Treehouse of Horror VIII/References

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Treehouse of Horror VIII

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Cultural References

• "The HΩmega Man" is an extended homage to film The Omega Man, which was one of Mike Scully's favorite movies as a child.
• The song Homer dances to in the church is "War" by Edwin Starr.
• In "The HΩmega Man," Homer runs over Johnny and Edgar Winter while fleeing the mutants pursuing him, and he cries, "Die, you chalk-faced goons!" The Winter brothers are both albino.
• The title "Fly vs. Fly" is a reference to the Mad magazine comic strip "Spy vs. Spy." The segment itself is

  

  Spy vs Spy

  based on "The Fly."
• The creature with 2 butts that comes out is reference to a Sean Silverstri poem in Where The Sidewalk Ends that explains the positives of a creature like that.
• In "Easy-Bake Coven", the animators referenced the film The Crucible for many of their designs.
• In "The HΩmega Man" when Ned says why Norms & Freaks can't get along, it is similar to the movie franchise "Monster High" where Normies (Humans) & Monsters do not get along.
• Edna Krabappel is wearing a Scarlet A, which is a reference to the novel The Scarlet Letter.
• "Easy Bake Coven" is loosely based on the Salem witch trials, while the title is a reference to the children's toy called an Easy-Bake Oven. There is a brief reference to the Looney Tunes character Witch Hazel.
• In the "Easy Bake Coven" segment, Patty and Selma say to Marge, "So you finally left Derwood," which is a reference to the show Bewitched when Sammantha's mother, Endora, would purposely get Sammantha's husband Darren's name wrong because Endora disliked like Darrren. Sort of the same way Patty and Selma think of Homer.
• Brad Bird has the scary name 'NEVERMORE'. This is based on the poem 'The Raven', also parodied in the original Treehouse of Horror.
• In "Easy-Bake Coven", Homer is dressed as Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie.

Trivia

• This is the seventh Treehouse of Horror to have the cast's names changed due to Halloween e.g. Bat Groening. The first six being Treehouse of Horrors II-VII.
• Kang and Kodos originally weren't supposed to appear in this episode, but David Cohen managed to persuade the producers to keep them in.
• Homer already had a bomb shelter built, in the Tracey Ullman short "World War III".
• Marge, Patty and Selma click their heels before flying away on their brooms.
• Marge, Patty and Selma's brooms sound like airliner jet engines when flying.