Difference between revisions of "The Twilight Zone"

''The Twilight Zone'' was notable for its genre-spanning story repertoire, running the gamut from science fiction to suspense, fantasy, thriller, and psychological horror. The stories often concluded with a twist ending and usually a moral.

{{TB|When [[Lisa]] snoops on the [[Rigellians|Rigellians']] [[UFO|ship]], she finds a cookbook whose title is eventually revealed to be ''[[How to Cook for Forty Humans]]'', but first appears to be ''How to Cook Humans''. The book is a reference to the ''Twilight Zone'' episode "{{w|To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone)|To Serve Man}}" where aliens greet people with a book titled ''To Serve Man'', as revealed when it's translated. The curious people accept the aliens' invitations to see their homeworld, and they travel with the aliens on their spaceships. One woman accepts such an invitation, but is stopped by her brother, who has properly translated the book and is shouting "It's a cookbook! It's a cookbook!".}}

{{TB|The voice-over introduction to [[Bart]]'s nightmare is based on [[Rod Serling]] making the introduction to the ''Twilight Zone'' episodes. Also, Bart's nightmare is largely based on the "It's a Good Life" segment of ''The Twlight Zone Movie''.}}

{{TB|The first segment, "Clown Without Pity", is an overall spoof of the ''Twilight Zone'' episode "{{w|Living Doll (The Twilight Zone)|Living Doll}}".}}

{{TB|[[Lionel Hutz]]'s line, "This isn't the YMCA", appears to be a reference to the ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "{{w|Person or Persons Unknown}}", in which the protagonist snidely remarks at one point, "What? This isn't the YMCA?".}}

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{{TB|Everyone getting angry and wanting to come into Flander's shelter is a reference to ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "{{w|The Shelter (The Twilight Zone)|The Shelter}}".}}

{{TB|The portal is similar to ''The Twilight Zone'' episode "{{W|Little Girl Lost}}". When Homer first encounters the portal he says "It's like something from that Twilighty show about that Zone".}}

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{{TB|"The Genesis Tub" is inspired by the 1962 ''Twilight Zone'' episode called "{{w|The Little People (The Twilight Zone)|The Little People}}", where astronauts stumble upon a tiny civilization on an asteroid.}}

{{TB|[[E.A.R.L.]] being a robot rather than a human being is a reference to the {{w|The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|''The Twilight Zone''}} episode "{{w|The Old Man in the Cave}}".}}

{{TB|Plot of ''The Terror of the Tiny Toon'' references ''Twilight Zone: The Movie''.}}

{{TB|The last scene with the elderly playing in the street is a reference to the Twilight Zone episode ''{{w|Kick the Can}}''.}}

{{TB|When [[Marge]] runs over the mailman and tells him that it will take a while for help to arrive, he says it's no problem as he's got plenty to read and picks up a Twilight Zone magazine. Then, to his horror, he discovers that his glasses are broken, referencing the 1959 episode "{{w|Time Enough at Last}}". The music from the show plays after this.}}

{{TB|"The Ned Zone" segment is reminiscent of a ''Twilight Zone'' episode called "{{w|The Purple Testament}}", in addition to being a parody of the [[Stephen King]] novel ''{{w|The Dead Zone (novel)|The Dead Zone}}''.}}

{{TB|The segment "I've Grown a Costume on Your Face" references Twilight Zone episode "{{w|The Masks}}", in which four greedy heirs are turned into monsters by the hideous masks each wears at their benefactor's behest.}}

{{TB|The robot who saves Homer's life by pushing him out of the path of an oncoming truck (and being himself hit as a result) is like the self-sacrificing robot in ''The Twilight Zone'' episode, "{{w|I Sing the Body Electric (The Twilight Zone)|I Sing the Body Electric}}".}}

{{TB|In the opening sequence, [[Rod Serling]], creator and host of the original TV series, is seen smoking a cigarette.}}

{{TB|[[Dr. Marvin Monroe]] unmasks himself as an invading three-eyed [[Venusians|Venusian]] who is ready to take on the [[Pod People]] who are also invading, although a group of [[Martians]] are in turn prepared to deal with the Venusians. This is a reference to the ''Twilight Zone'' episode "{{w|Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?}}"}}

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