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References/Trivia


Season 4 Episode References
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Cultural references

  • The first two segments end with heart-shaped wipes and musical stings, similar to the 1970s anthology show Love, American Style.

Opening sequence

Clown Without Pity

  • The title is a wordplay on the 1961 drama film Town Without Pity.
  • The segment is a spoof of the Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll".
  • Homer sings the Oscar Mayer jingle "My Bologna Has a First Name", spelling his name ("H-O-M-E-R") in place of O-S-C-A-R and M-A-Y-E-R.
  • When Marge calls the doll manufacturer for help, the on-hold music is "Everybody Loves a Clown".
  • While seeing Homer run naked while being pursued by the Krusty Doll, Patty states "there goes the last lingering thread of my heterosexuality."

King Homer

Dial "Z" for Zombies

Trivia

  • In the couch gag, skeleton Marge's hair looks the same as it does in the opening scene of "Treehouse of Horror II".
  • It is the first episode in the Treehouse of Horror series to have a zombie-related segment. The second is "Treehouse of Horror XIII", with the segment "The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms".
  • It is also the first Halloween episode to have a couch gag.
  • This is one of several Simpsons episodes which are considered anthology episodes that feature mini-stories.
  • Costumes at the Halloween party:
  1. Homer - Julius Caesar
  2. Bart - Alex DeLarge
  3. Lisa - Statue of Liberty
  4. Marge - Cleopatra
  5. Milhouse - Radioactive Man
  6. Nelson - Pirate
  7. Martin - Calliope
  8. Janey - Princess
  9. Lewis - Frankenstein's Monster
  10. Richard - Scratchy

Goofs

  • In the opening sequence, Janey is shown with yellow skin.
  • In "Clown Without Pity", when the Krusty doll accidentally knocks the head off of Lisa's Malibu Stacy doll, Krusty puts it back on but no crack is shown where the head came off.
  • In "Dial Z for Zombies", Homer is shooting zombies with the shotgun at the school. When he shoots the first two he just shoots them twice, taking the shots in quick succession, one immediately after the other. After that, every time he shoots a zombie he has to slide the gun.
  • When Homer is escorting the family out of the house to escape the zombies, he leaves the door wide open, but in the very next shot it is shut.
  • When Lisa is turned into a snail in Bart's zombie story, she says "awww", but her mouth doesn't open.
  • Not necessarily a goof: In the scene where Bart attempts to resurrect Snowball I, human zombies are seen rising from the graves in the Springfield Pet Cemetery. (The grounds could have been used for human burials before being designated as a pet cemetery, or there might have been people identifying their deceased loved ones as pets in order to avoid burial costs.)
Season 4 References
Kamp Krusty A Streetcar Named Marge Homer the Heretic Lisa the Beauty Queen Treehouse of Horror III Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Marge Gets a Job New Kid on the Block Mr. Plow Lisa's First Word Homer's Triple Bypass Marge vs. the Monorail Selma's Choice Brother from the Same Planet I Love Lisa Duffless Last Exit to Springfield So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show The Front Whacking Day Marge in Chains Krusty Gets Kancelled