Treehouse of Horror IV/References

A grave stone for Elvis Presley with "accept it" is seen. This is a reference to the conspiracy theories surrounding Elvis suggesting he faked his death.

The wraparounds are a parody of the American anthology series Night Gallery.
Paintings seen include:
- Marge in a Giorgio de Chirico-style painting.
- Homer in the Van Gogh self-portrait.
- Lisa in Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso.
- Maggie and pacifiers in The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí.
- Homer chasing Bart in Ascending and Descending by M. C. Escher.
- Lisa in The Scream by Edvard Munch.
- Bart in The Son of Man by René Magritte.
- Dogs Playing Poker by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge.
Marge mentions that maybe the viewers would rather listen to The War of the Worlds rather than watch the episode.

Lionel Hutz mentioned that he watched Matlock in a bar.
People in the Jury of the Damned include Lizzie Borden, Benedict Arnold, Blackbeard, John Dillinger, John Wilkes Booth, The Starting Line of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers, and Richard Nixon.
Richard Nixon mentioned that he wrote an article for Redbook.
Lionel Hutz quoted the definition of a "contract" from Webster's Dictionary.

The segment is a parody of the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", set on a bus rather than an airplane.

The segment is a parody of Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Eddie throws the Mona Lisa into a fire.
Lisa mentions Nosferatu.
"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" plays at the end of the segment, performed by the Simpson family.
In the ending scene, Milhouse-Schroeder is playing the piano, while Santa's Little Helper-Linus is dancing to the music, a reference to Peanuts.

Trivia

Richard Nixon says "I'm not dead" (protesting being summoned to serve on the Devil's jury) in this episode, but he would die 6 months later.
This was the last Treehouse of Horror to be told as a story given by one of the characters.

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