Springfield's Most Wanted (TV Short 1995)
Clips from this episode are shown."The Simpsons" The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular! (TV Episode 1995)
The couch gag montage uses a clip from this episode.Goodbye 2000 (TV Movie 2000)
- "Man Getting Hit by Football" is shown.
"The Cinema Snob" Bad Movie Cinema Snob: McBain (TV Episode 2010)
McBain's stand-up from "A Star is Burns" is recalled
"Atop the Fourth Wall" Youngblood #9 (TV Episode 2017)
"Spielberg is not available? Then get me his non-union Welsh equivalent.""Diminishing Returns" The LEGO Batman Movie (Podcast Episode 2017)
Quoted."Worlds Within Worlds" How Dune Created League of Legends and Warcraft (TV Episode 2018)
Clip shown."Diminishing Returns" Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Podcast Episode 2019)
Mentioned."AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast" Nutted on the Olaf (Podcast Episode 2019)
"With this, the inclusion of the entire Studio Ghibli catalogue and every single episode of Sesame Street, all I can say is "JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEEEINS!!!"
A Star Is Born (1937)
title referenceA Star Is Born (1954)
Title referenceThe Fly (1958)
As Todd Flanders gets swept down a fast-flowing river, he cries "Help meeeee!" in his high-pitched voice.King of Kings (1961)
In Mr. Burns' film, Ben-Hur tells him "You truly are the king of kings."A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Mr. Burns's film is titled "A Burns for All Seasons."
- Neon Genesis Evangelion is edited to parody "Man Getting Hit By Football."
Viva Zapata! (1952)
In the first segment of Mr. Burns's festival film "A Burns for All Seasons", Charles Montgomery Burns is depicted atop a horse, wearing a sombrero and two bandoliers across his chest; the exact outfit of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. A group of peasants then hail Mr. Burns as a hero, shouting "Viva Señor Burns!" after he vows to close factories in the US and bring jobs back to their poor Mexican village, echoing the historical events of the Mexican Revolution and the subsequent plot of the film "Viva Zapata!"Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
The opening of Bart's movie The Eternal Struggle is a reference to The Amazing Criswell's narration.Ben-Hur (1959)
The opening credits of Burns' film spoofs this film's opening. Additionally, there is a scene in the Burns movie in which he gives the title character water while suffering in the desert (which was done by Jesus Christ in the film.)Midnight Cowboy (1969)
A voice says "Hey, I'm landing here!" when a plane from New York lands in front of another plane, forcing it to brake.Cabaret (1972)
Moe's film is a parody of this film.