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*Homer gets bitten by a spider and becomes a parody of [[Spider-Man]]. | *Homer gets bitten by a spider and becomes a parody of [[Spider-Man]]. | ||
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*The title is a reference to ''{{w|Dial M for Murder}}''. | *The title is a reference to ''{{w|Dial M for Murder}}''. | ||
*The segment is a parody of ''{{w|Dexter (TV series)|Dexter}}''. | *The segment is a parody of ''{{w|Dexter (TV series)|Dexter}}''. | ||
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Contents
Cultural references
Opening sequence
- 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.
- Maggie pops out of Bart's astronaut costume in a reference to the Chestburster in Alien.
- As Homer drives through town with the candy, music from the movie Psycho plays.
The Diving Bell and Butterball
- The segment is a parody of The Diving Bell and Butterfly.
- The Brothers Karamazov is a real life book.
- Homer gets bitten by a spider and becomes a parody of Spider-Man.
Dial D for Diddily
- The title is a reference to Dial M for Murder.
- The segment is a parody of Dexter.
- The scene where Ned kills Patty and Selma is a parody of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner of Looney Tunes.
In the Na’Vi
- 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.
Credits
- After the three segments, when all the characters are gathering on the stage, Grampa walks on and asks when they'll be doing the Black Swan.
- Dan Castellaneta's scary name is a reference to the 1920's horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
- Don Barrozo's scary name is a reference to the 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead.
Trivia
- One of the robbers looks like one of the robbers thwarted by Everyman in "Homer the Whopper".
