Difference between revisions of "Treehouse of Horror XXIII/References"

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Cultural references[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

• The music in the scenes with the Mayan Indians is based on Apocalypto.
• Mayan Quimby says that the world ending would be Obama's fault.
• Kang's pirate costume is a parody of Captain Hook, while Kodos' fairy costume is a parody of Tinker Bell.

The Greatest Story Ever Holed[edit]

• The segment title is a pun on the film The Greatest Story Ever Told.
• The segment is a reference to the Large Hadron Collider.
• The song "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" from the album Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss plays during the montage of the family throwing things into the black hole.
• Comic Book Guy throws a DVD copy of the Disney film The Black Hole into the black hole.
• The Ethereal Beings use a Zune.

UNnormal Activity[edit]

• The film series Paranormal Activity is punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.

Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure[edit]

• The title is a pun on Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
• Back to the Future:
  • The segment's plotline is a parody of the movie's.
• When Bart travels back in time he passes by movie posters for a large number of James Bond films.
  • The music that plays in this sequence is the "James Bond Theme" by Monty Norman.
• In 1974, The Android's Dungeon is selling six issues of Spider-Man #1 for $1.
• An instrumental version of "(They Long to Be) Close to You" by The Carpenters plays when Marge enters the classroom.
• When Barty Ziff is whipping the flower in Nelson's mouth, Artie Ziff says that he's just like Indiana Jones. Ziff then says that Richard Dreyfuss played him in their universe.

Credits[edit]

• James "Haha, the Devil Bought Facebook" Brooks refers to Facebook.
• simonsam@twitTERROR refers to Twitter and Sam Simon's Twitter name.
• Humatt Selmanpede refers to The Human Centipede.
• The Phatman of the Opera is a reference to The Phantom of the Opera.
• Uncle Festerbrook is a reference to Uncle Fester of The Addams Family.
• Brian Death Knelley is a reference to a Death knell.
• Time and Relative Don in Payne is a reference to the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) from Doctor Who.
• 23 Shades of Yellow is a reference to 50 Shades of Grey.
• Th-Th-Th-That's Al, Folks! is a reference to Porky Pig's catchphrase, "That's all, folks!" from Looney Tunes.
• Night of the Living Dead-Gerly is a reference to Night of the Living Dead.
• Don of the Dead Barrozo is a reference to Dawn of the Dead.
• Chris Ledesma is credited as "Simpsons Music 500", the name of his blog.
• Katniss Everdeen Adamson is a reference to the character Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games.
• Pross Whedon is a reference to Joss Whedon.
• A-Mike-Rican Horror Scully is a reference to American Horror Story.
• Mothra B. Anderson is a reference to Mothra.
• Re-Animator Raynis is a reference to Re-Animator.
• "Tapping as Fast as I Can" Sirkot is a possible reference to The Simpsons: Tapped Out.
• Dchungo Unchained is a reference to Django Unchained.
• Here Comes Honey Bon Bon is a reference to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
• Norman "Bates" MacLeod is a reference to the character Norman Bates from the movie Psycho.

Goofs[edit]

Milhouse's eyebrows error.

• In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Principal Skinner gets sucked into the black hole twice.
• Homer's fingers return to normal in several shots when entering the black hole and on the planet.
• In the shot of the Black hole aliens with the Springfieldians in the background, Legs has Louie's colors and Arnie Pye has Gil's.
• In "The Greatest Story Ever Holed", Milhouse's eyebrows are red (see picture on right).

Continuity[edit]

• The third story contains a number of references to the Season 2 episode "The Way We Was", most prominent is the detention room scene where Marge and Homer initially fell in love.