January 27, 2008
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Someone asks: "Did you know that every US President has been a straight white man?" The reply is: "Even Walt Disney?" |
February 17, 2008
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. - "Shady and the Vamp" is a reference to Disney's film Lady and the Tramp, complete with spaghetti at the restaurant scene.
- The walking dog seen in the dog pound during the "Shady and the Vamp" segment is a reference to the Disney character, Goofy.
- After surviving a gas chamber, the dog says "This place is no picnic, but it sure beats working for Disney".
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April 27, 2008
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. DVD copies of Pirates of the Caribbean 3 are made from manure. | 
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May 18, 2008
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. - The "Krustketeers" is a reference to the Disney Mouseketeers.
- A song also mimics the "Mickey Mouse" song.
- A modern-day reunion of members includes an angry "Cubby".
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June 24, 2008
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases the film Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs on DVD in the USA and Canada. - A short black and white segment mimics Disney's Steamboat Willie.
- The title sequence mimics many of the early Disney short films.
- A character says "You didn't like Country Bear Jamboree either.", a reference to the Disneyland performing audio-animatronic bears attraction.
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November 2, 2008
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Copyright images are removed from a daycare wall, like the 200? incident where Disney images were removed from a daycare wall. | 
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November 30, 2008
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A dream sequence mimics Disney's Aladdin film, with magic carpet, lamp, and blue genie. | 
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December 7, 2008
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. In a dream sequence of the future, the world has become a polluted wasteland, complete with mobile clean-up robot like the main character in the Disney film WALL-E. | 
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March 15, 2009
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A copy of a film mocks the title of the Disney film Ratatouille as "RATATOOEY". A rat on a man's head pulls two of his hairs to make him cook, like in the movie. |  
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March 29, 2009
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A protest sign has four words with first letters prominently showing "ESPN", the Disney sports TV channel. | 
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April 5, 2009
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. "ESPN SPORTS NEWS" appears on a personal computer. | 
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April 19, 2009
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Someone says "I think Bart is an incredible combination of Habitat for Humanity and the Jonas Brothers." |
April 26, 2009
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A short scene mimics the 1960s Disney TV shows where Tinkerbell flies in front of the Disneyland castle. | 
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May 3, 2009
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - The title of this episode, "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh", is a play on Disney Channel's original series Wizards of Waverly Place.
- The character Alaska Nebraska is a play on Disney's "Hanna Montana" character and TV show.
- A Tigger picture and a Winnie-the-Pooh doll appear.
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May 10, 2009
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - A girl starts to say "Snow White and the Seven..." when a lawyer says "the story you're about to tell is the copyrighted property of the Walt Disney Corporation".
- Part of the show is a parody of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with seven dwarfs, song "Ho Hi" in place of "Heigh Ho", magic talking mirror, animals helping Snow White, Snow White lying under glass.
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May 17, 2009
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - A house carried by balloons floats across the sky, a reference to the 2009 Disney/Pixar film Up.
- A character says "I am afraid of xylophones. It's the music you hear when skeletons are dancing.", a reference to Disney's film The Skeleton Dance.
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October 4, 2009
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. The character Shary Bobbins appears, who previously appeared in a parody of Mary Poppins. | 
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October 18, 2009
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A character dressed for Halloween looks like Captain Jack Sparrow from Disney's film The Pirates of the Caribbean. | 
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November 22, 2009
| The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A bulletin board includes the note "Operation Gumbo Drop", a reference to the Disney film Operation Dumbo Drop. | 
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November 29, 2009
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. - The title of the episode, "Rednecks and Broomsticks", is a play on the title of the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
- A rabbit and a young deer trying to get on the ice with the deer falling flat is a reference to a similar scene in the 1942 animated Walt Disney movie Bambi.
- A group of six performing bears is called the "Country Bear Jamboree", a reference to the attraction at Disneyland.
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Other web pages of interest:
Chronology of the Walt Disney Company
Polsson's Garage Sale - Walt Disney
Walt Disney on Postage Stamps
Personal Computer References in Pop Culture
Video Game References in Pop Culture
Corvette References in Pop Culture
This Day in History
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