"The Simpsons" The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular! (TV Episode 1995)
A series of clips play to demonstrate Homer's stupidity using a clip from this episode.- Ramon and his co-workers are seen watching this episode on tv.
"The Simpsons" Gump Roast (TV Episode 2002)
A still from this episode is shown in "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons"."The Simpsons" How the Test Was Won (TV Episode 2009)
A clip is shown in a montage of Homer getting injured."Nostalgia Critic" Top 11 Simpsons Episodes (TV Episode 2012)
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"The Simpsons" Homer's Enemy (TV Episode 1997)
Homer shows Frank a photo of himself as an astronaut and mentions going to space."The Simpsons" Gump Roast (TV Episode 2002)
Homer going into space mentioned in "They'll Never Stop the Simpsons".The Simpsons: Hit & Run (Video Game 2003)
The carbon rod from this episode is a collectable card. The episode name and quotes from the episode are written on it.City of Heroes (Video Game 2004)
"Inanimate Carbon Rod" is an available "salvage" item in the game."The Simpsons" Midnight Rx (TV Episode 2005)
Homer is Identified as a former astronaut
The Pirates of Penzance (TV Movie 1939)
Barney sings "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General."Popeye the Sailor (TV Series 1960–1962)
When experiencing extreme G-forces Homer's head turns into that of Popeye and his voice changes to that too.The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series 1962–1971)
When the Simpson family first reaches Cape Canaveral, they are driving in a car similar to the car from the television series, accompanied by 'The Beverley Hillbillies' musicJonny Quest (TV Series 1964–1965)
One of the astronauts is named Race Bannon, a character from Jonny Quest.Planet of the Apes (1968)
Homer says there'll be no problem as long as he isn't sent to "That planet of the apes", then he stops to think and realises that it was Earth and re-enacts the end scene of the film.
"The Simpsons" The Man Who Came to Be Dinner (TV Episode 2015)
Remake of the scene where Homer eats chips in space.
The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series 1962–1971)
The shot of the family riding in the car with Marge in a rocking chair is a spoof of this show's opening."Star Trek" The Gamesters of Triskelion (TV Episode 1968)
The scene of Homer and Barney pitched against each other spoofs the gladiator fights from this episode, including the outfits, green haired Shahna looking on, and the music from "Amok Time".2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Many scenes including part of the itchy & scratchy episode, the scene of Homer floating in space eating chips to classical music and the end scene where Bart throws a marker pen into the sky for it to cut to a Fox satellite in space.Alien (1979)
Itchy bursts out of Scratchy's stomach, spoofing the alien bursting out of a man's stomach scene in this movie.The Right Stuff (1983)
Many scenes like the NASA's tests with Homer and Barney.