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Cultural References[]
- Ned reads a modified book of Harry Potter, where Harry and his friends go to Hell for practicing witchcraft (in reference to fundamentalist Christian groups in America objecting to the book because of its magic and fantasy elements).
- The title is a spoof of the movie "Trilogy of Terror". The nonlinear, interconnected storyline is a reference to the ones used in Run Lola Run (Lola rennt, in its original German) and Go.
- Chief Wiggum's exclamation "Great Grucci's Ghost!" upon discovering the fireworks refers to both Daily Planet editor Perry White's frequent use of "Great Caesar's Ghost!" in Superman lore and "America's First Family of Fireworks", the Gruccis.
Previous Episode References[]
- "Duffless":
- Springfield Elementary has a science fair.
- A Simpson male (Bart/Homer) ruins Lisa's science project for said fair (Bart hurls Lisa's steroid-pumped tomato at Principal Skinner/Homer thinks that Linguo is a party robot and makes him drink beer).
- "22 Short Films About Springfield": Both episodes follow a nonlinear, interconnected storyline in the style of a movie that's famous for that (Pulp Fiction in the former episode/Go and Run, Lola, Run in the latter).
- "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie": An animal driving a vehicle (Chief Wiggum mentions a dog driving a bus/Mr. Teeny drives Krusty's limo).
- "Brother from the Same Planet": Homer runs naked down the stairs.
- "Lisa on Ice": Homer hurts himself while trying to eat a baked good Marge has made (hits his head on the oven range while eating a pie Marge made/gets his right thumb cut off while Marge is trying to cut brownies into smaller squares).
- "Bart Gets Hit By a Car" and "Separate Vocations": Bart gets (or nearly gets, in this episode) run over by a car.
- "Dog of Death" and "Another Simpsons Clip Show": Someone throws a book into a fireplace.
- "They Saved Lisa's Brain": reference to book burning for religious reasons (Reverend Lovejoy drives a book burning mobile/Flanders burns a copy of a Harry Potter book).
- "Saddlesore Galactica": A character (Comic Book Guy/Mr. Teeny) speaks out against the nonsensical plot of a Simpsons episode.
- "The Trouble with Trillions": A Simpson male (Homer/Bart) wears a wire as part of a sting operation.
- "Marge in Chains": Marge accidentally commits a crime (forgets to pay for Kwik-E-Mart bourbon/accidentally cuts Homer's thumb off) and the police still arrest her.
- "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire": reference to The Smurfs (Bart says that Christmas miracles happen to characters like Charlie Brown, Tiny Tim, and The Smurfs/Homer's drunken rant about how Blue Man Group is a ripoff of the Smurfs).
- "'Round Springfield": Springfield Elementary (the regular one in the former episode/the west division in the latter) has a French class.
- "Treehouse of Horror VIII" ("The Homega Man"): The French class' snooty laughter is similar to the French military officers' snooty laughing.
- "Lost Our Lisa":
- Marge ignores Lisa's plans to tend to a family emergency for a Simpson male (Homer with his right thumb severed/Bart having comedy props glued to his face).
- Lisa ends up at the wrong place while traveling by herself.
Trivia[]
- Of all the Simpsons episodes to air in the 21st century, this episode has the highest rating on Internet Movie Database and is the only one to make it on the list of the top 50 best episodes of the show.
Goofs[]
- When Martin stands from the back of the bus, the viewers can see Milhouse sitting on it, even though he is with Bart.
- Time during Bart's segment seems to move even faster: When Fat Tony and his gang found out that Bart was wearing a wire it was noon, and when Bart gets hit by the truck Marge and Lisa stole from Cletus, it is almost 3:00 p.m.
- In Homer's segment, Rod and Todd Flanders are at home, while the rest of the children are at school. It is unknown if Ned Flanders is homeschooling them (which, given their sheltered outlook on life, especially in light of Maude Flanders' death, and the fact that the only past episode which has ever depicted the Flanders children going to school with Bart and Lisa is "Skinner's Sense of Snow"), is probably most likely, or if they are home for the day. The pair don't even attend Springfield Christian School, which was last seen in "Whacking Day". However, in earlier episodes, the pair were seen attending Springfield Elementary.
- When Chief Wiggum stops the police car next to Mr. Teeny asking for directions to 123 Fake Street, Lou is next to him in the passenger seat, but when the police arrive at 123 Fake Street, Eddie is in the passenger seat.
- As Captain McAllister is at Dr. Nick's clinic in bed, his shirt is white, yet as the tire from Lisa's bike with the fireworks attached flies in and starts to burn, his shirt changes to green.
- When Cletus drives Homer to Dr. Nick's clinic, his left hand has missing fingers, but when his truck is stolen away, all his fingers are intact.
- At the beginning of the episode, Maggie is seen during breakfast, however, she does not appear throughout Homer, Lisa and Bart's respective segments, but at the end, she somehow appears in Miss Hoover's classroom.