references The segment "Toy Gory", is a parody of the 1995 film, Toy Story. "Into the Homerverse" is a parody of the 2018 film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The clip shown at Comic-con @ Home of the segment, showed Homer meeting Homer Barbera, a parody of Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw and Hanna-Barbera co-creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and Disney Princess Homer, a parody of Disney Princesses. Upon meeting Homer Barbera, Homer remarks that Homer Barbera sounds like Art Carney, whose character from The Honeymooners, Ed Norton, is reportedly the inspiration for Yogi Bear. "Be Nine, Rewind" is a reference to the 2008 film, Be Kind Rewind, and a parody of the 2017 film Happy Death Day. A clip from the episode showing Homer voting in the 2020 United States elections was released on October 12, 2020, and he cannot decide who to vote for in the presidential election. So, Lisa tries to get him to remember everything that had happened in the previous four years, referring to the Presidency of Donald Trump, but Homer only remembers Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong Best Picture winner at Oscars, so fifty things that Donald Trump did during the previous four years that make him unfit to continue being President are just listed on the screen. The segment also included references to Vladimir Putin, Roger Stone, and Kanye West, with Putin being listed as Trump's running mate, Stone being depicted as trying to interfere with people's right to vote, and a vote for West being considered a vote for Trump. Reception Viewing figures In the United States, the episode was watched live by 4.93 million viewers. Critical response Tony Sokol with Den of Geek said, "The Simpsons season 32 has been offering consistently satisfying episodes of straight and subversive humor. 'Treehouse of Horror XXXI' is the best of the season so far, but the Treehouses are always season highlights, and more reliably than Christmas episodes. No character is safe on Halloween. You can kill Gil as many times as you like. The Simpsons always packs a devilishly delicious trick or treat bag, with nothing so frightening as razor-blade-concealing apples, or anything else remotely nutritious. The opening segment is a political thriller, but the segments themselves are classic comedy." He also gave the episode four and a half out of five stars. References External links 2020 American television episodes The Simpsons (season