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*This is the second episode where present-Bart meets past-Homer. The first was "[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]." |
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*This is the second episode where Milhouse plays a game, which causes disaster. The first being "[[Das Bus]]." |
*This is the second episode where Milhouse plays a game, which causes disaster. The first being "[[Das Bus]]." |
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Cultural references
Opening sequence
- The music in the scenes with the Mayan Indians is based on Apocalypto.
The Greatest Story Ever Holed
- The segment title is a pun on The Greatest Story Ever Told.
UNnormal Activity
- The segment title and the segment itself is a parody of Paranormal Activity.
Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure
- The title is a pun on Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.
- References to Back to the Future:
- The segment's plotline is a parody of the movie's.
- The music in the sequences where Bart travels through time is similar to the movie's soundtrack.
- The song when Homer sees Marge for the first time which is also their recurring theme, "(They Long to Be) Close to You" by The Carpenters, was played multiple times in the segment.
Trivia
- The last time world end was referenced in Treehouse of Horror is "Treehouse of Horror X," where the segment "Life's A Glitch, Then You Die" was based on the Year 2000 problem.
- This was one of the two Treehouse of Horror episodes to be aired before the World Series, the other one being "Treehouse of Horror XX."
- So far, this is the earliest Treehouse of Horror to air.
- The last time Homer videotaped himself speaking with the Flanders' video camera only for it to backfire occurred in "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish."
- The last Halloween special where Maggie's pacifier saves the day with its plug function was "Treehouse of Horror VI." It also featured a segment which ended with Homer in another dimension and the Lard Lad donut used as a weapon.
- This is the first time rubbish got sucked into another dimension since the first Halloween special. This time, the dimension's residents had the opposite reaction.
- This is the second episode where present-Bart meets past-Homer. The first was "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind."
- This is the second episode where Milhouse plays a game, which causes disaster. The first being "Das Bus."
- The opening sequence was the longest opening sequence in the Treehouse of Horror history.
Continuity
- In The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop, the following objects were seen:
- Itchy, Scratchy and Poochie dolls (Poochie's last appearance was on "Them, Robot" couch gag, and debut was in The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
- The Everyman comic from "Homer the Whopper"
Goofs
- If Marge married Artie Ziff instead of Homer, then Bart, Lisa and Maggie shouldn't have been born.