Treehouse of Horror XIX/References

==Premiere==
*The premiere of this episode was watched by 12.48 million people in America.
==Cultural References ==
* Untitled Robot Parody is a parody of .
* The toy that blinks its lights at Bart in the 99-cent Store resembles the original Optimus Prime cab-over Semi of the Transformers cartoon from 1984.
* The scene where Bestimus Mucho brings several Posibots to life with beams is a parody of this commercial for Microman, a toyline which produced transforming robots that would become the basis for several Transformer characters.
* Homer and Ned's cars transform into robots resembling Optimus Prime and Megatron.
* The beginning of How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising is a parody of the Opening Theme. The title references .
* Krusty getting killed in a woodchipper is very similar to the woodchipper scene from .
* appears in the same outfit he wore in "" to confront Chief Wiggum for stealing his act.
* It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse is a parody of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It was supposed to be called It's the Great Pumpkin, Milhouse, but due to legal reasons, it was renamed to the Grand Pumpkin.
* Milhouse's prayer to the Grand Pumpkin is similar to the Nicene Creed.
* The dance scene in It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse is a parody of the dance scene in A Charlie Brown Christmas.
*In It's the Grand Pumpkin Milhouse, Marge makes the famous "wah-wah" sound from the various Charlie Brown specials by playing the trombone with a mute in the bell. This is the same way the sound was made behind the scenes for the specials.
=== List of The Simpsons characters portraying Peanuts characters===
:Milhouse Van Houten as Linus van Pelt.
:Bart Simpson as Charlie Brown.
:Lisa Simpson as Sally Brown.
:Dolph Starbeam as Patty.
:Nelson Muntz as Lucy van Pelt.
:Ralph Wiggum as Pig-Pen.
:Santa's Little Helper as Snoopy.
:Wendell Borton as 5.
:Sherri and Terri as 3 and 4.
:Nina Skalka as Frieda.
:Janey Powell as Violet.
:Richard as Shermy.
:Lewis Clark as Franklin.
:The Grand Pumpkin as The Great Pumpkin.
== Trivia ==
*This episode was initially rated TV-14 for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L), sexual situations/content (S), and violence (V). All reruns and versions on streaming have this at TV-PG for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L), sexual situations/content (S), and violence (V).
*The , which was in the middle of running a campaign to prevent casual use of the adjective "gay", criticized Nelson Muntz's lyric in the "" parody, "the Grand Pumpkin's super gay". A spokesperson for the GLSEN said "many people say gay without even realizing what they're saying is bad, we're trying to educate people that this is a term that is hurtful to young people when used in a negative way." The spokesperson added, "Nelson should send an apologetic e-card to Milhouse."
*This would be the last Treehouse of Horror episode to air on November until 2010 when "Treehouse of Horror XXI" aired on November 7th. This is also the last Treehouse of Horror episode to be produced in the SD 4:3 ratio.
== Goofs ==
* When the celebrities in Heaven are talking about the people telling about exploiting their images, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are seen. It would be impossible for Homer to kill them, as they died in the 1700s and 1800s (unless Washington and Lincoln found their portrayals in ads to be offensive. Considering how Washington and Lincoln are used often in Presidents' Day sales ads, this might be the case). On top of that, since they were historical figures, they would be considered public domain, meaning their images can be used however the person wants it.
==Censorship==
*In the UK, the following scenes are cut from all three sections when aired on Channel 4:
**"Untitled Robot Parody": The appearance of the Sex Toy Robot.
**"How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertisting": Krusty getting shredded in the woodchipper (which was edited to make it look like Krusty died after flying in the air and landing somewhere off-screen), Homer strangling, stabbing, and beating Prince with his own guitar, and Krusty shooting Homer in the head.
**"It's The Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse": The Grand Pumpkin puking after learning that pumpkin bread is made of pumpkins (and not bread for pumpkins), the Grand Pumpkin eating Homer, Nelson calling the Grand Pumpkin a racist because he doesn't care that Nelson is going to carve a yellow pumpkin, The Grand Pumpkin scooping the brains out of Skinner's head and Tom Turkey blowing the Grand Pumpkin's brains out by blowing through a cornucopia (along with the Grand Pumpkin's dying words, although with the scene that was cut which involved Homer, it might have been done to cover up a plot hole).
*In America, the scene in "How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising" where Homer murders Prince with his own guitar was cut on FXX following Prince's death in 2016 (though Prince in real life died from a fentanyl overdose, not murder), making it look like Prince was already in Heaven during the climactic sequence of the celebrities attacking the living over Homer's murder spree.
==Previous Episode References==
*The Sex Toy Robot sounds like Andre (the sleazy guy Patty and Selma wanted Marge to date while Homer was in the hospital) from "Homer's Triple Bypass."
*"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy": Lisa has a talking Stacy doll that's activated by a pull-string (even though pull-string toys are very outdated).
*"Sideshow Bob Roberts": Homer votes during an election and a voting fraud scandal is revealed.
*"Saddlesore Galactica": Homer is chased by a group of angry people riding on horses (the jockey elves/the dead celebrities). Also, John Lennon's line about eating brains is similar to one of the jockey elves' threats to eat Homer's brain.
*"Hungry, Hungry Homer": Homer sleeps on the roof of the house like Snoopy from the Peanuts specials and Bart says, "Good grief."
*"The Last Temptation of Krust" and "When You Dish Upon a Star": Reference to dead celebrities being used for advertisements.
*"Treehouse of Horror II": Both episodes have homages to It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
*"Treehouse of Horror III": A "Treehouse of Horror" story featuring malevolent toys come to life ("Clown Without Pity"/"Untitled Robot Parody").
*"Treehouse of Horror VI": The Gracie Films logo didn't have the organ or scream and instead was replaced with a "Philip Glass Homage" jingle of the third segment. In this episode, it uses the "Peanuts-style" jingle from the same segment, this is shown calmly in the episode. Like that episode which was released 13 years before this one, the 20th Century Studios logo still remains unchanged, as always.
*"Treehouse of Horror XI": A "Treehouse of Horror" story where Homer dies and John Wayne is shown in the afterlife (only in Treehouse of Horror XI, he's in Hell).
*"Treehouse of Horror XVI": The ending theme played during the credits is the same as the ending theme from Treehouse of Horror XVI.
*"Radioactive Man": Reference to Prince (is one of the computer nerds looking up information about the Radioactive Man movie/is one of the celebrities Homer murders for advertisers).
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