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Cultural references[edit]
- The episode name is a combination of Simpsons and Futurama.
- The episode's plot seems to be based on that of the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", the writer of which, Harlan Ellison, was credited for the synopsis by Al Jean after the episode's announcement.[1]
- The jukebox in Moe's Tavern plays "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman".
- Moe refers to Bender as "blade rummy", a reference to the 1982 film Blade Runner.
- When Bender makes his mouth say "Happy Birthday Lisa", "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa plays.
- In a scene with the mutant rabbits, Binky the rabbit and Bongo from Matt Groening's comic Life in Hell can be seen writing "Crossovers are Hell" on a wall.
- When everyone passes Panucci's Pizza, Seymour Asses is seen outside. "I Will Wait for You" then plays.
- Homer says he owes Clash of Candies $20,000, a reference to Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga.
- The mutant creatures mutation resembles the hatching of the alien from Alien.
- A billboard can be seen that reads The eBook Of Mormon, a reference to the musical The Book of Mormon.
- Hubert J. Farnsworth's prayer partially parodies the Lord's Prayer.
- A February 3014 calendar featuring a photo of the Professor with long hair and in a swimsuit is seen. The photo resembles Farrah Fawcett's iconic 1976 poster.
- The Tesla Building is a reference to the Chrysler Building, in Manhattan, and Tesla Motors, an electric car manufacturer.
- Madison Cube Garden hits an FXXX satellite, a reference to the FOX channels FX and FXX.
- In the end of the episode, Homer sings lyrics to the "Futurama theme".
- In the mash up opening sequence, Darth Maul from Star Wars is mentioned in a sign, as Sideshow Maul.
- There is a comic book reprint called Simpsons Comics Simpsorama, which was released in 1996.
- Kang and Kodos' last names are revealed to be Johnson, and they're a lesbian couple.
- Despite being the main character in Futurama, Fry only plays a minor role in the crossover, with only four lines.
- Things seen in the opening sequence mash up:
- Scruffy sweeping the streets without a head after shooting himself references the Futurama episode Law and Oracle where it was revealed that Scruffy somehow died and was reconstructed as a zombie.
Continuity[edit]
- Bart's birthday is said to be on February 23rd. However, his official birthday is on April 1st, as stated in The Bart Book.[2][3]
- This may not be so much a goof as it is a reference to the popularized rumor that Bart's birthday was on February 23rd.[4]
- Seymour Asses is seen, although in Futurama, he dies in 2012.[5]
- 9 years after the episode aired, it was revealed in the first episode of the Hulu revival of Futurama, The Impossible Stream, that a reversal of the time freeze from the previous episode, Meanwhile, caused the events in the Futurama universe to get stuck between 3013 and 3023, skipping 3014, the year the scenes of this episode which are set in New New York happened.
- This could make the episode non-canon in the Futurama universe.
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