The Man Who Came to Be Dinner/References
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Cultural references
- The episode title is a pun on the film The Man Who Came to Dinner.
- The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", from Season 15.
- As the Simpsons head to Dizz-Nee Land, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" plays.
- There is a Pirates of the Caribbean attraction called Politically Correct at Dizz-Nee Land.
- There are parodies of Mickey Mouse and Scrooge McDuck (who looks similar to The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland) in Dizz-Nee Land.
- The flying car in the video shown at Out-of-Date Futureland looks very similar to the cars in The Jetsons.
- Toonton Abbey is a reference to Downton Abbey.
- When the UFO is traveling to Rigel VII:
- The Silver Surfer from Marvel is seen.
- A part of space looks very similar to the video game Asteroids.
- Rocky the Flying Squirrel is seen on an asteroid with two aliens.
- Among the few creatures seen in the zoo were a Black hole alien, a xenomorph from the Alien franchise, and, most terrifying of all, a kitten.
- The Matrix: The Rigellian resistance live in a large underground cavern and enjoy celebrating with dancing and loud music, similar to the "Zion Dance Party" scene in The Matrix Reloaded.
- References to Star Trek:
- Homer makes an entry to the "Captain's Log" on the journey away from Rigel VII.
- As the family receives a transmission from an unknown source, theme music that accompanied the Klingons in the Star Trek film series played.
- The end credits parody Star Trek and the theme music plays.
- Cosmic Wars was mentioned to have been bought out by Dizz-Nee, a reference to Star Wars being bought out by Disney.
- Star Wars: Homer uses a device similar to a lightsaber to chop off his hand and uses another setting to restore his hand. He then uses this device on Marge's hair and gives her a hand in her hair instead.
- Shakespeare: Homer makes "The complete work of Shakespeare made of chocolate" book on the escape ship.
Trivia
- When Kang and Kodos introduce themselves, Homer says "What the? This isn't Halloween!" Kang and Kodos usually only appear during Halloween episodes. The last time Kang and Kodos appeared in a non-Halloween episode was in the Season 13 episode "Gump Roast".
- This is the final episode to receive more than 10 million viewers on its premiere.
Continuity
- The potato chip scene previously happened in "Deep Space Homer", except this time, Bart and Maggie kept eating them.
- Diz-nee previously appeared in "The PTA Disbands".
