- Adaptation Displacement: The episode is better known than the short story it was based on.
- Alternate Aesop Interpretation: Depending on how cynical you are, the ending could be taken as Laser-Guided Karma for humanity. Or at least, for the main characters' hubris/narcissism, what with the whole "Stopped Reading Too Soon" thing.
- Fridge Logic: Wait, they only translated the title, not a single word of the contents?
- It Was His Sled: "It's a cookbook!" has become the most famous phrase from an individual episode of this show, so its twist has naturally become this. Even Madagascar referenced its ubiquity.
- Memetic Mutation: The episode's title and punchline have entered the lexicon of pop culture.
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