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In Treehouse of Horror episodes, Norm MacLeod is credited as "Norman "Bates" MacLeod, a reference to Norman Bates, a character from Psycho.
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2
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16
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"Treehouse of Horror"
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The Evil House design is based on the Psycho House.
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22
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"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
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The scene where Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet is a recreation of the infamous shower scene from Psycho (though not set in a shower). The soundtrack also quotes Bernard Hermann's famous score.
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3
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56
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"Black Widower"
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When Sideshow Bob goes to see Selma's dead corpse in the chair, he turns it around to see that Bart is there instead. He whacks the light, and as it swings back and forth, he sees Selma in the doorway. This sequence parodies the film's famous ending scene.
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4
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73
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"Brother from the Same Planet"
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Principal Skinner looks out the window of his office at an abandoned Victorian mansion on a hill and proceeds to have a prolonged argument with his overbearing mother despite nobody being there. This is the first time Skinner has been portrayed as a Norman Bates-like character, with his house modelled after the Psycho House.
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80
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"Marge in Chains"
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Troy McClure mentioned "P" is for Psycho, one of the films he starred in. This is a parody of the films Psycho and Dial M for Murder, both by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Maude Flanders follows Marge to the Flanders bathroom and watches her through a hole in the wall, much like Norman Bates did to Marion Crane at the Bates Motel in Psycho.
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5
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82
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"Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
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In a deleted scene, Skinner went back to his mother. She asked him if he was with a woman, he said no, then she asked for a bath, followed by mad laughing and a close-up of their Psycho-parody house.
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5
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83
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"Cape Feare"
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In the town of Terror Lake, Sideshow Bob stays at the Bates Motel.
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5
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88
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"Bart's Inner Child"
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Seymour Skinner was told by Brad Goodman to ventilate his true feelings about his mother. He gave him a dummy of an old woman, sitting in a chair. The dummy looked similar to the corpse of the assassin's mother in Psycho (1960), who is also positioned in a chair. The button eyes mimic her skeleton face.
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8
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163
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"The Springfield Files"
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The busload of musicians that Homer encountered while in the woods play the frightening music from the shower scene.
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9
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187
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"Realty Bites"
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The murder house was modeled after the Psycho House.
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21
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445
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"Treehouse of Horror XX"
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Psycho's main theme used extensively during the Alfred Hitchcock parodies "Dial "M" for Murder or Press # To Return To Main Menu" segment.
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23
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489
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"Treehouse of Horror XXII"
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In the opening the music that played as Homer drives through Springfield with the candy he believed he has stole was the same music that played Psycho as Marion Crane drives through town with the stolen $40,000.
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24
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518
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"A Test Before Trying"
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The Skinner house resembled the Psycho House
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25
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548
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"Days of Future Future"
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In a flash-forward Seymour Skinner is out to dinner with the preserved corpse of his mother which looks like corpse of Norman Bates' mother.
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27
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578
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"Halloween of Horror"
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Homer announced that he was going to tell a version of Psycho starring Seymour and Agnes Skinner.
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28
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606
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"The Nightmare After Krustmas"
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Lisa played the "The Murder" from the Psycho film soundtrack on her violin.
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606
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"Fatzcarraldo"
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The scene where Homer drove away from the Krusty Burger was a parody of Psycho in which Marion Crane drove for hours. The "Prelude" from soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann can be heard during the scene.
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33
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709
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"Treehouse of Horror XXXII"
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Ryan Koh' credited as "Psy-Koh IV: The Beginning" is a reference to the movie Psycho IV: The Beginning.
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