Treehouse of Horror XVIII/References

== Cultural References ==
*Many parts of the segment, "E.T., Go Home", are references to the film, , with Bart in the role of Eliott and Kodos as E.T.
* E.T., Go Home is a pun on E.T.'s most famous quote, "E.T., phone home".
*The "Mr. & Mrs. Simpson" segment is a parody of the 2005 action comedy film, .
*In the final segment, "Heck House", Groundskeeper Willie's tractor transforms into a robot and kills him, parodying Transformers. The segment parodies the 1995 American thriller film, (Se7en).
*Kodos mentioned Columbo in the segment, "E.T., Go Home."
*The way Hell is depicted in this episode is a reference to the Hell panel in Hieronymus Bosch's triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. Hell was also depicted in that homage in "Bart Gets Hit by a Car".
*Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney comprise a three-headed dog in hell, a reference to Cerberus, the three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades in Greek and Roman Mythology.
*The credits music was a Simpsons version of The Addams Family theme song, which was also played on Treehouse of Horror credits in "Treehouse of Horror IV".
*A multitude of aliens come through the portal to the music of The Sorcerers Apprentice by Paul Dukas, reminiscent of the multitude of broomsticks coming to life from Fantasia.
*Soldiers and helicopters come to battle the aliens to Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, reminiscent of that music used to similar purpose in the movie .
*When Kodos says "Columbo", is likely a pun to Disney's 1941 film, Dumbo.
== Trivia ==
*This is the first Treehouse of Horror episode to have the opening credits appear on the same location as the title.
*Funzo from "Grift of the Magi", Linguo from "Trilogy of Error" and Phonic Frog from "Smart and Smarter" appears on Bart's toy shelf.
*Ned last appeared as a devil in "Treehouse of Horror IV".
*The last time Nelson lit a bag of crap was in "Maximum Homerdrive".
*The last time Groundskeeper Willie got decapitated by an unusual device occurred in "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times".
*Plopper returns from The Simpsons Movie.
*The Radioactive Man comic read by Bart is the same issue seen in "Three Men and a Comic Book", specifically the one in which Radioactive Man fights the Swamp Hag.
*This is to date the first Treehouse of Horror that Maggie is absent in both segments.
*This Treehouse Of Horror Marks The First (and only) Treehouse Of horror To Have Ian Maxtone-Graham And Marc Westbrook Not Have Halloween Names.
==Goofs==
*Grampa gets shot several times but no bullets actually strike him. This is most likely due to TV censorship. 
*Marge cooks creme brulee but doesn't cool them before caramelizing the sugar on top.
*Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney form a parody of Cerberus who guarded the Gates of Hades in Greek and Roman Mythology, but there is no such guardian in Christian Hell.
*Marge and Homer are hiding guns. But when Marge explains to the kids what happened, they vanish.
**Also, Marge holds her guns with her left hand in one shot but then she clears her throat with the same hand in the next shot.
*When Bart, Lisa, Milhouse, and Nelson get sucked into hell they are suddenly wearing their average clothes.
*When the kids are rolling pumpkins down the road, one of the pumpkins has an orange stem.
*The 20th Century Fox Television logo in this episode has the 1989 music instead of the 1997 music. Most episodes from "Bart Star" onwards have the 1997 music instead of the 1989 music.
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