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Cultural references

• The Untitled Robot Parody is a parody of the Transformers franchise from Hasbro.
• The toy that blinks its lights at Bart in the 99-cent Store resembles the original Optimus Prime cab-over Semi of the Transformers cartoon from 1984.
• Homer and Ned's cars transform into robots resembling Optimus Prime and Megatron.
• Bestimus Mucho is a reference to Optimus (Best) Prime(foremost), whose name is intended to convey "best of the best."
• Krusty getting killed in a woodchipper is a reference to the woodchipper scene from Fargo.
• Homer kills several celebrities, including Prince and George Clooney.
• The beginning of "How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising" is a parody of Mad Men.
• Edward G. Robinson appears in the same outfit he wore in Little Caesar to confront Chief Wiggum for "stealing his act."
• Peanuts: the franchise and characters are parodied through the segment "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse".
• Milhouse's prayer to the Grand Pumpkin is similar to the Nicene Creed.
• Grampa is seen holding a sign saying "I still like Ike" in the election opening segment. This is a reference to "I Like Ike," ubiquitous campaign slogan of Dwight D. Eisenhower during the 1952 American Presidential election
• The Buzz Cola ad is a reference to the Planet of the Apes.

Trivia

• Alternate titles for "Untitled Robot Parody" include: Morf Transers, Trans Morfers, and Snort Farmers.
• All the characters shown in the title sequence of "How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising" are: Marge, Patty, Selma, Edna, Grampa, Mona, Homer, Lurleen Lumpkin, Ruth Powers, Maggie, Rod, Ned, Maude, Todd, the Medicine Woman (from The Simpsons Movie), Plopper, Lisa, Agnes Skinner, Amber Simpson (from "Viva Ned Flanders") and Lindsey Naegle.
• In Latin America, this episode was released as the second episode of the season for unknown reasons.

Notes

• Kang and Kodos, who are seen regularly in the Treehouse of Horror specials, only have a non-speaking cameo appearance in "It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse". They're only in the scene where they're dancing like the Peanuts gang with several of the children.
• A controversy occurred with the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) over this episode when Nelson Muntz stated that the Grand Pumpkin is "super gay." A spokesperson for the GLSEN said "many people say gay without even realizing what they're saying is bad, we're trying to educate people that this is a term that is hurtful to young people when used in a negative way." There have been various homosexual related jokes throughout the series, but have never caused controversy.