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Cultural references

Opening sequence

• Kang's pirate costume is a parody of Captain Hook, while Kodos' fairy costume is a parody of Tinker Bell.
• The music in the scenes with the Mayan Indians is based on Apocalypto.

The Greatest Story Ever Holed

• The segment title is a pun on the film The Greatest Story Ever Told.
  • This segment has the third title that makes a reference to this movie; the others episodes are "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" from season 17 and "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" from season 21.
• The segment is a reference to the Large Hadron Collider.
• Comic Book Guy throws a DVD copy of the Disney film The Black Hole into the black hole.

UNnormal Activity

• The film series Paranormal Activity is punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.
  • Although, the film series deals with ghosts rather than demons

Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure

• The title is a pun on Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
• Back to the Future:
  • The segment's plotline is a parody of the movie's.
  • The music in the sequences where Bart travels through time is similar to the movie's soundtrack.
• When Bart travels back in time he passes by movie posters for a large number of James Bond films.

Credits

• James "Haha, the Devil Bought Facebook" Brooks refers to Facebook.
• simonsam@twitTERROR refers to Twitter and Sam Simon's Twitter name.
• Humatt Selmanpede refers to The Human Centipede.
• The Phatman of the Opera is a reference to The Phantom of the Opera.
• Uncle Festerbrook is a reference to Uncle Fester of The Addams Family.
• Brian Death Knelley is a reference to a Death knell.
• Time and Relative Don in Payne is a reference to the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) from Doctor Who.
• 23 Shades of Yellow is a reference to 50 Shades of Grey.
• Th-Th-Th-That's Al, Folks! is a reference to Porky Pig's catchphrase, "That's all, folks!" from Looney Tunes.
• Night of the Living Dead-Gerly is a reference to Night of the Living Dead.
• Don of the Dead Barrozo is a reference to Dawn of the Dead.
• Chris Ledesma is credited as "Simpsons Music 500", the name of his blog.
• Katniss Everdeen Adamson is a reference to the character Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games.
• Pross Whedon is a reference to Joss Whedon.
• A-Mike-Rican Horror Scully is a reference to American Horror Story.
• Mothra B. Anderson is a reference to Mothra.
• Re-Animator Raynis is a reference to Re-Animator.
• "Tapping as Fast as I Can" Sirkot is a possible reference to The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
• Dchungo Unchained is a reference to Django Unchained.
• Here Comes Honey Bon Bon is a reference to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
• Norman "Bates" MacLeod is a reference to the character Norman Bates from the movie Psycho.

Goofs

Milhouse's eyebrows error.

• In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Principal Skinner gets sucked into the black hole twice.
• In the shot of the Black hole aliens with the Springfieldians in the background, Legs has Louie's colors and Arnie Pye has Gil's.
• Young Homer is seen walking past in the present
• In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Milhouse's eyebrows are red (see picture on right).

Continuity

• The third story contains a number of references to the Season 2 episode "The Way We Was", most prominent is the detention room scene where Marge and Homer initially fell in love.

It also features an alternate ending, in which after Marge kisses Homer, the Simpsons house returns, as well as every ancester and Bart's new look disappears. Then, Artie disappears too and Homer gets a second head which asks him to know if Marge has a little sister. Here is the link