Trivia / The Simpsons S 34 E 6 Treehouse Of Horror XXXIII

• Ascended Fanon: Lisa becoming a Shinigami after killing Steve in the "Death Tome" segment is a reference to a popular fan theory that Light suffered the same fate after his death.
• Enforced Method Acting: The voice acting in "Death Tome" was recorded after the segment was animated, which is typical for anime but unusual for The Simpsons, which has traditionally had the voice actors record their lines first so the animators can better match their animation to the performances. This makes the segment sound a bit more like an authentic, slightly stilted anime dub rather than the more naturalistic performance-driven style that the show prefers.
• Recycled Script: "Death Tome" wasn't actually the first time that The Simpsons parodied Death Note, as it's been done before in the comic series, in Treehouse of Horror #14 as "Murder, He Wrote", but with several major differences (Bart as the owner of the Death Note, Krusty as Ryuk, Lisa as L (though it was actually Ralph), etc).
• What Could Have Been: The concept art◊ for "Death Tome" showed the Springfield characters have the show's usual yellow skin tone for Caucasian characters before picking the more natural-looking skin tone.

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