The Man Who Came to Be Dinner/References

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Trivia

• If you don't count the credits appearances, this episode features the least ammount of recurring characters in the series' history. Assides from the Simpson family, and Kang and Kodos (that are rather non-canonical characters), only Raphael and Fat Tony (or Fit Fat Tony) appear. Only all the shorts are outranked by this episode in doing so.
• This also can be considered the only episode, appart from the TOH specials, to be considered non-canon, owing to the fact that the events are considered rather fantasious.
• Neither the billboard gag nor the chalkboard gag appeared in this episode.
• The last time the credits hadn't featured it characteristic black background at all was on "Threehouse of Horror VI", in which a live action scene covered the entire segment. In this case, still images are covering the segment. If you don't count the mentioned TOH episode because it is a special or is not canonical, the last one had been "Marge On The Lam", in which a still image of the Springfield Police was shown. Coincidentally, both this episode and the above mentioned only feature the Couch Gag.
• Kodos is refered to as male by Homer during the ritual preparation.
• The potato chip scene is a throwback to "Deep Space Homer", from Season 5 and "Two Dozen And One Greyhounds".

Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on the film The Man Who Came to Dinner.
  • 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.
• Homer redoes the Chip scene from Deep Space Homer and the same music plays however Maggie and Bart eat the chips.
• The Silver Surfer makes an appearance.
• Rocky the Flying Squirrel makes an appearance on an asteroid next to two aliens and says "Hokey smokes! I can't survive in these conditions!" 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".