 Homer 's escape from the overturned paddy wagon is a homage to the 1993 film The Fugitive . Chief Wiggum 's dream in which Lisa speaks backwards is reference to Twin Peaks and Special Agent Dale Cooper 's interaction with the Man from Another Place . While recording Lisa 's lines for the segment , Yeardley Smith recorded the part backwards ; the recording was in turn reversed , a technique known as phonetic reversal , the same technique used on Twin Peaks . Several other parts out of the segment are direct references to the dream , including a moving shadow on the curtain , and Wiggum 's hair standing straight up after waking . 
