The Serfsons/References

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Cultural References

• The red, green and blue potions in Hibbert's shop are a reference to The Legend of Zelda. They both have the same effect and even cost the same amount of rupees.
• The Polyjuice potion is a reference to Harry Potter.
• The title of this episode is a wordplay on the series name and the word "serf".
• Game of Thrones:
  • The music at the begining of the episode look like the generic of the serie.
  • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's character Markery has an inappropriate relationship with Marge Serfson, similar to his character Jamie Lannister with his sister Cersei.
  • The heads on spikes reference the Stark house's heads on King's Landing wall. Ned Flanders is among them, referencing Ned Stark.
  • Jacqueline dated a White Walker, most precisely the Night King.
  • Marge mentions the tri-kingdoms, referencing the Seven Kingdoms.
  • G.R.R. Martin, the book's author, appears wielding the a sign saying "The end is not near", referencing the long waiting between two books.
  • Bart used a crow for his prank to Moe. Crows are used to carry messages in Game of Throne.
  • Victarion's Secret references both the lingerie store Victoria's Secret, and the character Victarion Greyjoy.
• The Lord of the Rings:
  • The closing credits sequence is in the style that was seen at the conclusion of The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies that featured several sketches. In addition, Billy Boyd, popular for playing the role of Pippin in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has an off-screen role in this episode where he performed the end credits song that parodies the song "The Last Goodbye" he previously sang in the end credits to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
  • Comic Book Guy is Bombur from the Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien.
  • Treestache is a reference to Ents.
  • Aragorn, dressed as Strider, can be seen in Moes'.
  • The All-Smelling Tower parodies the Eye of Sauron.
  • The Serfson keep several Hobbits in a cage for food.
• In Moe's, the head of Toothless, the dragon from How to Train Your Dragon, is on the wall.
• Azzlan is reference to Aslan the lion from The Chronicles of Narnia. He tries to convert people to christianism. The Chronicles of Narnia is known for his apoly of christianism.
• Krusty's genital "Snerfs" are a VD-like disease, consisting of Smurf-like creatures which throw their hats and sing every time Krusty looks down his pants.
• There are many stores in the background. Cold Stone Screamery refers to Cold Stone Creamery. Barns for Nobles refers to Barns & Nobles. Fool Locker refers to Foot Locker. Banana Monarchy refers to Banana Republic. Hyborian Apparel refers to American Apparel and Conan the Barbarian. Restoration Bard Wear refers to Restoration Hardware. Rural Outfitters and Urban Outhouses both refers to Urban Outfitters. Sir Duncan's Doughed Naughts refers to Dunkin' Donuts.
• There is a store witch only sells bitted apple, parodying Apple's logo.
• Sideshow Mel is Elric Melnibone from The Elric Saga.

Trivia/Goofs

• This is the third time that a season premiere is in October instead of September. The first time being Season 2's "Bart Gets an "F"", and the second time being Season 8's "Treehouse of Horror VII".
• According to Matt Selman, this episode is a love letter to various stories.
• "Springfield Splendor" was originally going to be the Season 29 premiere, but for reasons unknown (possibly due to changing the order of episodes), this episode became the premiere instead.
• The episode was released early on demand on Spectrum. The reason why is completely unknown, but it shouldn't be released before October 1, which means that releasing an episode early before the scheduled airdate is illegal.
• This is the first episode to not show the Gracie Films logo at the end of the credits, due to a still frame of the entire cast of The Simpsons with the Puerto Rico flag to show fellow respect to people living in Puerto Rico, and the country, entirely.
• This is the first time to have music composed by Bleeding Fingers Music, after Alf Clausen, who began composing in 1990, was fired on August 30, 2017.
• The Serfsons were seen battling nobles, and then we see the Serfsons watching the dragon burning down the village, but Maggie isn’t with them, she probably escaped the village or something.
• This is the last episode where Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is voiced by Hank Azaria, and currently the last time that the character spoke.

Continuity

• Among the row of severed heads are the following:
  • Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky (died in "Clown in the Dumps")
  • Cletus Spuckler
  • Troy McClure (retired character after the tragic death of his voice actor Phil Hartman in 1998; some long-time fans have deemed this appearance insensitive)
  • Ned Flanders
  • Agnes Skinner
  • Maude Flanders (died in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily")
  • Seymour Skinner
  • The Pit Master (died in "Cue Detective", which also showed him before his death)
  • Frank Grimes (died in "Homer's Enemy", which also showed him before his death)
  • Blue-Haired Lawyer
• Monster Willie whipping other men turning the wheel at the Springfieldia Human Power Plant is the exact opposite of what occurred in the episode "The Musk Who Fell to Earth", when Elon Musk and Mr. Burns when new plans for the town's electrical needs were devised.