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== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
 
=== Opening sequence ===
 
=== Opening sequence ===
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*The opening sequence is a parody of ''{{w|127 Hours}}'.
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*The opening sequence is a parody of ''{{W|127 Hours}}''.
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**[[Homer]] gets his arm trapped like [[Aron Ralston]] and gnaws through several limbs, before gnawing through his trapped arm. Ralston had to eat through his own arm to get released.
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**[[Homer]] gets his arm trapped like [[Aron Ralston]] and gnaws through several limbs, before gnawing through his trapped arm. Ralston had to amputate his own arm to get released.
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**''127 Hours'' is also referenced in the episode "[[The Blue and the Gray]]", where Homer tries to chew through his leg when he is unable to untie his foot from a bedpost. After knawing on his leg for a few secounds he declares he only has "127 hours to go!"
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*[[Maggie]] pops out of [[Bart]]'s astronaut costume in a reference to the {{W|Alien (creature in Alien franchise)#Chestburster|Chestburster}} in ''[[Alien]]''.
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*The music that plays as Homer drives through town with the candy he believes he has stolen is the same music that plays in the movie ''[[Psycho]]'' as Marion Crane drives through town with the stolen $40,000.
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*The tombstones outside, when Bart, [[Lisa]] and Maggie arrive home, show:
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**[[Frank Grimes]]
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**[[Bleeding Gums Murphy]]
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**[[Maude Flanders]]
  
 
=== The Diving Bell and Butterball ===
 
=== The Diving Bell and Butterball ===
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*The segment is a parody of ''{{W2|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly|film}}''.
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*''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' is a {{W|The Brothers Karamazov|real life book}}.
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*Homer gets bitten by a spider and becomes a parody of [[Spider-Man]].
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*The cast of ''{{W|Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark}}'' are seen.
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*Homer's quotes in the beginning are from the movie ''{{W2|Memento|film}}'' when Leonard Shelby wakes up in the motel.
  
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=== Dial D for Diddly
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=== Dial D for Diddily ===
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*The title is a reference to ''{{w|Dial M for Murder}}''.
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*The title is a reference to ''{{W|Dial M for Murder}}''.
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*The segment is a parody of ''{{w|Dexter (TV series)|Dexter}}''.
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*The segment is a parody of ''{{W2|Dexter|TV series}}''.
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**The music in the segment was the "Dexter" theme by {{W|Rolfe Kent}}.
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*The scene where [[Ned]] kills [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] is a parody of ''{{W|Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner}}'' of ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.
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*When Ned says he is going to hell and "my handbasket seats two" he is referring to the expression "going {{W|To hell in a handbasket}}" and means he is taking Homer with him.
  
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=== In the Na’Vi ===
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=== In the Na'Vi ===
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*The name is a reference to the song, "{{W|In the Navy}}".
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*The segment is a parody of the film ''[[Avatar]]''.
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*The segment is a parody of the film, ''{{w|Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar}}''.
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**The floating mountains are seen, except they are actually falling.
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**The floating mountains, as seen in the film, are actually falling.
 
 
**All the creatures and nature attack the humans as they do in the film.
 
**All the creatures and nature attack the humans as they do in the film.
 
**The machines used by the humans to fight are very similar to those from the film.
 
**The machines used by the humans to fight are very similar to those from the film.
 
**[[Hillarium]] is a parody of {{W|Unobtanium}}, a rare mineral wanted in the film.
 
**[[Hillarium]] is a parody of {{W|Unobtanium}}, a rare mineral wanted in the film.
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**[[Bart]] is a parody of Jake Sully from the film and [[Kamala]] is a parody of Neytiri.
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**[[Bart]] is a parody of Jake Sully and [[Kamala]] is a parody of [[Neytiri]].
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*The name is a reference to the song, "{{W|In the Navy}}" and the Na'vi, the alien species in ''Avatar''.
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*[[Cletus]] asks if they're in Kansas any more, a reference to ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''.
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*[[Kamala]] says there is no Rigellian word for "yours" or "mine", then a Rigellian says that that's why they didn't enjoy the movie, ''{{W2|Yours, Mine and Ours|2005 film}}''.
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*When Kamala crashes into the tree, she falls down the trunk like a {{W|Wacky WallWalker}}.
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*The vortex Bart traverses is similar to ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s time vortex.
  
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=== Credits ===
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*After the three segments, when all the characters are gathering on the stage, Grampa walks on and asks when they'll be doing the ''{{W2|Black Swan|film}}''.
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*[[Matt Selman]]'s scary name is a reference to the species {{W|Selmania}}.
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*[[J. Stewart Burns]]' scary name is a reference to ''{{W|The Gruesome Twosome}}''.
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*[[Michael Price]]'s scary name is a reference to ''{{W|Prince of Darkness}}''.
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*[[Rob LaZebnik]]'s scary name is a reference to ''{{W|Rosemary's Baby}}''.
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*[[Matt Warburton]]'s scary name is a reference to [[Guillermo del Toro]].
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*[[Larina Jean Adamson]]'s scary name is a reference to the ''[[Treehouse of Horror series]]''.
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*[[Tim Long]]'s scary name is a reference to ''{{W|Godzilla vs. King Kong}}''.
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*[[Mike Reiss]]'s scary name is a reference to ''{{W|The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms}}''.
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*[[Dan Castellaneta]]'s scary name is a reference to the 1920s horror film ''{{W|The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari}}''.
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*[[Aron Ralston]]'s scary name is a reference to ''[[The Simpsons]]'', The television series itself.
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*[[Jaspreet Dhillon]]'s scary name is a reference to ''{{W|The Bride of Frankenstein}}''.
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*[[Bonita Pietila]]'s scary name is a reference to ''{{W|The X Factor}}''.
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*[[Don Barrozo]]'s scary name is a reference to the 1978 horror film ''{{W|Dawn of the Dead}}''.
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*[[Michael D. Mitchell]]'s scary name is a reference to {{W|Halloween}}'s day, {{W|October 31st}}.
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*[[Norm MacLeod]]'s scary name is a reference to {{W|Norman Bates}} from ''[[Psycho]]''.
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*[[Chris Ledesma]]'s scary name is a reference to his ''[[Twitter]]'' account.
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== Trivia ==
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*One of the robbers looks like one of the robbers thwarted by [[Everyman]] in "[[Homer the Whopper]]".
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[[Category:Cultural references]]
 
[[Category:Cultural references]]
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[[Category:Trivia]]

Latest revision as of 09:54, January 24, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 23 Episode References
← 488 "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts"
489
"Treehouse of Horror XXII"
"Replaceable You" 490 →


Cultural references[edit]

Opening sequence[edit]

  • The opening sequence is a parody of 127 Hours.
    • Homer gets his arm trapped like Aron Ralston and gnaws through several limbs, before gnawing through his trapped arm. Ralston had to amputate his own arm to get released.
    • 127 Hours is also referenced in the episode "The Blue and the Gray", where Homer tries to chew through his leg when he is unable to untie his foot from a bedpost. After knawing on his leg for a few secounds he declares he only has "127 hours to go!"
  • Maggie pops out of Bart's astronaut costume in a reference to the Chestburster in Alien.
  • The music that plays as Homer drives through town with the candy he believes he has stolen is the same music that plays in the movie Psycho as Marion Crane drives through town with the stolen $40,000.
  • The tombstones outside, when Bart, Lisa and Maggie arrive home, show:

The Diving Bell and Butterball[edit]

Dial D for Diddily[edit]

In the Na'Vi[edit]

  • The segment is a parody of the film Avatar.
    • The floating mountains are seen, except they are actually falling.
    • All the creatures and nature attack the humans as they do in the film.
    • The machines used by the humans to fight are very similar to those from the film.
    • Hillarium is a parody of Unobtanium, a rare mineral wanted in the film.
    • Bart is a parody of Jake Sully and Kamala is a parody of Neytiri.
  • The name is a reference to the song, "In the Navy" and the Na'vi, the alien species in Avatar.
  • Cletus asks if they're in Kansas any more, a reference to The Wizard of Oz.
  • Kamala says there is no Rigellian word for "yours" or "mine", then a Rigellian says that that's why they didn't enjoy the movie, Yours, Mine and Ours.
  • When Kamala crashes into the tree, she falls down the trunk like a Wacky WallWalker.
  • The vortex Bart traverses is similar to Doctor Who's time vortex.

Credits[edit]

Trivia[edit]


Season 23 References
The Falcon and the D'ohman • Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts • Treehouse of Horror XXII • Replaceable You • The Food Wife • The Book Job • The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants • The Ten-Per-Cent Solution • Holidays of Future Passed • Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson • The D'oh-cial Network • Moe Goes from Rags to Riches • The Daughter Also Rises • At Long Last Leave • Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart‎ • How I Wet Your Mother • Them, Robot • Beware My Cheating Bart‎ • A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again • The Spy Who Learned Me • Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda • Lisa Goes Gaga
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