The Man Who Came to Be Dinner/References

Cultural references

 * The episode title is a pun on the film .
 * The film has also been referenced in the title of the episode "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner", from Season 15.
 * Diz-Nee-Land is a parody of Disneyland. The fact they purchased the rights to Cosmic Wars is a reference to the fact that Disney bought Star Wars. Country Storm Troopers Jamboree is a reference to Country Bears Jamboree, Jim-Jam Bonks Wild Ride is a reference to Jar-Jar Binks and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
 * The fact that Pirates of the Carribean was revamped due to complaints are based on early complaints that the pirates on the ride were chasing women and drinking and it was changed to feature hungry pirates chasing food.
 * Rocky the Flying Squirrel makes an appearance on an asteroid next to two aliens and says "Hokey smokes! I can't survive in this environment" and then dies of explosive decompression.
 * The announcers who comment on Homer's walk have hair patterned after Caesar Flickerman and Claudius Templesmith from the film version of The Hunger Games.
 * The party at the secret rebel base is a reference to the pre-battle celebration in The Matrix Revolutions.


 * The ending credits contain images referencing Star Trek episodes.
 * Marge as Vina the Orion slave girl, from the TOS pilot "The Cage".
 * Homer as Kirk fighting the Gorn captain, from the TOS episode "Arena".
 * Akira as Sulu wielding a rapier, from the TOS episode "The Naked Time". Fitting, as both Akira and Sulu were played by George Takei.
 * Lisa as the Borg Queen, from the movie "First Contact".
 * Skinner as Spock dealing with hundreds of the Crazy Cat Lady's Tribbles, who resemble cat heads, from the TOS episode "The Trouble with Tribbles".
 * Bart wearing a TOS sciences uniform while crawling through a Jeffries Tube.
 * Lenny and Carl as Lokai, and Eddie and Lou as Bele, from the TOS episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".
 * Homer as Kirk, with the three Providers (brain aliens) in the TOS episode "Gamesters of Triskelion".
 * Milhouse as a Ferengi.
 * Barney as Mudd, with Patty and Selma as androids, from the TOS episode "I, Mudd".
 * Mr. Burns as Balok, from the TOS episode "The Corbomite Maneuver".

Trivia

 * Kodos is reffered to as male by Homer during the ritual preparation.
 * The potato chip scene is a throwback to "Deep Space Homer", from Season 5