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*The hotel where rock star [[Maggie]] and her band are staying is called [[The Benny Hilton]], a pun on English comedian {{w|Benny Hill}}. | *The hotel where rock star [[Maggie]] and her band are staying is called [[The Benny Hilton]], a pun on English comedian {{w|Benny Hill}}. | ||
*During the montage of [[Homer]] and his grandsons walking around [[Springfield]], the music playing is "{{w|Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard}}" by {{w|Paul Simon}}. | *During the montage of [[Homer]] and his grandsons walking around [[Springfield]], the music playing is "{{w|Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard}}" by {{w|Paul Simon}}. | ||
| − | *The robotic policemen seen in one shot closely resemble the | + | *The robotic policemen seen in one shot closely resemble the {{W|Daleks}} from ''[[Doctor Who]]''. |
*The Christmas-themed music during the credits is the same that is played at the end of "[[Treehouse of Horror XXII]]". | *The Christmas-themed music during the credits is the same that is played at the end of "[[Treehouse of Horror XXII]]". | ||
*A poster in the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] advertises {{W|Soylent Green}}, proclaiming it to now have "30% more people!" | *A poster in the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] advertises {{W|Soylent Green}}, proclaiming it to now have "30% more people!" | ||
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Contents
Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on The Moody Blues album Days of Future Passed.
- The hotel where rock star Maggie and her band are staying is called The Benny Hilton, a pun on English comedian Benny Hill.
- During the montage of Homer and his grandsons walking around Springfield, the music playing is "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" by Paul Simon.
- The robotic policemen seen in one shot closely resemble the Daleks from Doctor Who.
- The Christmas-themed music during the credits is the same that is played at the end of "Treehouse of Horror XXII".
- A poster in the Kwik-E-Mart advertises Soylent Green, proclaiming it to now have "30% more people!"
- The St. Beatles Cathedral is a reference to The Beatles.
Future events
Simpson family
- Maggie has become a rockstar.
- Maggie had one child.
- Bart got married to Jenda, had two kids and got divorced.
- Bart moved into The Lofts at Springfield Elementary.
- Lisa got married to Milhouse Van Houten and had one child, Zia Simpson.
- Abraham Simpson got cryogenically frozen until they found a cure for a disease he had. He was still frozen even though they found a cure because it's cheaper than a home for him.
- Patty and Selma got Lovebots who then go off together instead.
- Santa's Little Helper and Snowball V evolved into intelligent beings.
Springfield citizens
- Kearney Zzyzwicz has become a taxi driver and went to prison with Bart.
- Snake Jailbird has now become a cyborg.
- Apu and the Nahasapeemapetilon Octuplets work in the Kwik-E-Mart where they have powerful guns.
- The hounds owned by Mr. Burns are now just bones.
- The Octuplets have had octuplets of their own.
- Ralph Wiggum becomes police chief and clones himself several times, with several of those clones dying.
- Eleanor Abernathy, Gary Chalmers and Agnes Skinner are all cryogenically frozen.
- Lenny and Carl have swapped brains.
Others
- Earth put a man on the sun.
- Aliens are seen living on Earth peacefully.
- Shrink rays have been invented.
- Cloning is accessible to people.
- Hover cars are seen around.
- Cryogenic freezing is accessible to freeze ill people.
- Prince Harry has brought back beheading.
- Trees are revealed to be alive.
- While the Internet still exists, many people (including Zia Simpson) go online via the Ultranet, a virtual reality environment that people connect to by plugging cables into ports in their heads.
