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Treehouse of Horror XIV/References
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314 "Treehouse of Horror XIV"
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Cultural references
Opening sequence
Reaper Madness
Frinkenstein
- The segment, and title, is a parody of Frankenstein.
- The younger Jonathan Frink, Sr. throws a crate labeled "ACME", a reference to the Acme Corporation from Looney Tunes.
- Several Robby the Automaton robots are seen in Professor Frink's lab, a reference to Lost in Space.
- Frink Sr. calls Ned "700 Club", a reference to The 700 Club.
- When Frinkenstein walks down the street after re-assembling himself from other people's body parts, the music playing over the scene is "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees.
- Comic Book Guy asks Frink, Sr. to return his "Jabba the Butt" tattoo, a reference to Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars.
- Jennifer Garner is referred to as "the sexy star of Alias", a TV show she starred in.
- When Garner and Herschbach come onto stage, part of "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby plays.
Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off
Trivia
- The Halloween names (such as "Blood Curdling Cartwright") return to the closing credits. To celebrate this, Al Jean's Halloween name is Al "Halloween Names Are Back" Jean.
- In Frinkenstein, Homer's remark talking about the previous segment has a similarity to "Treehouse of Horror XII", where the Leprechaun from the first story, "Hex and the City", is seen on Bart's back in the "Wiz Kids" segment.
- Parts of Frinkenstein include:
- David Silverman has a cameo appearance as one of the people who has their brains taken by Frink Sr.
- When Lisa uses the stopwatch at the end of "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" Bart changes back from his 25 year old self back to his 10 year old self without explanation.
- When Lisa uses the stopwatch at the end of "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", the things that suddenly happen to the other members of the family are:
- The upper portion of their bodies become rockets and zoom around.
- Their genders are switched
- They turn into bobbleheads.
- They turn into TV Guide covers.
- They turn into the Fantastic Four.
- They return to normal, but are playing with hula-hoops.
- Lisa is talking Swedish. She says "Tack för att ni förärar vår stad" which can be translated to: "Thank you for honoring our city". Although the pronunciation is so poor that it's difficult for even native swedes to hear what she's supposed to say.
Continuity
Goofs
- When the Simpsons are hula-hooping, Bart moves from the floor to his bed.
- Right before Professor Frink's father is kicked, Professor Frink is wearing the Nobel Prize. When his father is on the ground, his father is wearing the Nobel Prize.
- When Homer is going down to get some better seats at the game, everyone he touches dies. However, a man blocks Homer from touching his forehead he survives.
- When Homer wakes up from bed in "Reaper Madness", he is wearing a singlet. When God turns him back to normal, he is wearing his white shirt.
- At the Nobel prize party, a few of the people Frink, Sr. killed are alive again.
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