Thank God It's Doomsday/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

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	Season 16 Episode References
← 353 "A Star Is Torn"	354 "Thank God It's Doomsday"	"Home Away from Homer" 355 →

Cultural references

• The title is a reference to the popular saying, Thank God It's Friday.
• The movie Left Below is a parody of Left Behind: The Movie.
• The song playing when Homer is throwing away his books on the Rapture is Three Dog Night's version of "Easy To Be Hard" from the musical Hair.
• God's chair is an Aeron chair manufactured by Herman Miller, except that God's chair floats and does not have a base.
• In heaven, Leonardo da Vinci is shown drawing, with his left hand, a portrait of Dean Martin in the style of the Mona Lisa.
• Among the changing art pictures displayed above the bed in heaven are:
  • A painting of colored rectangles in the style of Piet Mondrian;
  • The classic Farrah Fawcett poster that sold 12 million copies;
  • The "Syndics of the Drapers' Guild" painting by Rembrandt (also used in Dutch Masters cigar boxes);
  • Haystacks near a Farm in Provence by Vincent van Gogh.
• The song played as Homer enters heaven is "The Flower Duet" from the opera Lakmé by Léo Delibes.
• The clock labelled Heaven is on UTC or UTC+12 relative to the other clocks labelled London, New York and Tokyo.
• God tells Homer that his son, Jesus Christ, went down to Earth and he doesn't know what happened to him, but his son hasn't been the same since. This is a reference to the Crucifixion of Jesus.
• When God turns back time, he exclaims "Deus ex machina", a plot device meaning "God from the machine". It is used ironically since this was the act of the real God to solve an otherwise unsolvable problem, not the god from the mechanical contrivance that ancient Greek dramatists used for the same purpose.
• In the scene at Moe's at the end of the episode, Homer and his pals are posed to resemble the Last Supper fresco by Leonardo da Vinci, with Homer in the center as Jesus.
• The skeleton of the crashed Duff blimp, with flames, is a reference to the Hindenburg Disaster.
• Moe's sushi bar, "Tokyo Roe's", is a parody of Tokyo Rose, a voice broadcasting Japanese propaganda to Allied soldiers during World War II.
• Krusty mentions he doesn't want to die next to Kathy Griffin.

Trivia

• God is drawn with 5 fingers on each hand and 5 toes on each foot.
• Homer knows the meaning of "eponymous."
• The cart of wind chimes that Bart and Lisa back into at the mall carries the sign, "Tinkle in the Wind".
• Celebrities in the Duff blimp include:
  • Bette Midler
  • Ron Howard
  • David Crosby
  • Joan Rivers
  • Rosie O'Donnell

Continuity

• Charlie Brown is shown for the fourth time. The first time he was seen in his ghost costume in "Treehouse of Horror II", the second time a candle version of him was seen in "Grade School Confidential" and the third time as a costume in "Treehouse of Horror XIV".

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Treehouse of Horror XV • All's Fair in Oven War • Sleeping with the Enemy • She Used to Be My Girl • Fat Man and Little Boy • Midnight Rx • Mommie Beerest • Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass • Pranksta Rap • There's Something About Marrying • On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister • Goo Goo Gai Pan • Mobile Homer • The Seven-Beer Snitch • Future-Drama • Don't Fear the Roofer • The Heartbroke Kid • A Star Is Torn • Thank God It's Doomsday • Home Away from Homer • The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star