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== Cultural references == | == Cultural references == | ||
| − | *The story's title is a reference to the "{{ | + | *The story's title is a reference to the "{{W|Crisis on Infinite Earths}}" storyline from [[DC Comics]]. |
| − | *In the story's opening text, the imperfect duplicates are referred to as "Berzerkos", which is a play on {{ | + | *In the story's opening text, the imperfect duplicates are referred to as "Berzerkos", which is a play on {{W|Bizarro}}, a DC Comics villain who is an imperfect clone of Superman and who often speaks in opposites. Bizarro also appears briefly as the Homer clone begins mutating. |
*On the last page, when the panel displays all of the substitute Springfieldians, a substitute appears that looks remarkably similar to Fry from Futurama, Groening's other television series. | *On the last page, when the panel displays all of the substitute Springfieldians, a substitute appears that looks remarkably similar to Fry from Futurama, Groening's other television series. | ||
| − | *Kang and Kodos' miniature city in a bottle is a reference to {{ | + | *Kang and Kodos' miniature city in a bottle is a reference to {{W|Kandor}} from the Superman comics, a Kryptonian city best known for being shrunk and captured by the supervillain Brainiac. |
[[Category:Cultural references]] | [[Category:Cultural references]] | ||
| + | [[Category:The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror stories references]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:32, October 15, 2021
Cultural references[edit]
- The story's title is a reference to the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" storyline from DC Comics.
- In the story's opening text, the imperfect duplicates are referred to as "Berzerkos", which is a play on Bizarro, a DC Comics villain who is an imperfect clone of Superman and who often speaks in opposites. Bizarro also appears briefly as the Homer clone begins mutating.
- On the last page, when the panel displays all of the substitute Springfieldians, a substitute appears that looks remarkably similar to Fry from Futurama, Groening's other television series.
- Kang and Kodos' miniature city in a bottle is a reference to Kandor from the Superman comics, a Kryptonian city best known for being shrunk and captured by the supervillain Brainiac.
