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Season
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Episode number
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Episode name
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Reference
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3
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43
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"Lisa's Pony"
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At the beginning of the episode, Homer dreams he is one of the apes in the "Dawn of Man" sequence. While the other apes learn to use fire and tools, Homer uses the monolith as a back-scratcher and falls asleep leaning against it.
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59
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"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
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Homer's vision when he rides the Spinemelter 2000 is based on the "Star Gate" sequence.
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5
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91
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"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
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Mr. Burns's laying in bed.
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96
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"Deep Space Homer"
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In the Itchy & Scratchy episode, Itchy leaves the ship to retrieve Scratchy, flying an EVA pod which resembles the ones on Discovery.
In the scene where Homer eats the floating chips, the background music is "Blue Danube", which is heard during the docking scene in 2001. Also, the closeup where Homer opens his mouth as he approaches a chip is a visual callback to the docking scene.
Also Sprach Zarathustra plays during the episode's ending scene. Bart throwing the marker pen which turns into a satellite references the transition from the Dawn of Man sequence to the space station. The satellite hits an embryonic Homer, who appears as a Star Child in orbit about Earth.
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8
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177
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"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
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Moe's Love Tester, possessed by Grampa, is attacked by Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph, and while malfunctioning sings "Daisy Bell" in a distorted voice. This is based on the scene where HAL 9000 sings "Daisy Bell" as its circuits are disconnected.
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10
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220
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"Maximum Homerdrive"
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The Navitron Autodrive System says "I'm afraid I can't let you do this, Red", referencing the famous line from HAL 9000. It also uses a red light similar to HAL.
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13
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270
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"Treehouse of Horror XII"
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The "House of Whacks" segment has a number of references to 2001:
The Ultrahouse 3000 is based on HAL.
Marge and Homer's bedroom resembles the bedroom seen at the end of the film.
When Marge tries to escape, the Ultrahouse suggests that she take a stress pill. HAL makes the same suggestion to David Bowman.
Homer removes the circuit boards of the Ultrahouse to deactivate it, the same way that Bowman deactivates HAL. Also like HAL, as the circuit boards are removed, the Ultrahouse's voice becomes garbled and dies out completely when Homer removes the last one.
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289
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"Little Girl in the Big Ten"
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Also sprach Zarathustra plays as Bart rolls Lisa (enclosed in the plastic bubble) off of the school roof to land on the giant chocolate cake commemorating Principal Skinner's years of service.
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15
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330
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"My Big Fat Geek Wedding"
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In one shot, when the family is at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, a poster for the film can be seen at the top right of the screen (see image).
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19
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409
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"Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"
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Homer's vision of memories resembles the Star Gate.
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22
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485
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"500 Keys"
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After Lisa finds the hidden classroom at Springfield Elementary School, she notices that the things in it look real but don't really work, such as a ruler without lines and a book with pull tabs that don't do anything, similar to the hotel room (as described in the novel) where Bowman ends up after he goes through the Star Gate.
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23
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495
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"Holidays of Future Passed"
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One of the ships in bottles that Homer has built is Discovery (farthest to the left, above Lisa's head).
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26
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556
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"Treehouse of Horror XXV"
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Homer attacks Sideshow Mel with a bone similar to how the apes used bones as weapons in the Dawn of Man sequence. Afterwards, he sees what appears to be a black monolith, but is actually an iPhone shown up close.
Stanley Kubrick throws a pen in the air in the same way that one of the apes throws a bone at the end of the Dawn of Man sequence.
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571
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"The Kids Are All Fight"
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Also sprach Zarathustra plays when Homer begins to strangle Bart.
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28
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600
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"Treehouse of Horror XXVII"
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Bill Odenkirk is credited as "2001: A Space Odenkirk".
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610
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"Fatzcarraldo"
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The sun rising behind the Dominoes Pizza box is a parody of one of the monolith scenes.
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30
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640
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"Bart's Not Dead"
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The aliens seen at the beginning of the episode are in a room similar to the one seen at the end of the film.
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643
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"Treehouse of Horror XXIX"
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When Lisa is absorbed by a pod, she has a vision based on the Star Gate sequence.
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31
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675
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"Frinkcoin"
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The sun rising over the whiteboard surrounded by lights in the town square is a reference to a scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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