( This scene was later parodied in The Simpsons episode " Marge Gets a Job ".

The series has also been parodied on The Simpsons and notably in the Futurama episode " Where No Fan Has Gone Before ", which was described by Wired magazine as a " touchstone " for fans.

Night of the Living Dead is parodied in films such as Night of the Living Bread and Shaun of the Dead, and in episodes of The Simpsons (" Treehouse of Horror III ", 1992 ; " Treehouse of Horror XIII ", 2004 and " Treehouse of Horror XX ", 2009 ), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, South Park (" Pink Eye ", 1997 ; " Night of the Living Homeless ", 2007 ), Medium (" Bite Me ", 2009 ) and Invader Zim (" Halloween Spectacular of Spooky Doom " 2001 and " FBI Warning of Doom " 2002 ).

The duo were parodied as Willis and Crumble in an episode of The Simpsons entitled Angry Dad: The Movie.

The notion of a supervillain threatening world leaders with a nuclear device has since become a cliché, and has been parodied in Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, The Simpsons episode " You Only Move Twice ", and other espionage spoofs.

* 7-Eleven is parodied in The Simpsons television series, as a convenience store called Kwik-E-Mart.

* This was parodied in several episodes of The Simpsons, including " Burns ' Heir " and " Wild Barts Can't Be Broken ", and the DVD of The Simpsons Movie.

* The Crisis, along with other crossovers and " event " comics, was parodied by Simpsons Comics in the Radioactive Man series.

A part of the plot and Escalante is parodied ( a Latino-American teacher named Julio Estudiante who worked with inner city students to choose math over inner-city gang violence ) in the Simpsons episode " Special Edna ".

The segment was based on The Twilight Zone television series episode " It's a Good Life ", which was later parodied in The Simpsons episode " Treehouse of Horror II " ( 1992 ).

The " mashed potato " sculpture was parodied in the film UHF, the film Canadian Bacon, an episode of Spaced, an episode of The X-Files, an episode of That 70's Show, and an episode of The Simpsons.

The suspenseful bandage removal sequence has been parodied on three Fox TV animated sitcoms: The Simpsons (" Pygmoelian " and " Gone Maggie Gone "), Family Guy (" He's Too Sexy for His Fat ", " Meet the Quagmires "), and Futurama (" The Cyber House Rules ").

The title was parodied in The Simpsons episode Little Orphan Millie.

*" It's a Good Life " was parodied on the season three Simpsons episode " Treehouse of Horror II ", in the 1991 segment, " Bart's Nightmare.

The film was parodied in The Simpsons episode, " Cape Feare ".

The logo has become part of American pop culture and has been parodied on The Simpsons, Family Guy, and 30 Rock.

* In The Simpsons: Get Some Fancy Book Learnin ' Sinbad's adventures are parodied as Sinbart the Sailor

Shatner's spoken-word style was also parodied on The Simpsons, with a spoken-word version of Homer's Christmas carol, " Everybody Hates Ned Flanders " playing on the radio in the episode " Dude, Where's My Ranch?

* In The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXI, Yahtzee is parodied as Yahtzu.

* An episode of The Simpsons, " Radio Bart ," parodied the media attention given to McClure.

Flatley and his work have been referenced and parodied in a wide variety of media, including television shows such as Friends, Britain's Got Talent, I'm Alan Partridge, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and Celebrity Deathmatch, and movies such as Dudley Do-Right and The Boondock Saints, as well as The Simpsons episode The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star.

It was popular enough to be revisited in the 1983 Twilight Zone film, and famous enough to be parodied in the Simpsons Halloween 1991 episode " Treehouse of Horror II ".

" Little Girl Lost " was parodied in Homer < sup > 3 </ sup >, a segment of " Treehouse of Horror VI ", an episode from the seventh season of The Simpsons.

According to Scully, " Kill the Alligator and Run " is often cited by fans of The Simpsons as one of the worst episodes of the show because of its structure and outlandish nature.

Entertainment Weekly placed the episode 14th on their top 25 The Simpsons episode list, praising the episode's structure and finding the Pulp Fiction references " priceless ".

In The Gospel According to The Simpsons, Mark I. Pinsky writes that the episode has " the structure of an exquisitely crafted twenty-two minute sermon.

* Lisa Simpson is delighted at the sight of a rack with Tintin and Asterix comics in a comic book store, depicted in The Simpsons episode " Husbands and Knives ".

Dartmouth College has been mentioned three times on the FOX animated sitcom, The Simpsons, with two of the three occurring on season 11 episodes and associating Dartmouth College with alcoholic consumption.

The image has been mentioned on some television shows such as a sketch on Talkshow with Spike Feresten, and dialogue on Archer, The Simpsons, The Cleveland Show and 30 Rock.

Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, The Simpsons, and named the members after his own parents and sisters — while Bart was an anagram of the word brat.

In TV's The Simpsons, the Sleep Eazy Motel signage displays its name with missing neon lighting segments, " Sl < span style =" color: lightgrey ;"> e </ span > e < span style =" color: lightgrey ;"> p-E </ span > azy Motel ", a sleazy motel advertising hourly rates and adult movies.

This is often the subject of parody, for example in the Simpsons episode " Radioactive Man " where the onomatopoeic words are replaced with snuh !, newt!

He has also appeared in The Golden Years, in Chappelle's Show and, along with fellow author Amy Tan, on The Simpsons as himself.

As with many Simpsons characters, Marge's age changes to serve the story.

* Springfield and Shelbyville from The Simpsons are usually presented as twin cities with an intense rivalry.

* " Das Bus ", an episode of The Simpsons with a similar plot

She has voiced Lisa since 1987, beginning with The Simpsons shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.

Directed by Judith Ivey, the play is about her mixed feelings over the success of The Simpsons, her parents, her relationships and her struggles with bulimia.

Some of the most popular TV series which premiered during the 1980s or carried over from the 1970s include: Alf, Airwolf, The A-Team, Dynasty, Dallas, Knight Rider, MacGyver, Magnum, P. I., Miami Vice, Diff ' rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, The Facts of Life, The Cosby Show, Murder, She Wrote, 21 Jump Street, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Night Court, Who's the Boss ?, Family Matters, Quantum Leap, Saved by the Bell, Roseanne, Full House, The Golden Girls, Cheers, Growing Pains, Family Ties, Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Married ... with Children.

Adult-oriented animated programming also continued a sharp upturn in popularity with shows like South Park ( 1997-today ) and Family Guy ( 1999 – 2002, 2005-today ) along with the longtime running cartoon The Simpsons ( 1989-today ).

* In The Simpsons episode, " Holidays of Future Passed ", the episode set in December 2041, Bart is a deadbeat dad living in Springfield Elementary ( which is now an apartment complex instead of a school ) with Principal Skinner as his landlord.

In an homage to his Sopranos character, he also voiced the analyst of Bart Simpson's therapist in an episode of The Simpsons, and appeared as himself in the " Robots Versus Wrestlers " episode of How I Met Your Mother along with Arianna Huffington, and Will Shortz.

Fox would expand to a full week's worth of programming in 1993, which included scheduling the breakout hit The Simpsons opposite NBC's The Cosby Show as one of Fox's initial Thursday night offerings in the fall of 1990 ( along with future hit Beverly Hills, 90210 ) after only a half-season of success on Sunday nights.

Building around its flagship The Simpsons, Fox has been relatively successful with animated shows.

The Parents Television Council has criticized many popular Fox shows for perceived indecent content, such as American Dad !, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Hell's Kitchen, Married ... with Children, Prison Break, and That ' 70s Show.

In 2005 Toy Story, along with Toy Story 2 was voted the 4th greatest cartoon in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Cartoons poll, behind The Simpsons, Tom and Jerry and South Park.

Long time writer for The Simpsons, David X. Cohen changed his middle initial from S to X because there was already a David S Cohen registered with the Writer's Guild of America.

In the 1996 The Simpsons episode " The Day the Violence Died ", a relationship similar to Iwerks ' early relationship with Walt Disney is used as the main plot.