Mike Jean reveals on the dvd commentary that he came up with the idea of an X-Files crossover after seeing it on the cover of TV-Guide magazine.
Bart's chalkboard gag for this episode.
Each
of the opening credits ends with the following saying: "The truth
is out there"
David
Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, the main cast of X-Files, guest star in
this episode and their X-Files' characters, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully,
are written into this episode.
Dana
Scully has an X-files mug on her desk.
Locations
and other information is written at the left bottom of the screen.
"Cigarette
Smoking Man"
Stories
about alien encounters are commen in X-Files.
Other
references to X-Files
The episode title:
The Springfield Files
The X-Files theme
is used the three times the "alien" appears.
Season
8 - 4F20 - Simpsons Spin-off Showcase
X-Files on Fox's very little programming chart.
Season 10 - AABF14 - Simpson's Bible Stories
Locations
and other information is written at the left bottom of the screen.
Season
11 - BABF11 - Missionary: Impossible
Characters
from different "Fox" series including Rupert Murdoch (the owner of Fox),
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny (from X-files) and Bender from Futurama
, collect money to save the network.
"Sure, Fox
makes a fortune from advertising but it's still not enough."
