YMMV / The Simpsons S7 E6 "Treehouse of Horror VI"

• Alternative Joke Interpretation:
  • In the "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" skit, Homer reads a note "Do not touch", signed "Willie". He reads it as "Do not touch Willie," then says, "Good advice!". Is he taking the note to mean "Don't touch Groundskeeper Willie" because he's gross or is he taking it to mean "Don't touch your willie?" And if it's the latter, is it because it's cold (it was snowing in the episode) or is it because he dislikes masturbation?
  • Chief Wiggum saying he's seen TRON before immediately backtracking. Was he simply confused, or was he legitimately a fan of what, at the time, was an underground Cult Classic and just didn't want to admit it? Note that Wiggum is the only character to say no more than once.
• Aluminium Christmas Trees: If you look closely, you can see that the misprinted calendar gives the month of "Smarch" 28 days. There really is a 13-month calendar, with 28 days in each month.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • In "Homer³", while in the 3rd dimension, Homer says "Oh, I wish I'd read that book by that wheelchair guy...", referring to Stephen Hawking and his book A Brief History of Time. In "They Saved Lisa's Brain", Homer actually meets Hawking and even has a beer with him (although he initially mistook him for Larry Flynt).
  • The same story's Take That! to TRON, where Homer asks if anyone saw the film, and learns that no one in his town did. Thanks to Kingdom Hearts II, enough people watched it, and it got a sequel fifteen years later.
  • In another Kingdom Hearts related example, fans have jokingly called January 2019 (the release month for Kingdom Hearts III) "Smarch 2018", since the game was originally set for 2018 before being delayed^note 13 is a very important number in Kingdom Hearts, and January 2019 could be thought of as the 13th month of 2018.
  • The writers originally wanted to feature Al Gore in the episode, but he never returned their calls, prompting Mirkin to quip "if the VP decides now to pursue this showbiz offer, it's just too late [...] He missed his chance." Gore eventually proved him wrong when he made several guest appearances on Futurama, and even featured a clip of the show in his own movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
• Memetic Mutation: "Lousy Smarch weather." ^Explanation  A line said by Homer in the "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" segment when complaining about the cold and snowy afternoon he and Marge had to endure while going to a meeting to discuss the misprinted calendars bought by the town. The line is used to complain about cold weather during winter/spring months - particularly March.
• Retroactive Recognition: The 3D animation for "Homer³" was done by Pacific Data Images, which would later become DreamWorks Animation.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: Despite their age, the computer graphics in "Homer³" are still pretty impressive, mostly because the computerized world is mostly a novelty and was designed to be relatively basic.

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