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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
*This is the only Treehouse of Horror episode to take place in Bart's treehouse. | *This is the only Treehouse of Horror episode to take place in Bart's treehouse. | ||
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*This is the only halloween episode with the normal [[Gracie Films]] logo sequence; from [[Treehouse of Horror II]] it features a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_organ pipe organ] playing its jingle, and [[Treehouse of Horror IV]] onwards, a scream replaces "shh". | *This is the only halloween episode with the normal [[Gracie Films]] logo sequence; from [[Treehouse of Horror II]] it features a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_organ pipe organ] playing its jingle, and [[Treehouse of Horror IV]] onwards, a scream replaces "shh". | ||
*This is the only Treehouse of Horror in which Kang and Kodos don't attempt to conquer Earth. | *This is the only Treehouse of Horror in which Kang and Kodos don't attempt to conquer Earth. | ||
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| + | *[[wikipedia:Psycho|Psycho]]: The house's shape. | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Amityville Horror|The Amityville Horror]]: blood streams from the walls | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Exorcist|The Exorcist]]: Maggie turns her head 360 | ||
| + | *[[w:Poltergeist (movie)|Poltergeist]]: the house is built on an ancient Indian burial ground | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Fall of the House of Usher|The Fall of the House of Usher]]: the house implodes | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Fly|The Fly]]: a fly cries out "Ow!" as it hits a bug zapper | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:Twilight Zone|Twilight Zone]]: the dust-blowing sequence | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Raven|The Raven]]: Lisa reads this story | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Cask of Amontillado|The Cask of Amontillado]]: Homer's cup has Amontillado written on it | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Pit and the Pendulum|The Pit and the Pendulum]]: Bart drops this on Homer's head | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Telltale Heart|The Telltale Heart]]: Bart drops this on Homer's head | ||
| + | *[[wikipedia:The Purloined Letter|The Purloined Letter]]: Bart drops this on Homer's head | ||
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Revision as of 20:13, September 18, 2009
Trivia
- This is the only Treehouse of Horror episode to take place in Bart's treehouse.
- The tombstones at the beginning read from first to last, and left to right, in all caps: Ezekiel Simpson; Ishmael Simpson; Cornelius V. Simpson; Garfield; The Grateful Dead; Casper, the friendly boy; Elvis; Your name here; Paul McCartney; and disco.
- "Bad Dream House" parodies a number of haunted house films. The opening image of the house shows that one side resembles the house from "The Amityville Horror" house. Much of the plot follows the events of the film "Poltergeist," such as a scary tree outside Lisa's bedroom, and the implosion of the house at the end.
- Bart, as the raven, knocks several Edgar Allan Poe stories off the bookshelf, including "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Purloined Letter".
- The book "To Serve Forty Humans" is a reference to a Twilight Zone episode where aliens greet humans with a book which translated means "To Serve Man." However, in the Twilight Zone episode, the aliens do actually intend to eat humans.
- Edgar Allan Poe is credited as a writer for this episode.
- This is the only halloween episode with the normal Gracie Films logo sequence; from Treehouse of Horror II it features a pipe organ playing its jingle, and Treehouse of Horror IV onwards, a scream replaces "shh".
- This is the only Treehouse of Horror in which Kang and Kodos don't attempt to conquer Earth.
Cultural References
- Psycho: The house's shape.
- The Amityville Horror: blood streams from the walls
- The Exorcist: Maggie turns her head 360
- Poltergeist: the house is built on an ancient Indian burial ground
- The Fall of the House of Usher: the house implodes
- The Fly: a fly cries out "Ow!" as it hits a bug zapper
- Twilight Zone: the dust-blowing sequence
- The Raven: Lisa reads this story
- The Cask of Amontillado: Homer's cup has Amontillado written on it
- The Pit and the Pendulum: Bart drops this on Homer's head
- The Telltale Heart: Bart drops this on Homer's head
- The Purloined Letter: Bart drops this on Homer's head
