27. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (Season 3)
The original moment: In the hallucinatory final scenes of 2001, Dave’s passage through the star gate in man’s final ascent is represented as a sequence of flashing lights on his visored face.
The Simpsons moment: The Spinemelter 2000 massage chair is Homer’s voyage to the infinite in this perfect homage – even the four coloured close-ups of his eye are exactly matched to the original.
26. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Episode: When Flanders Failed (Season 3)
The original moment: Redeemed hero George clutches his child and looks on joyfully as the townspeople’s donations to save the threatened Building & Loan community project are tallied on an adding machine.
The Simpsons moment: Flanders holds his Flanders-spawn, both beaming, as he rings up sales at the reprieved Leftorium.
25. Saboteur (1942)
Episode: Three Men And A Comic Book (Season 2)
The original moment: Framed mechanic Barry Kane’s desperate cross-country pursuit to clear his name culminates in a moment of perfect suspense, as he tries to stop the true culprit falling from the Statue Of Liberty.
The Simpson moment: As the wind threatens to whip an exquisitely rare copy of the Radioactive Man comic out of the treehouse, Millhouse slips and Bart grabs his sleeve in a shot-for-shot recreation of the classic Hitch scene.
Next: North By Northwest, An Officer And A Gentleman, Psycho...
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mattburgess
Jun 15th 2009, 22:11
#16 - Treehouse of Horror III (Season 4), while the photo is from The Simpsons Movie.
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mattburgess
Jun 15th 2009, 22:15
Are all the movie references you've highlighted from the first 11 seasons and the movie because that's all that has been released on dvd so far? And *someone* in Total Film has been watching them too much? Maybe *everyone* in Total Film? :-P
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theirishgrover
Jun 16th 2009, 16:02
Well the first one's from Season 14 but I assume they are mostly from the first few seasons since they were cr*p after season 8
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leecrocker
Jun 19th 2009, 8:13
Missed my favorite...though probably because it's not at all visual: In the episode where they vacation in Japan, Marge says "We saw that movie 'Rashomon', you liked that.", to which Homer replies "That's not the way I remember it."
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aaweeble2
Jun 19th 2009, 12:07
OMG dude the Simpsons like totally ROCK! RT www.anonymity.tk
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durden
Jun 19th 2009, 12:26
absolutely awesome article!!!although i don't agree upon number one...still,the simpsons rock!!!
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seanjohntx
Jun 19th 2009, 14:12
Are you kidding me? You expect me to click through 18 pages? No thanks. Next time, cut down on the click throughs. Buried on digg.
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somewhatfrail
Jun 19th 2009, 15:05
Great number one choice. Although I must say that the Terminator one should be omitted in favour of the far greater T-2 homage in the one episode when Homer befriends Flanders. Walking through the hedge like the T-1000 through the prison bars and then chasing the car with the golf clubs? Priceless.
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adman
Jun 19th 2009, 15:06
Cookie jar? Um, isn't that Homer's penny jar? No doubt about it though; this is hands-down the number one. Top stuff guys.
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somewhatfrail
Jun 19th 2009, 15:07
Also, here's a whole compendium of Simpsons Terminator references: http://www.duffzone.org/content.php?title=reft2
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avoidz
Jun 21st 2009, 15:19
#20 - Mrs Krabappel puts her leg up in the classroom, not "waggling her leg from the bed".
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avoidz
Jun 21st 2009, 15:24
Notice how most of the clever, inventive references are all from the early seasons? What does that tell you about the quality of the show later on...
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halezrandom
Jul 1st 2011, 14:10
@mattburgess, they've probably only highlighted the first 11 seasons because up until a revival of quality in this last season, 1-10 are the only good ones.
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