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"Shoddy Heat"
"Treehouse of Horror XXXV"
"Women in Shorts"
"Treehouse of Horror XXXIV"
"Treehouse of Horror XXXV"
"Treehouse of Horror XXXVI"

Cultural References[]

Information Rage[]

  • The news networks Tox News and MSNPR are parodies of Fox News, MSNBC and NPR. Tox News specifically is a pun on the word "toxic". The hosts are also parodies of Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow.
  • The monsters following the red and blue ones are parodies, those being:
    • Four Chan Saurus (4Chan)
    • Facebookzilla (Facebook and Godzilla)
    • Mecha-Reddit (Reddit)
    • Ro-gan (Joe Rogan and Rodan)

The Fall of the House of Monty[]

  • The segment's title is a reference to the Edgar Allen Poe short story The Fall of the House of Usher.
  • The Raven from the very first Treehouse of Horror episode makes a cameo.
  • A future, obese Homer is drinking a Big Slurp cup, a parody of Big Gulp owned by 7-Eleven. This parody also appeared in the segment "Denim".

Denim[]

  • The segment is a parody of Tom Hardy's Marvel trilogy franchise film Venom, with Denim being a parody of Venom.
  • Comic Book Guy is seen with a Big Slurp cup, a reference to Big Gulp owned by 7-Eleven again.
  • Denim asks Homer if he has stopped following Marge on Facebook.

Trivia[]

  • Bart and Lisa only appear in the segment "The Information Rage", unless it counts Bart as The Raven in "The Fall of the House of Monty".
  • This is the first Treehouse of Horror episode since XI where Matt Groening has multiple scary names throughout the credits.
  • This is the first Treehouse of Horror episode since XIII where the title card doesn't exactly say "Treehouse of Horror [Roman numerals]". That episode's title card read "The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 13", and episodes before that were titled "The Simpsons Halloween Special [Roman numerals]".
  • This is the second time Hank Azaria's scary name is "Angst Azaria" since VI.