Category talk:Hitchcock references in The Simpsons

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Itchy & Scratchy Land
- The Birds

[CABF15] I'm Going to Praiseland
 - Vertigo {bjr}
       - Net fixes Rachel's hair to resemble dead wife; Jimmy Stewart's
         character does something similar to Kim Novak

[CABF04] Homer Vs. Dignity
 + The Birds 
       - seagulls attack Springfield's citizens

[BABF13] Bart to the Future
   The Birds   {jg2}
       - the bugs (cf. birds) wreaking havoc at the park

[AABF15] Mom and Pop Art
   Psycho   {gw}
       - when Homer is driving in his car, trying to get rid of the BBQ, the
         shots and music are similar to the famous scene where Janet Leigh is
         driving in the rain

[AABF13] Maximum Homerdrive
   The Birds   {tdm}
       - attacking Milhouse

[AABF11] I’m With Cupid
   North by Northwest  {tpe}
       - biplane heading towards someone

[AABF09] Homer to the Max
 + Psycho  {al}
       - image of Homer in the rocking chair at the window from this movie

[AABF04] Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"
 + North by Northwest  {dga}
       - Homer standing in front of an oncoming truck is a direct reference to
         this film: watch Cary Grant near the end of the cropduster scene

[5F22] Bart, the Mother
 - The Birds    {tr}
       - the attack by the bird tribunal on Bart similar to scenes from the
         Hitchcock film

[5F06] Realty Bites
 + Psycho (classic horror movie) {bjr}
       - architecture of the murder house is similar to that of the Psycho
         house
 + Alfred Hitchcock movies {ddg}
       - the close-up with a camera pullback combination, when Marge sees the
         "murdered" Flanders

[3G01] The Springfield Files
 + Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock movie
     	- The Springfield Philharmonic is playing the famous
         Bernard Herrmann score from the shower scene

[4F01] Lisa's Date With Density
 + Psycho
     	- the interior of Skinner's house  {dh}

[4F06] Bart After Dark
 + North by Northwest (or possibly, "Vertigo")  {dga}
     	- Bart hanging from the eaves was much like Cary
     	  Grant hanging from Mt. Rushmore

[3F20] Much Apu About Nothing
   Psycho {mar}
   	- Ned's screaming is straight out of this film

[2F16] Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
 + Psycho {ph}
   	- scene of Homer imagining Burns taunting him in the car
     	  similar {jp}
   	- music when Homer rushes Burns sounds the same {bw}
   	- Burns' shadow (just before he gets killed) looks as
    	  though it grows a bun -- just like Norman Bates'
    	  mother had
   	- dialog before he gets killed is similar

[2F14] Homer vs. Patty and Selma
 + Psycho {wp}
   	- Homer screaming and the music that sounds when he sees
     	  a picture of Patty and Selma

[2F07] Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
 + Hitchcock's North by Northwest {bb}
   	- this was the first movie to use the train-in-tunnel
     	  phallic image

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