Treehouse of Horror XI/References
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"Treehouse of Horror XI"
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Cultural references
Opening Sequence
- The opening sequence, including the music, is a reference to The Munsters:
- Homer as Herman Munster
- Marge as Lily Munster
- Grandpa as Grandpa Munster
- Bart as Eddie Munster
- Lisa as Marilyn Munster, the normal one.
G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad
- The title G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad is a reference to the movie Ghost Dad.
- All the ways that Homer is almost killed is similar to deaths in the Final Destination series.
- The baby buggy rolling down the stairs is a reference to the Odessa Steps sequence in the film Battleship Potemkin.
Scary Tales Can Come True
- "Scary Tales Can Come True" is a reference to the opening line in the song "Young at Heart": "Fairy tales can come true".
- The followed Fairytale characters make an appearance in "Scary Tales Can Come True":
- Rapunzel
- Troll from Three Billy Goats Gruff
- The Three Bears
- Goldilocks
- The Witch from Hansel and Gretel.
- Goldilocks' blood coming from underneath the door is a reference to The Leopard Man
Night Of The Dolphin
- The way the dolphins attack Lenny is similar to how Jaws killed Crissy.
- The dolphins squeak "Sound Off"
- The first part of the episode is a quote from the movie "Free Willy". Almost identical to the movie is the scene of the jump of the stone barrier and escape into the sea of the dolphin.
- Grampa being eaten by the dolphin is similar to the sequence in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
- The way the dolphins watch the Springfieldians is the same as in The Birds.
- Comic Book Guy's beatdown by a dolphin parodies a scene from Raging Bull
Trivia
- In UK Channel 4 broadcasts, the TV at the end of the opening sequence has nothing on it.
- The tune the dolphins squeak to is the tune Bart and his army sung to in "Bart the General".
- Snorky's statement that Dolphins once lived on the land is actually true as early Cetaceas (Dolphins and Whales) had legs and lived like Crocodilians. However, early cetaceans preceded the first appearance of humans in real life, and by the time the first humans appeared, all cetaceans have already evolved a permanently aquatic lifestyle.
- This is the second Halloween episode in a row (third in all, if counting "Treehouse of Horror VII") with the third segment ending in the world doomed.
- Strangely, the only people who pulled out firearms were the police force, even though it has been shown that nearly everyone in Springfield carries at least one weapon.
