History Trivia / TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV

* OrphanedReference: Homer reattaching his head when he appears at the trial originally came from the deleted scene mentioned above when the head was used as a bowling ball.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Uter was only supposed to appear in this episode, but got incorporated into the main canon because the producers liked him.

* FirstAppearance: Üter (the German foreign exchange student,[[note]]Though, if you're watching a German dub of this show, Üter is a Swiss student.[[/note]]) marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode and then put into the regular canon.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Richard Nixon nowadays can no longer use the excuse that he is not dead yet because he died six months after the episode aired (though the implication that he sold his soul to be U.S. President and/or not be implicated in the Watergate scandal [since he resigned rather than face the consequences of his actions] is still funny and does explain a lot).

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: UsefulNotes/RichardNixon is part of the JuryOfTheDamned, which he protests since he's not dead yet (with Devil Flanders implying that he's on the jury because of a deal Nixon made with him[[note]]possibly selling his soul to be U.S. President, since he had his chance during the 1960 election but lost to John F. Kennedy, but most likely to not to be implicated in the Watergate Scandal[[/note]]). Nixon passed away six months after the episode's original airing, leading to Nixon's protest of still being alive to be deleted when the episode was first aired on terrestrial television in the UK by BBC Two as by that point he had been dead for several years and they didn't want to confuse anyone.
* EditedForSyndication: In addition to [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents the scene with Richard Nixon]], Kang and Kodos' [[OncePerEpisode obligatory TOH appearance]] where they mock Bart for believing that imaginary creature like a gremlin was attacking the school bus, only to discover a gremlin on their ship is removed in syndicated releases (barring DVD releases, FXX reruns, and the Disney Plus release).
* FirstAppearance: Üter (the German foreign exchange student[[note]]though, if you're watching a German dub of this show, Üter is a Swiss student[[/note]]), marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode and is put into the regular canon.

* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: UsefulNotes/RichardNixon is part of the JuryOfTheDamned, which he protests since he's not dead yet (with Devil Flanders implying that he's on the jury because of a deal Nixon made with him[[note]]possibly selling his soul to be U.S. President, since he had his chance during the 1960 election but lost to John F. Kennedy, but most likely to not to be implicated in the Watergate Scandal[[/note]]). Nixon passed away six months after the episode's original airing, leading to Nixon's protest of still being alive to be deleted in syndication (barring DVD releases, FXX reruns, and the Disney Plus release).

* EditedForSyndication: In addition to the TooSoon moment below, Kang and Kodos' [[OncePerEpisode obligatory TOH appearance]] where they mock Bart for believing that imaginary creature like a gremlin was attacking the school bus, only to discover a gremlin on their ship is removed in syndicated releases (barring DVD releases, FXX reruns, and the Disney Plus release).

* TooSoon: UsefulNotes/RichardNixon is part of the JuryOfTheDamned, which he protests since he's not dead yet (with Devil Flanders implying that he's on the jury because of a deal Nixon made with him[[note]]possibly selling his soul to be U.S. President, since he had his chance during the 1960 election but lost to John F. Kennedy, but most likely to not to be implicated in the Watergate Scandal[[/note]]). Nixon passed away six months after the episode's original airing, leading to Nixon's protest of still being alive to be deleted in syndication (barring DVD releases, FXX reruns, and the Disney Plus release).

** Two in "The Devil and Homer Simpsons". One of Homer's punishments was having his head used as a bowling ball, only to split open on hitting the pins, revealing a note reading "IOU one brain, God" (a callback to earlier in the episode when Homer's emergency donut stash only has a note stating "Homer, IOU one emergency donut, Homer"), then followed by Bart trolling the devil by saying he'd sell his soul for a race car and later changing his mind. At the end, Lionel Hutz returns with a pizza box, thinking he lost the case and has to give the Simpsons a free pizza, only to find they won without him (he then reveals the box was empty). Both were later included in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]".

* EditedForSyndication: In addition to the TooSoon moment below, Kang and Kodos' [[OncePerEpisode obligatory TOH appearance]] where they mock Bart for believing that imaginary creature like a gremlin was attacking the school bus, only to discover a gremlin on their ship is removed in syndicated releases.

* TooSoon: UsefulNotes/RichardNixon is part of the JuryOfTheDamned, which he protests since he's not dead yet (with Devil Flanders implying that he's on the jury because of a deal Nixon made with him[[note]]possibly selling his soul to be U.S. President, since he had his chance during the 1960 election but lost to John F. Kennedy, but most likely to not to be implicated in the Watergate Scandal[[/note]]). Nixon passed away six months after the episode's original airing, leading to Nixon's protest of still being alive to be deleted in syndication.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Richard Nixon nowadays can no longer use the excuse that he is not dead yet because he died six months after the episode aired (though the implication that he sold his soul to be U.S. President and/or not be implicated in the Watergate scandal [since he resigned rather than face the consequences of his actions] is still funny and does explain a lot...)

** Two in "The Devil and Homer Simpsons". One of Homer's punishments was having his head used as a bowling ball, only to split open on hitting the pins, revealing a note reading "IOU one brain, God" (a callback to earlier in the episode when Homer's emergency donut stash only has a note stating "Homer, IOU one emergency donut, Homer"), which is why his head was separated from his body when he's transported to the trial. At the end, Lionel Hutz returns with a pizza box, thinking he lost the case and has to give the Simpsons a free pizza, only to find they won without him (he then reveals the box was empty). Both were later included in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]".

* DeletedScene: Two in "The Devil and Homer Simpsons". One of Homer's punishments was having his head used as a bowling ball, only to split open on hitting the pins, revealing a note reading "IOU one brain, God" (a callback to earlier in the episode when Homer's emergency donut stash only has a note stating "Homer, IOU one emergency donut, Homer"), which is why his head was separated from his body when he's transported to the trial. At the end, Lionel Hutz returns with a pizza box, thinking he lost the case and has to give the Simpsons a free pizza, only to find they won without him (he then reveals the box was empty). Both were later included in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]".

* DeletedScene: Two in "The Devil and Homer Simpsons". One of Homer's punishments was having his head used as a bowling ball, only to split open on hitting the pins, revealing a note reading "IOU one brain, God", which is why his head was separated from his body when he's transported to the trial. At the end, Lionel Hutz returns with a pizza box, thinking he lost the case and has to give the Simpsons a free pizza, only to find they won without him (he then reveals the box was empty). Both were later included in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]".

* DeletedScene: Two in "The Devil and Homer Simpsons". One of Homer's punishments was having his head used as a bowling ball, only to split open on hitting the pins, revealing a note reading "IOU one brain, God", which is why his head was separated from his body when he's transported to the trial. At the end, Lionel Hutz returns with a pizza box, thinking he lost the case and has to give the Simpsons a free pizza, only to find they won without him (he then reveals the box was empty). Both were later included in "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular".

* DeletedScene: Two in "The Devil and Homer Simpsons". One of Homer's punishments was having his head used as a bowling ball, only to split open on hitting the pins, revealing a note reading "IOU one brain, God". At the end, Lionel Hutz returns with a pizza box, thinking he lost the case and has to give the Simpsons a free pizza, only to find they won without him (he then reveals the box was empty). Both were later included in "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular".

* DeletedScene: "The Devil and Homer Simpsons", one of Homer's punishments was having his head used as a bowling ball, only to split open on hitting the pins, revealing a note reading "IOU one brain, God". At the end, Lionel Hutz returns with a pizza box, thinking he lost the case and has to give the Simpsons a free pizza, only to find they won without him (he then reveals the box was empty). Both were later included in "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular".

* DeletedScene: "The Devil and Homer Simpsons", one of Homer's punishments was having his head used as a bowling ball, only to split open on hitting the pins, revealing a note reading "IOU one brain, God". This was included in "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular".

* FirstAppearance: Üter (the German foreign exchange student[[note]][[Main/{{Woolseyism}} though, if you're watching a German dub of this show, Üter is a Swiss student]][[/note]]), marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode and is put into the regular canon.

* FirstAppearance: Uter (the German foreign exchange student[[note]][[Main/{{Woolseyism}} though, if you're watching a German dub of this show, Uter is a Swiss student]][[/note]]), marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode and is put into the regular canon.

* FirstAppearance: Uter (the German foreign exchange student[[note]]though, if you're watching a German dub of this show, Uter is a Swiss student[[/note]]), marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode and is put into the regular canon.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Richard Nixon nowadays can no longer use the excuse that he is not dead yet...because, well, he is dead now (though the implication that he sold his soul to be U.S. President and/or not be implicated in the Watergate scandal [since he resigned rather than face the consequences of his actions] is still funny and does explain a lot...)

* HeyItsThatVoice: Blackbeard's voice is the same as Captain Mccallister ("Arrr"), while the skeleton judge sounds like Jasper Beardley. Creator/HarryShearer voiced them both.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Blackbeard's voice is the same as Captain Mccallister ("Arrr"), while the skeleton judge sounds like Jasper Beardley. HarryShearer voiced them both.

* FirstAppearance: Uter (the German foreign exchange student[[note]]though, if you're watching a German dub of this show, Uter is a Swiss student[[/note]], marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode and is put into the regular canon.

* FirstAppearance: Uter, marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Blackbeard's voice is the same as Captain Mccallister ("Arrr"), while the skeleton judge sounds like Jasper Beardley.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Richard Nixon nowadays can no longer use the excuse that he is not dead yet...because, well, he is dead now (though the implication that he sold his soul to be U.S. President or not be implicated in the Watergate scandal is still funny and does explain a lot...)

FirstAppearance: Uter, marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode.

FirstAppearance: Uter, marking a rare instance where a character is introduced in a Halloween episode.