Treehouse of Horror XXIII/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Gags

Credits

Quotes

	Season 24 Episode References
← 509 "Moonshine River"	510 "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"	"Adventures in Baby-Getting" 511 →

Cultural references

Opening sequence

• The music in the scenes with the Mayan Indians is based on Apocalypto.

The Greatest Story Ever Holed

• The segment title is a pun on the film The Greatest Story Ever Told.
  • This segment has the third title that makes a reference to this movie; the others are "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" from season 17 and "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" from season 21.
• The segment is a reference to the Large Hadron Collider.
• Comic Book Guy throws a DVD copy of the Disney film The Black Hole into the black hole.

UNnormal Activity

• The film series Paranormal Activity is punned in the title and parodied throughout the segment.

Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure

• The title is a pun on Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
• Back to the Future:
  • The segment's plotline is a parody of the movie's.
  • The music in the sequences where Bart travels through time is similar to the movie's soundtrack.
• The segment contains a number of references to the Season 2 episode "The Way We Was".
• When Bart travels back in time he passes by movie posters for a large number of James Bond films.

Trivia

• So far, this is the earliest Treehouse of Horror episode aired on October 7th, 2012

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Moonshine River • Treehouse of Horror XXIII • Adventures in Baby-Getting • Gone Abie Gone • Penny-Wiseguys • A Tree Grows in Springfield • The Day the Earth Stood Cool • To Cur, with Love • Homer Goes to Prep School • A Test Before Trying • The Changing of the Guardian • Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing • Hardly Kirk-ing • Gorgeous Grampa • Black-Eyed, Please • Dark Knight Court • What Animated Women Want • Pulpit Friction • Whiskey Business • The Fabulous Faker Boy • The Saga of Carl • Dangers on a Train