History Trivia / TheSimpsonsS11E4TreehouseOfHorrorX

* FakeAmerican: A weird example. Creator/LucyLawless fakes an American accent to play...herself. Maybe that's why everyone thinks she's the real Xena?

* FakeAmerican: A weird example. Creator/LucyLawless fakes an American accent to play...herself. Maybe that's why everyone thinks she's the real Xena?

* FakeAmerican: A weird example. Creator/LucyLawless fakes an American accent to play...herself. Maybe that's why everyone thinks she's the real Xena.

* CreatorBacklash: As heard on the DVDCommentary of this episode, the writers regret putting both Creator/SpikeLee and Creator/AlSharpton on the rocketship being sent into the sun. In hindsight, they said they would have preferred to put [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams New York Yankees]] owner George Steinbrenner on the plane instead.

* NamesTheSame: There is also a Marvel character called Collector, but The Collector was not based on him.

* OldShame: As heard on the DVDCommentary of this episode, the writers regret putting both Creator/SpikeLee and Creator/AlSharpton on the rocketship being sent into the sun. In hindsight, they said they would have preferred to put [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams New York Yankees]] owner George Steinbrenner on the plane instead.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The first segment parodies ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'', the second owes more to the campy superhero tone of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and has cameos Bill Clinton and Saddam Hussein in power - while also featuring Creator/LucyLawless at the height of her ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' popularity. The convention she appears at is also quite small - as opposed to the crowded events conventions are known for being nowadays. And finally the major one - a segment based around the [=Y2K=] panic, in which Creator/MelGibson is among those being evacuated for being considered the Earth's best, while the rocket being sent to the sun with insufferable celebrities at the time is filled with '90s celebrities that have since then become either less relevant or less controversial. According to the writer...
--> "I was aware of it at the time, that it wouldn't last forever...but I wanted to capture that moment."

* MilestoneCelebration: Since it was the tenth "Treehouse Of Horror" episode, the CouchGag shows the Simpsons (except Lisa, who's wearing a simple axe-in-head costume) as various [=TOH=] characters: Homer as the jack-in-the-box in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E7TreehouseOfHorrorII Treehouse of Horror II]]"'s "Bart's Nightmare", Marge as her witch self in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E4TrreehouseOfHorrorVIII Treehouse Of Horror VIII]]"'s "Easy Bake Coven" (albiet with her normal yellow skin rather than green skin like in the segment), Bart as the fly-headed hybrid from "Treehouse of Horror VIII"'s "Fly vs. Fly", and Maggie as Kang's mutant child in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX Treehouse Of Horror IX]]"'s "Starship Poopers".

* MilestoneCelebration: Since it was the tenth "Treehouse Of Horror" episode, the CouchGag shows the Simpsons (except Lisa, who's wearing a simple axe-in-head costume) as various [=TOH=] characters: Homer as the jack-in-the-box in "Treehouse of Horror II"'s "Bart's Nightmare", Marge as her witch self in "Treehouse Of Horror VIII"'s "Easy Bake Coven" (albiet with her normal yellow skin rather than green skin like in the segment), Bart as the fly-headed hybrid from "Treehouse of Horror VIII"'s "Fly vs. Fly", and Maggie as Kang's mutant child in "Treehouse Of Horror IX"'s "Starship Poopers".

** Donick Cary has Homer say "that's the end of that chapter" (which, coincidentally, is a call-back to "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E3HomerToTheMax Homer to the Max]]") when he throws Ned's body into his house, because that's something he himself often says.

** Lucy Lawless jumped at the chance to be on the show, calling it her favorite experience guest-starring. She especially loved the speech where she mentions she was very tall for her age.
** Dick Clark said similar reasons for his appearance in the third segment - saying it gave him the "biggest response" of anything he'd ever done.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason why Tom Arnold has the lion's share of dialogue among the celebrities in the second rocked was because he was the only celebrity in the second rocket who was willing to voice himself.

** For the opening sequence to 'Stretch Dude & Clobber Girl', the showrunners couldn't decide if Bart and Lisa would beat up Saddam Hussein or the Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini. They went with Saddam Hussein since he was always asking to be on the show.

** Donick Cary has Homer say "that's the end of that chapter" (which, coincidentally, is a call-back to the season ten episode "Homer to the Max") when he throws Ned's body into his house, because that's something he himself often says.

* MilestoneCelebration: Since it was the tenth "Treehouse Of Horror" episode, the CouchGag shows the Simpsons (except Lisa, who's wearing a simple axe-in-head costume) as various [=TOH=] characters: Homer as the jack-in-the-box in "Treehouse of Horror II"'s "Bart's Nightmare", Marge as her witch self in "Treehouse Of Horror VIII"'s "Easy Bake Coven" (albiet with her normal yellow skin rather than green skin like in the segment), Bart as the fly-headed hybrid from "Treehouse Of Horror VIII"'s "Fly vs. Fly", and Maggie as Kang's mutant child in "Treehouse Of Horror IX"'s "Starship Poopers".

* OldShame: As heard on the DVDCommentary of this episode, the writers regret putting both Creator/SpikeLee and Al Sharpton on the rocketship being sent into the sun. In hindsight, they said they would have preferred to put [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams George Steinbrenner]] on the plane instead.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Tom Arnold was the only celebrity in the second rocket who was willing to voice himself.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The first segment parodies ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'', the second owes more to the campy superhero tone of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and has cameos Bill Clinton and Saddam Hussein in power - while also featuring Creator/LucyLawless at the height of her ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' popularity. The convention she appears at is also quite small - as opposed to the crowded events conventions are known for being nowadays. And finally the major one - a segment based around the [=Y2K=] panic (in which Creator/MelGibson is among those being evacuated for being considered the Earth's best). According to the writer...

** For the opening sequence to 'Stretch Dude & Clobber Girl', the showrunners couldn't decide if Bart and Lisa would beat up Saddam Hussein or the Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini. They went with Saddam Hussein.

* MilestoneCelebration: Since it was the tenth "Treehouse Of Horror" episode, the CouchGag shows the Simpsons (except Lisa, who's wearing a simple axe-in-head costume) as various [=TOH=] characters: Homer as the jack-in-the-box in "Treehouse of Horror II"'s "Bart's Nightmare", Marge as her witch self in "Treehouse Of Horror VIII"'s "Easy Bake Coven", Bart as the fly-headed hybrid from "Treehouse Of Horror VIII"'s "Fly vs. Fly", and Maggie as Kang's mutant child in "Treehouse Of Horror IX"'s "Starship Poopers".

** Donick Cary has Homer say "that's the end of that chapter" when he throws Ned's body into his house, because that's something he himself often says.