Treehouse of Horror XVII/References

== Trivia ==
=== Married to the Blob ===
*The plot is a parody of the 1958 monster horror film The Blob. The title, which is a reference to the 1988 comedy film Married to the Mob, would later be used for "Married to the Blob", episode ten of Season 25, seven years, two months and one week later on January 12, 2014.
** Another previous episode title, "Mayored to the Mob", referenced the 1988 film.
*Sir Mix-a-Lot makes a parody of his best known song, Baby Got Back, called "Baby Likes Fat", which plays when Homer starts eating people.
*After Homer eats some fat German men at an Oktoberfest, he remarks "Must eat more fat people. Thank God I live in America."
* After one of the fat Germans gets eaten, he asks another fat German what did they [the Germans] do to deserve this. the second German gives him a look and the first German responds with an "Oh, right." this is a reference to Germany starting World War II and the Holocaust.
* The 50 Foot Lenny and the Invisible Carl are a reference to the 50 foot woman and the Invisible Man.
=== You Gotta Know When to Golem ===
* The title is a reference to the lyrics "You've got to know when to hold 'em" from the song The Gambler. The plot is a parody of the 1915 silent horror film The Golem.
*The female Golem is made of Play-Doh! (as you can see Play-Doh! cans on the grass after Marge made her). 
*The Female Golem's beauty obsessed attitude appears to reference the popular culture image her voice Fran Drescher earned in the 1990s with her roles in the television series The Nanny and the film The Beautician and the Beast.
=== The Day the Earth Looked Stupid ===
* This segment parodies the "War of the Worlds mass hysteria" when people got confused from an Orson Welles radio broadcast about aliens attacking Earth.
*The name of the episode is an obvious reference to the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still; the film's title was previously referenced in the Futurama episode "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid". 
*Orson Welles' line of "nose, bud" sounds like "Rosebud", which is a word uttered in Citizen Kane, a film he later directed.
*When Kang and Kodos invaded Earth, Kodos remarks that "we had to invade! They were working on weapons of mass disintegration!" which is a reference to how American soldiers invaded Iraq because George W. Bush claimed they were working on Weapons of Mass Destruction.
*The fact that "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" lapses over three years is a commentary on, as many others have suggested, the US occupation of Iraq. Operation Iraqi Freedom, which later turned into Operation Enduring Freedom, began in 2003. This episode aired in 2006, three years after the beginning of the occupation. Springfield, after internal hysteria, is invaded by an external force, and, therefore, is a model of Iraq. Kang and Kodos are, obviously, the American soldiers. Originally, "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" was supposed to end with one of the aliens commenting on how the abandoned Springfield looks the same way as Iraq will be in the future. While the FOX censors and executives had no problem with the line, the writers still had it removed, as they thought the reference was too blatant.
=== Miscellaneous ===
*Halloween name for Al Jean was "Al "July 27, 2007" Jean". This is a reference to Simpsons Movie release date.
*A contest was held for fans to create a promo for this episode, to which Inney Prakash won the grand prize, and his fan promo aired before the premiere of the episode.
*This is the final Treehouse of Horror episode in standard definition where the "Created By/Developed By" opening credits are written in "scary names".
==Previous episode references==
*"Radio Bart": Homer is fooled about a fake alien invasion heard on the radio.
*"Marge vs. the Monorail": Skinner gets bifurcated by a creature (robot ant/golem).
*"Treehouse of Horror V": 
**Uter gets eaten
**Cannibalism is shown ("Nightmare Cafeteria"/"Married to the Blob").
**Oktoberfest plays a role to at least one German character being devoured.
*"King-Size Homer" Homer gains excessive weight.
*"Treehouse of Horror IV": Homer gains weight in a "Treehouse of Horror" story.
*"Treehouse of Horror III", "Treehouse of Horror VIII" and "Treehouse of Horror XV": A Treehouse of Horror story that takes place in a different time period (the 1930s in "King Homer" and "The Day The Earth Looked Stupid"; the 1600s in "Easy Bake Coven"; and in Victorian England in "Four Beheadings and a Funeral").
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