Treehouse of Horror V/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

Cultural References

The Shinning

• The Shining - Punned in the title and referenced throughout the segment.
  • Maggie spells "REDRUM" with her blocks when Homer tries to watch the TV.
  • Analogous to Jack Torrance endlessly typing "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," Homer writes "No TV and no beer make Homer go crazy" all over the walls. The only thing Homer types is "Feelin' fine," which briefly reassures Marge, until a lightning flash reveals the writing on the walls.
  • Groundskeeper Willie and Moe are parallels of the characters Dick Halloran and Lloyd the bartender, respectively.
• Scotchgard - When Homer hits Willie in the back with an axe, Marge says that she hopes the rug was Scotchgarded.

Trivia

• Willie is hit in the back with an axe in all three stories:

1. By Homer in "The Shinning," after Homer goes mad and Willie attempts to come to the rescue of the rest of the family.

2. By Maggie in "Time and Punishment." Maggie then says to Homer, "This is indeed a disturbing universe," in James Earl Jones's voice.

3. By Principal Skinner in "NIghtmare Cafeteria," for trying to save the children from being eaten by the teachers. After Willie falls down, he states, "Och, I'm bad at this."

• The song heard on the portable TV in "The Shinning" is a parody of "One" from A Chorus Line. It's also the song that the Simpsons and Willie sing at the end of the episode.
• In "The Shinning", before before Burns and Smithers leave for the winter, Smithers suggests to Burns that cutting off the cable television and beer supply was the cause for the previous caretakers' going insane and murdering their families. Mr. Burns then says that if they come back and everyone is slaughtered, he owes Smithers a Coke. Mr. Burns also says he owes Smithers a Coke in Treehouse of Horror II when he and Smithers are returning Homer's brain to his body, realizing he was alive all along.