wars.
  • Neytiri from Avatar.
• Homer becomes a disembodied head, similar to the heads in jars from Futurama, except he doesn't need to be in a jar to survive as it's his consciousness in a robotic head. His head can also be placed on a robotic body, similar to Richard Nixon's head, which goes on a robotic body in one episode. Another Futurama reference in the episode is that the Sea Captain can be seen with a Trisolian at the Guilded Truffle
• Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still appears in The Gilded Truffle as a waiter.
• After Bart's kids set fire to Homer's robot body, he resembles a Terminator skeleton from Terminator.
• Goody Gobble is a parody of Candy Crush Saga.
• The scene during the credits is a parody of Mad Men.
• Homer's robot body and the way he acts at the end of the episode is a reference to C-3PO.
• Frink's quote that he wanted to clone sheep is a reference to Dolly the cloned sheep.

Trivia

• This episode is a sequel to both season 16 episode "Future-Drama" and the season 23 episode "Holidays of Future Passed".
• Names on Bart's contact list include:
  • Jamshed
  • Janey
  • Jenda
  • Jimbo Jones

Goofs

• Marge mentions that she and Homer were married for 35 years, but with the episode set 30 years in the future, they should've been married for, at least, 40 years. Although they could have been separated for five years in the past.

Continuity

• Homer cloned himself previously with a magic hammoc. ("Treehouse of Horror XIII")