Treehouse of Horror IV/References

Trivia

 * The Jury of the Damned includes Lizzie Borden, Benedict Arnold, Blackbeard, Jonathan Dillinger, John Wilkes Booth, The Starting Line of the 1976 Philadelphia Flyers, and Richard Nixon (who, at the time, wasn't dead, and was implied to be in the Jury of the Damned because he sold his soul to the Devil to either be U.S. President or get out of being impeached for the Watergate scandal. Six months after this episode aired, the real Richard Nixon did die).
 * In the beginning of "Bart Simpson's Dracula", the boat picture in the living room is replaced by the Dogs Playing Poker picture.
 * Homer's appearance with his donut head, after the devil curses him is an alternate costume in level 7 of The Simpsons: Hit and Run.
 * This is the third Treehouse of Horror to have the cast's names changed because of Halloween e.g. Bat Groening. The first two being Treehouse of Horror II and Treehouse of Horror III.
 * "Terror at 5½ Feet" is mistitled Nightmare at 5½ Feet in The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family.
 * This is one of the two Halloween specials where Lisa is about to be bitten by a vampire only to be interrupted, the other special was Treehouse of Horror XXI.
 * Beginning with this episode, every Treehouse of Horror, has the Gracie Films logo screams except for Treehouse of Horror II and Treehouse of Horror III.

The Devil and Homer Simpson

 * When Homer says to Devil that if he eats the left part of the donut he is going to be in the hell, the left part has some pink cream and sugar. But when Homer eats it, the pink cream and the sugar disappear.
 * Homer is in his pajamas. But when he lands on the hell, he is in his trademark outfit.
 * Homer is being cut by a hell creature. But when he is on the hell labs, he is in one piece.
 * Also, Homer get fat when he ate all the donuts but when he is on the judge, he lose all of the weight he got.
 * Or, you know, it might be because this is a Cartoon.

Terror at 5½ Feet

 * When the camera zooms at Bart and Lisa talking, the bowl Marge is holding and the bowls on the table are empty. But when Marge puts the bowl on the table, the bowls are full of cereal and oatmeal.
 * Also, The bowl Marge was holding doesn't have a spoon on it. But when she puts it on the table, a spoon appears on it.
 * When the camera zooms on Bart starts eating, there is a bowl of cereal with a spoon beside Bart's bowl. But when the camera zooms on the family, the bowl and the spoon disappear.
 * In the scene of the family and Homer holding the things he found on the pier, Bart has his hands on the table. But in his close-up, he has one hand with a spoon of cereal.
 * Bart and Lisa do not enter to the bus with their backpacks.
 * Uter is on the left side of the seat. But when Milhouse sit on the seat, Uter is on the right side of the seat.

Bart Simpson's Dracula

 * In the news, Mr. Burns has some blood in the left side of his face. But when he licks the blood, the blood is on the right side of his face.
 * When Lisa opens the curtain, Janey, Ralph, Milhouse and Martin are not there. But in the next scene, they appear.
 * When the family is ready to bite Lisa, Maggie have her mouth open with her fangs. But in a split second, a pacifier appears on her mouth.

Opening sequence

 * In the opening sequence the following tombstones can be read, "Elvis Accept It, A Balanced Budget, Subtle Political Satire, and TV Violence," with several gun shots being fired at it.
 * The tombstone about Elvis is a reference to the conspiracy theory that Elvis is still alive.
 * At the beginning, a painting that Bart passed by is Lisa in a version of The Scream.

The Devil and Homer Simpson

 * The entire segment is a reference to/parody of the story The Devil And Daniel Webster.
 * The demon who is feeding Homer donuts says: "I don't understand it. James Coco went mad in fifteen minutes!" James Coco was a character known in the 1970s...He parodied the Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot, penned by Agatha Christie. In the movie, James Coco’s character throws a volley of subtle food jokes. In his last years, Coco received attention for his culinary talents and best-selling cookbooks. The James Coco Diet, an educational book which included chapters on menu planning and behavior modification as well as choice recipes), was just one that he promoted on the talk show circuit. It is probably not a coincidence that he often played characters with extreme food issues.

Terror at 5½ Feet

 * The title and the episode are a parody of the Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.

Bart Simpson's Dracula

 * The episode is based on the famous horror character Count Dracula.
 * The episode's title is a parody of the 1992 film, Bram Stoker's Dracula.
 * The painting for the segment is the famous painting Dogs Playing Poker.
 * Eddie throws the Mona Lisa painting on the fire.
 * The book "Yes, I am A Vampire" is Written by Monty Burns and Foreword by Steve Allen.
 * at the end of Bart Simpsons Dracula the segment transitions into a parody of the Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Closing sequence

 * In the closing credits of the episode it features a version of the Simpsons theme song that is a combination of the instruments used in The Munsters theme song and the harpsichord playing and clicking from The Addams Family theme song.