Treehouse of Horror XIV/References

Trivia

 * The Halloween names (such as "All 'Halloween Names Are Back' Jean") return to the closing credits.


 * Before hitting the Grim Reaper, Homer mentions Lisa's previous cat Snowball I and John F. Kennedy.


 * In this episode, we see one of many (probably failure) attempts of mafia to kill Jimmy the Snitch.


 * Some of people who were killed by Homer at stadium are Kirk Van Houten and Reverend Lovejoy.
 * This is the first episode to air after The Simpsons: Hit & Run.


 * This episode marks the second time Homer was cast to be a Marvel Super Hero character (which also was a beast-like character); the first time was in "I Am Furious Yellow", where he lost his temper and temporarily acted as The Incredible Hulk.


 * Referring to the remark about Homer talking about the previous episode, this also sort of happens in "Treehouse of Horror XII," where the Leprechaun from the first story, "Hex and the City", is seen on Bart's back in the "Wiz Kids" segment.
 * The scene where Professor Frink kicks his father in the crotch is similar to the second Scooby-Doo movie, where Velma kicks the Black Knight ghost in the crotch, saying it was his "weak spot". The film was released 4 months after the episode aired.


 * Parts of Frink's father include Ned Flanders organs Principal Skinner's spine Snake's right arm (with Snake's vest), Sideshow Mel's hair (and scalp), Nelson's torso Krusty's neck, Mr. Burns' left arm, Moe's neck part of Selma's right foot, Kearney's legs Disco Stu's left foot, and Comic Book Guy's butt.


 * Skinner, Nelson and Homer all wear briefs in "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", not boxers.


 * When Lisa uses the stopwatch at the end of "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off", the things that suddenly happen to the other members of the family are:
 * The upper portion of their bodies become rockets and zoom around.
 * They turn into bobbleheads.
 * They turn into people from sitcom.(Maggie resemble Baby Gerald.)
 * They turn into TV Guide covers.
 * They turn into the Fantastic Four.
 * They return to normal, but are playing with hula-hoops.


 * The last time Bart made some appear to pick their nose occurred in "Bart the Lover".


 * The final episode to feature a partially eaten corpse was "King of the Hill".


 * The final Halloween special where a Simpson repeatedly alters the universe until stopping on a close enough universe was "Treehouse of Horror V".
 * The scene where Homer acts as death may be a reference to the Family Guy episode "Death is a Bitch".

Cultural References

 * In the intro, Bart wears Charlie Brown and Lisa wears a Lucy van Pelt costume.
 * "Reaper Madness" is based on "The Santa Clause" when Homer turns into Grim Reaper.
 * Reaper Madness refers to the phrase/film Reefer Madness.
 * "Frinkenstein" is an obvious parody of the 1931 film, Frankenstein, with Jonathan Frink Sr. as Frankenstein's monster.
 * "Stop The World, I Want To Goof Off" is a parody of the Twilight Zone episode, A Kind of a Stopwatch.
 * Stop The World, I Want To Goof Off refers to the musical, Stop the World – I Want to Get Off.
 * When the crowd runs after Bart and Milhouse, Comic Book Guy holds a lightsaber from the Star Wars movie series.
 * When Lisa pushes a second button on the stopwatch, the Simpsons change themselves. In one of their changes, they look like characters from the Fantastic Four: Homer as the Thing, Marge as the Human Torch, Bart as Mister Fantastic and Maggie as Invisible Girl.

Opening
When Bart and Lisa begin fighting, the pile of candy disappears from the carpet.

Reaper Madness

 * When Homer is going down to get some better seats at the game, everyone he touches dies. However, a man blocks Homer from touching his forehead he survives.

Frinkenstein

 * Right before Professor Frink's father is kicked, Professor Frink is wearing the Nobel Prize. When his father is on the ground, his father is wearing the Nobel Prize.
 * At the begining of the segment Professor Frink states that his father no longer has a penis however later on in the segment Professor Frink kicks him in the "balls" (penis), it is never mentioned that Professor Frink's father had gotten a penis in some way, this however could be just a simple mistake.

Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off

 * When the Simpsons are hula-hooping, Bart moves from the floor to his bed.
 * When Lisa uses the stopwatch at the end. Bart changes back from his 25 year old self back to his 10 year old self without explanation. This may be the way that the characters never age.