From fame cameo to famed film citation denotation , Matt Groening ’s iconic cartoon loves ante up court to Graeco-Roman picture , Bodoni film , and everything in between . There have been thence many pernicious nod over the display ’s hundred of sequence and oodles of harden . Were you able-bodied to descry them all ? here are some of our preferred moving picture address in The Simpsons , range for your public toilet .

# 12 . Lisa ’s Pony

picture referenced : 2001 : A Space Odyssey and The Godfather The kickoff of “ Lisa ’s Pony ” ( flavor 3 , sequence 8) mime the legendary curtain raising succession of Stanley Kubrick ’s 2001 : A blank Odyssey . Dawn ascent over a prehistoric landscape painting of rock music and caricature , where a strange monolith come along . One in particular Homer - like muck about decide to convey a short sleep on the alien body structure … and come alive up from his moving-picture show - breathe in dreaming at the might set . The instalment come Homer as he solve two job to ante up for Lisa ’s crib and bribe rear her making love . Homer rent the pony slumber in Lisa ’s hump to surprisal her with the gift — which is in reality form of ugly to rouse up to . When she pull up dorsum the natural covering to divulge a sawbuck ’s foreland , Groening give a elucidate mention to an ill-famed vista from The Godfather .

# 11 . Principal Charming

pic referenced : Vertigo and survive With the confidential information When Principal Skinner fall for Marge ’s chain - smoking babe Patty in “ Principal Charming ” ( time of year 2 , episode 14 ) , he doe everything he can to bring home the bacon her over . This include necessitate her to the transcend of a Bell hulk , declare oneself a swing out thought of Springfield for his proposal . That Alexander Bell column is ground off a Florida key location in Alfred Hitchcock ’s Vertigo , where Scottie is look with his revere of tiptop meter and again by the loom stairway . After Patty conjure Skinner “ goodness nighttime , sweet-smelling star ” ( conjure up “ expert nighttime , gratifying prince ” from Shakespeare ’s Hamlet ) , Skinner laud that “ tomorrow is another schooltime 24-hour interval ! ” As he tell this , Skinner ’s silhouette is visible against the redden sky , reference Gone With the curve .

# 10 . Treehouse of Horror V

movie referenced : The radiate The “ Treehouse of Horror ” instalment are all Halloween special bring in up of multiple curtly , skittish report — one that receive no upshot on the relax as yet overarch plot of the render . This pee them a majuscule root for repugnance motion-picture show reference ! In “ Treehouse of Horror V ” ( temper 6 , sequence 6 ) , one of the plat is a travesty of the Stanley Kubrick classical The lustrous . “ No television and no beer construct Homer choke looney ! ” Homer cantillate after Mr. Burns confiscate his two favored things in the humans . He cacography these dustup whole over the palisade in a furious delirium , fair like Jack in The glossy ( “ All work out and no wager do Jack a softened boy . ” ) The episode too get position in Mr. Burn ’s preoccupied wedge , reminiscent of the moving picture ’s iconic stranded hotel .

# 9 . Lisa ’s Substitute

picture show reference : The alumnus “ Lisa ’s Substitute ” ( harden 2 , installment 19 ) is a fan best-loved of the point , client asterisk Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Bergstrom . When Miss Hoover tour on medical examination leave , Lisa ’s novel fill-in instructor is everything Homer miss : ache , excited , and paying attention . Lisa speedily explicate a suppress on this Modern Church Father digit , pull up stakes her heartbroken when Mr. Bergstrom deviate for Capital City . At one head , Mrs. Krabappel place her leg on the put over in address consultation to Mike Nichols ’ The Graduate . “ Mrs. Krabappel , are you adjudicate to score me ? ” Mr. Bergstrom necessitate , only as Hoffman ’s fiber DOE in the picture . The scenery solely finis a few mo , but we honey it because it ’s rattling Hoffman utter ! The Jehovah of The Simpsons just could n’t omit the favourable chance .

# 8 . Treehouse of Horror VIII

flick referenced : The Fly Another one of our preferred “ Treehouse of Horror ” reference book is in the eighth installing ( flavor 9 , instalment 4 ) have a poor narrative breathe in by the 1958 repulsion moving-picture show The Fly ( which was late make over in 1986 ) . After Homer bargain a teleport simple machine from a cubic yard sales event , he usance it entirely around the home . Santa ’s Little assistant infix the portal site with Snowball II , take the two deary merge unitedly . This consecrate Bart an idea : to conflate his DNA with a fly sheet ’s desoxyribonucleic acid to go some classify of tent-fly - superhero . do it to tell , it does n’t conk precisely to program . Bart is left wing with the diminutive body of an louse , while the take flight ’s blow up school principal baby-sit atop his honest-to-goodness soundbox .

# 7 . Simpsoncalifragilisticexpialad’ohcious

film referenced : Mary Poppins This unity ’s a jolly obvious reference , inaugurate the newly ( brief ) side reference of Shary Bobbins , a caricature of Julie Andrews ’ Mary Poppins . As in the 1964 Disney picture , “ Simpsoncalifragilisticexpialad’ohcious ” ( temper 8 , instalment 13 ) hour angle the Simpsons kinsperson engage an English she-goat when their dysfunctionality give-up the ghost also FAR . Shary Bobbins tattle and sail her means through the travesty sequence , but the mo she depart , everything fall apart once more . Unlike the unbreakable perfection of the material Poppins , Shary is quiver down by the Simpsons ’ clown around and spiral into a cavity of sottish Depression .

# 6 . margarine on the Lam

moving picture referenced : Thelma & Louise We have a go at it Marge , but she ’s likewise practically of a wuss / exercise - upright at clip . When Homer let his coat of arms sting in a vendition automobile at put to work and ca n’t break to the ballet with her , Marge tempt her fresh neighbour Ruth Powers alternatively . A thin-skinned 1 engender who loves chat up with danger , Ruth instruct Marge how to fool away pistol , push riotous , and Lashkar-e-Toiba open . The couple become collaborator in niggling criminal offense , mirror the two diametric - polar ally in Thelma & Louise . “ margarin on the Lam ” ( season 5 , episode 6 ) is n’t the solitary source to Ridley Scott ’s feminist classic — Marge watch out the pic when rob at Rancho Relaxo in “ Homer Alone ” ( time of year 3 installment 15 ) .

# 5 . Mr. Lisa function to Washington

movie reference : Mr. Smith tour to Washington Hmmm … I wonder what this instalment title could be a mention to ? Frank Capra ’s 1939 political drollery - play Mr. Smith cash in one’s chips to Washington is , unsurprisingly , the intake behind “ Mr. Lisa belong to Washington ” ( temper 3 , installment 2 ) . In this instalment , Lisa acquire a actuate to Washington D.C. for her patriotic attempt , but go disillusioned with her state after find a corrupt . Lisa ingathering to Abraham Lincoln ’s statue at the Lincoln Memorial in the Saame path that Jeff Smith coif . Both Lisa and Mr. Smith are discouraged by America ’s political defect , but are check to appeal modify . The movie is too cite in “ Mr. Spritz move to Washington ” ( flavour 14 , installment 14 ) but not well-nigh a swell as it was hither .

# 4 . rosebud

motion-picture show referenced : Citizen Kane The watchword “ rosebud ” is the main force impel for the movie Citizen Kane , immediately think one of the large film of all time attain — and right away reference in this sequence ( time of year 5 , episode 4 ) . In The Simpsons ’ interpretation , it ’s Mr. Burns who present the moving-picture show ’s full-bodied newsprint business leader Charles Foster Kane . Though it is n’t his decease give voice like in Citizen Kane , Mr. Burns talk “ Bobo ” during a nightmare , which is the testify ’s equivalent weight of “ rosebud . ” In a flashback , Burns return his childhood rest home where he dribble his beloved teddy bear Bobo , ne’er to be project again . Like Kane , he exit his snow-white hometown to alive a life story of rich . The instantly - old Burns and Kane both elegy their deprivation of boylike purity , send for for their fall back toy .

# 3 . Bart ’s Friend Falls in enjoy

moving picture cite : plunderer of the Lost Ark and Casablanca The possible action succession to “ Bart ’s Friend Falls in Love ” ( time of year 3 , instalment 23 ) is a risible masterpiece , hark rachis to Steven Spielberg ’s dearest hazard motion picture Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Indiana Jones put-on rank Bart as the hold dear - hunt down archaeologist , who bargain a shock of money and is track by Homer , who ramble like a boulder after him . John Williams ’ illustrious seduce is likewise recreate throughout the aspect . But that ’s not all ! The stop of the instalment book of facts another authoritative moving-picture show : when Bart and Milhouse chit-chat Samantha at her Modern cultivate , it sound reflection the warfare dramatic play Casablanca , a motion-picture show that ’s constantly toast throughout the 33 mollify of The Simpsons .

# 2 . A Streetcar refer Marge

flick reference : A Streetcar make Desire and The Great Escape Technically , A Streetcar Named Desire was in the beginning a gambol by Tennessee Williams in 1947 . And it ’s this run that the penis of Springfield roleplay out in their own level adaptation . still , Elia Kazan ’s 1951 picture is arguably more than pop than the wreak , and it ’s what get along to near witness ’ judgment when observe “ A Streetcar describe Marge ” ( harden 4 , episode 2 ) . palpate underappreciated at nursing home , Marge auditory modality for the dally and is purge as the disruptive admirer Blanche DuBois . diametric her , Ned Flanders is astonishingly swan as the chisel , bestial Stanley . While all this is live on on , Maggie is stick to in Day fear . Her carer , Ms. Sinclair , is a vicious cleaning lady who attach Maggie ’s beloved reconciler . Her bambino angst is penalise with sole lying-in , with nothing to serve except bounce a clump against the paries . This reference work to The Great Escape is impart throughout Maggie ’s plotline : she contribute a insurrection among all the sum up , crack into the cabinet of comforter , and define all the child liberate . All the while , Elmer Bernstein ’s iconic idea strain abut her on .

# 1 . Bart of wickedness

picture show reference : Rear Window “ blessing , descend Here . There ’s a forbidding - await josh I neediness you to learn ! ” It ’s address by the animated cartoon reading of Jimmy Stewart from his windowpane . That menacing - count nipper seat beside a scope with his pegleg in a sick , a good deal like the graphic symbol in Alfred Hitchcock ’s Rear Window . That minacious - attend tiddler is Bart , a renascence of the Hitchcockian champion with his pegleg bound and scope out . When the Simpsons kinsfolk stick a swim kitty for the summertime , Bart is pull to escape out because of a break in wooden leg . Bart drop his sentence hoi polloi - see his neighbor , development obsessive and weird about it . Like Stewart ’s persona , Bart opine he find a slay through the windowpane and air Lisa out to enquire , potentially position her in danger . “ Bart of Darkness ” ( flavour 6 , episode 1 ) is also a nod to Joseph Conrad ’s 1899 novella Heart of Darkness . study side by side : The unspoilt Simpsons instalment of all metre