Treehouse of Horror XXXIV/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

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Cultural references

Wild Barts Can't Be Token

• The title of the segment is a reference to the 1991 film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and Season 10 episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken".
• The segment is a parody of the 2013 film Snowpiercer.
• The segment is based around non-fungible tokens.
• The "enlightened intellects" include Kylie Jenner, Rob Gronkowski, and Jimmy Fallon.
• Homer says that Fallon ruined Cowbell, a reference to the "More Cowbell" sketch from Saturday Night Live.
• A statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, is seen in the crypto-universe.
• The FOMOmeter includes the levels "saw a Tweet about it", "mentioned on the Today show", and "Uber driver says 'go for it'".
• Kirk gives Milhouse Kahlua, claiming it is chocolate milk.
• The scene where Milhouse and Ralph Wiggum are combined into a single person by the E-Z Funge Art Digitizer, and then beg to be killed, is the plot of The Fly.
• A parody of Nyan Cat is seen in the front carriage, valued at $561,000.
• The "Jaded Ape" NFTs are a parody of Bored Ape NFTs.
• Homer says that he wants to be the guy who gives all his money to Bernie Madoff, an American fraudster and financier who was the admitted mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme in history.

Ei8ht

• The segment is a parody of the crime thriller film Se7en.
• In the flashback, Sideshow Bob sings "He Is an Englishman" from H.M.S. Pinafore. Lisa later plays the song before she kills Sideshow Bob.
• The scene where Lisa visits Sideshow Bob in prison to enlist his help in finding a serial killer is the plot of The Silence of the Lambs
• When Lisa is dragged away she says that Oprah said that she turned her trauma into healing, a reference to Oprah's book “What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing”.

Lout Break

• The segment is a parody of the 1995 film Outbreak.
• A parody of Animal from The Muppets is seen in Mr. Burns' life extension laboratory.
• Rod is seen reading the book My Life on Top by Carrot Top.
• When Homer is giving his speech about why things should stay as they are, "God Save the King", the national anthem of the United Kingdom, plays.
• Homer-Marge refers to Professor Frink as Beaker, a character from The Muppets.
• The touring company of Kinky Boots were among the people turned into Homers.
• Professor Frink, Homer, and the other Homers all sing "Just Like Paradise" by David Lee Roth.
• In the Homer world, Guy Fieri is elected president.

Credits

• Brian Kelley's credit "The Man With Two Brians" is a reference to The Man with Two Brains.
• Carolyn Omine's credit "Carolynvasion of the Ominesnatchers" is a reference to Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
• Joel H. Cohen's credit "Joel Wes Craven" is a reference to film director Wes Craven.
• J. Stewart Burns' credit "Dr. J Stewart & Mr. Burns" is a reference to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
• Dan Castellaneta's producer credit "The Silence of the Dans" is a reference to The Silence of the Lambs. His starring credit "Dan of the Dead" is a reference to Dawn of the Dead.
• Dan Vebber's producer credit "Buffy the Vebber Slayer" is a reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Ryan Koh's credit "Ryamerican Psy-Koh" is a reference to American Psycho.
• Cesar Mazariegos' credit "Monster Mashariegos" is a reference to the song "Monster Mash".
• Mike Reiss' credit "Play Mike Reiss for Me" is a reference to Play Misty for Me.
• Jessica Conrad's producer credit "The Jessorcist" is a reference to The Exorcist.
• David Silverman's credit "Silverman by Night" is a reference to the Marvel TV special Werewolf by Night, which Silverman appeared in.
• Jeff Westbrook's writer credit "A Guest of the Overlook" is a reference to the Overlook Hotel from The Shining.
• Matt Selman's credit "Stay Puft Mattselman Man" is a reference to the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters.
• Dominique Braud's credit "Glinda the Good Witch Braud" is a reference to Glinda the Good Witch from The Wizard of Oz.
• Tom Klein's credit "The Kleining" is a reference to The Shining.
• Hans Zimmer's credit "Nosferatu Zimmer" is a reference to Nosferatu.
• Scott Muller's credit "Darth Mull" is a reference to Darth Maul from Star Wars.
• Norm MacLeod's credit "Norman "Bates" MacLeod" is a reference to Norman Bates from Psycho.
• Kara Talve's credit "Carrie Talve" is a reference to Carrie.
• Lisa Walder's credit "Cruellisa De Walder (Taylor's Version)" is a reference to Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians and Taylor Swift's re-recorded albums, which are subtitled Taylor's Version.
• Nick Dahan's credit "Nearly Headless Nick Dahan" is a reference to Nearly Headless Nick from Harry Potter.

Trivia

• This marks the first time since "Treehouse of Horror XI", that Matt Groening's scary name is completely different compared to the others he's previously had, in this case, "Splat Groening", which is a brand-new scary name.
  • Matt Groening is the third person of The Simpsons to be credited with the word "Splat" in a Treehouse of Horror. The first was Matt Warburton, and the second was Matt Selman.
  • The last time Matt Groening had a brand-new scary name was during the opening of "Treehouse of Horror XI", where his scary name was "Bat Groin Injury" at the time.

Continuity

Ei8ht

• The segment has an alternate version of "Cape Feare", where Sideshow Bob finally kills Bart successfully, unlike the original episode where he gets arrested by the police before his attempt to kill Bart after he successfully distracts him.
  • At the begging of the flashback, it shows the date of October 7, 1993, which is the date the original "Cape Feare" episode was premiered.
  • The flashback was presented in 4:3 aspect ratio, but it was later changed to 16:9 (removing vertical black bars) when it presents events that never happened in the original episode.

Goofs

• In Moe's Tavern in "Lout Break", Homer-Louie is mistakenly colored with Principal Skinner's colors.

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