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Alien is a science fiction horror franchise which has spawned several movies (including crossovers with Predator) and numerous other media such as comic books, graphic novels, books and video games. The franchise tells the stories of humanity's encounters with an insectoid extraterrestrial species generally referred to as "Aliens", or sometimes as "Xenomorphs".

The Aliens' characteristics include having acid for blood, being generally hostile, having a social order which resembles that of ants or termites, and reproducing by implanting their embryos into unwilling hosts (often hapless humans). When the embryos mature into larvae, they violently burst out of the host's body, killing the host.

The Alien franchise and creatures have been referred to several times in the Simpsons universe, both in television episodes and comic stories.

References

Episodes

Picture	Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
250px	5	96	"Deep Space Homer"	During the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, Itchy bursts out of Scratchy's stomach, similar to Kane's death scene in Alien.
250px 250px 250px	100	"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"	The sequence where Groundskeeper Willie chases Santa's Little Helper through the air ducts parodies scenes from the first three movies: Principal Skinner opens a grate and peers into the duct, similar to Corporal Hicks lifting a suspended ceiling panel in Aliens. Willie catches vague glimpses of SLH running past the junctions in the ductwork, similar to the Alien in Alien 3. Skinner watches via a scanner as SLH catches Willie, similar to the scene in Alien where the Alien catches Dallas while Ripley watches the scene unfold on a tracking device.
250px	21	456	"Stealing First Base"	In Alien 3, there was a scene from the film where the alien was about to kill Ellen Ripley. The alien didn't, because the alien queen was inside her. (The image was shown near the end of the episode, during the montage of famous kissing scenes.)
	22	468	"Treehouse of Horror XXI"	When Professor Frink walks in front of his X-ray machine, an Alien embryo is seen inside him.
	23	489	"Treehouse of Horror XXII"	Alien (Maggie Simpson) bursts out of her brother's chest.
	24	516	"To Cur, with Love"	While Mr. Burns is giving awards, a flying mutated Blinky fish appears. In addition to wings, it has a rigid tongue with its own set of jaws, like an Alien's.
250px	25	532	"Treehouse of Horror XXIV"	During the opening sequence, an Alien is among the movie creatures and characters seen in the field next to the Simpsons' house.
	548	"Days of Future Future"	Jerry is a parody of the aliens from Alien. He also kisses Jenda in an "Alien" way.
	26	556	"Treehouse of Horror XXV"	An alien version of Married... with Children appears on Syfy, with Peggy Bundy being an alien from Alien and Al Bundy being a black hole alien.
	562	"The Man Who Came To Be Dinner"	An Alien is among the creatures on display in the zoo on Rigel 7.

Comics

Comic issue	Story name	Reference
Bart Simpson 77	For a Limited Time Only	The license plate on Larry H. Lawyer's car reads "LV-426", the same as the numerical designation for the planet where the aliens are encountered in the first two movies.
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror 7	In Springfield No One Can Hear You Scream	The story title is a pun on the first film's tagline, "In space no one can hear you scream". The story's plot is a parody of the creatures and storylines of the Alien film series. Bart and Maggie watch an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon titled "Facehuggin' Frolics" which is also an Alien parody.
Simpsons Comics 41	Bart Simpson and the Krusty Brand Fun Factory	During an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, Scratchy is shot into the sun. As he flies through space he tries to scream, but all that appears in his speech bubble is an asterisk. A little note at the bottom of the comic panel states that "In space, no one can hear you scream."

Other

Image	Reference
	On a wall near the entrance to The Simpsons Ride in Universal Studios Hollywood, Comic Book Guy can be seen wearing a shirt that reads "in cyberspace no one can see your man-breasts", referencing the first film's tagline.

External links

Alien at Wikipedia

Cultural references

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