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'''''The Twilight Zone''''' is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode (156 in the original series) is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to serious science fiction and abstract ideas through television and also through a wide variety of Twilight Zone literature. In Futurama, excluding [[The Scary Door|TSD]], had refernced it. | '''''The Twilight Zone''''' is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode (156 in the original series) is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to serious science fiction and abstract ideas through television and also through a wide variety of Twilight Zone literature. In Futurama, excluding [[The Scary Door|TSD]], had refernced it. | ||
==Parodies (excluding the Scary Door ones)== | |||
== Parodies (excluding the Scary Door ones) == | |||
*{{e|1ACV07}}: Bender's apron, which reads "To Serve Man," is a reference to an episode of "The Twilight Zone", in which the statement's apparent meaning, being servile to man, is in fact wrong. The statement is actually the title of a cookbook, thus serving man for dinner. | *{{e|1ACV07}}: Bender's apron, which reads "To Serve Man," is a reference to an episode of "The Twilight Zone", in which the statement's apparent meaning, being servile to man, is in fact wrong. The statement is actually the title of a cookbook, thus serving man for dinner. | ||
*{{e| | *{{e|2ACV16}}: The first title of Anthology of Interest I is Terror at 500 Feet. | ||
*{{e|6ACV09}}: The idea of a manmade society evolving rapidly (eventually beyond current humanity) was explored in The Genesis Tub, which borrowed from a Twilight Zone episode. | *{{e|6ACV09}}: The idea of a manmade society evolving rapidly (eventually beyond current humanity) was explored in The Genesis Tub, which borrowed from a Twilight Zone episode. | ||
*{{e|7ACV05}}: Zapp asking Kif to get out on the wing and pretend to be a gremlin is a reference to the episode ''{{w|Nightmare at 20,000 Feet}}''. [[William Shatner]] starred in the episode, and was the main inspiration for Zapp. | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:29, 5 January 2014
The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode (156 in the original series) is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist. A popular and critical success, it introduced many Americans to serious science fiction and abstract ideas through television and also through a wide variety of Twilight Zone literature. In Futurama, excluding TSD, had refernced it.
Parodies (excluding the Scary Door ones)
- "My Three Suns" (1ACV07) : Bender's apron, which reads "To Serve Man," is a reference to an episode of "The Twilight Zone", in which the statement's apparent meaning, being servile to man, is in fact wrong. The statement is actually the title of a cookbook, thus serving man for dinner.
- "Anthology of Interest I" (2ACV16) : The first title of Anthology of Interest I is Terror at 500 Feet.
- "A Clockwork Origin" (6ACV09) : The idea of a manmade society evolving rapidly (eventually beyond current humanity) was explored in The Genesis Tub, which borrowed from a Twilight Zone episode.
- "Zapp Dingbat" (7ACV05) : Zapp asking Kif to get out on the wing and pretend to be a gremlin is a reference to the episode Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. William Shatner starred in the episode, and was the main inspiration for Zapp.