Flanders' Ladder/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 29 Episode References
← 638 "Throw Grampa from the Dane"	639 "Flanders' Ladder"

Cultural references

• The title of the episode is a reference to Jacob's Ladder, referring to a ladder to heaven described in the Book of Genesis.
• Bart tricks Lisa into playing The Scary Maze Game.
• Homer trows board games into the fire:
  • Scribble, a parody of Scrabble and Pictionary.
  • Don't Lose the Pieces, a parody of Don't Lose Your Mind.
  • Oligopoly, a parody of Monopoly.
  • Needless Operation, a parody of Operation
  • Mouse Trip, a parody of Mouse Trap.
• In the VHS collection, there are recordings of
  • Family Matters.
  • The Tracey Ullman Show (Homer imitates himself in the shorts.)
  • Saved by the Bell.
• When Homer presses play on the VHS, the 1997 Ricola commercial.
• On the Homer's Xxxercise tape, the song "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John plays.
• Rod and Todd recite the lines "If I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take" from the Christian child's prayer "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep".
• In Bart's brain, The Scream by Edward Munch appears, with Bart as the screamer.
• A chalkboard saying "Roots of Singh" is also seen, a reference to Simon Singh. On the chalkboard is the equation x^5-57x^4+1249x^3-13191x^2+67438x-134064=0, which has solutions x=19,9,14,7,8, using the code A=1, B=2, etc, this spells "SINGH".
• Homer mentions getting every answer in Jeopardy! wrong.
• The final montage is a parody Six Feet Under's series finale.
  • The song playing over it and credits is "Breathe Me" by Sia. The same song was used in the Six Feet Under finale.

Continuity

• Bart posted the pictures of the prank on Lisa on MyTube. ("Elementary School Musical")
• Amongst the ghosts appears:
  • Maude Flanders ("Treehouse of Horror XIII")
  • Snowball II, Snowball III and Snowball III ("I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot")
  • Albert ("Walking Big & Tall")
  • Shary Bobbins ("Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious")
  • Amber Simpson ("Viva Ned Flanders")
  • Alice Glick ("Three Men and a Comic Book")
  • Ice cream man ("Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)")
  • Waylon Smithers, Sr. ("The Blunder Years")
  • Marvin Monroe ("There's No Disgrace Like Home")
  • Jebediah Springfield ("The Telltale Head")
  • Frankie the Squealer ("Insane Clown Poppy")
• Maude's death scene is shown. ("Alone Again, Natura-Diddily")

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