Psychologists on internet culture forums have compared the reaction to "The Simpsons Tram Pararam" to the reaction of The Exorcist in the 1970s—a piece of media so fundamentally disturbing that it creates a shared trauma bond among those who have seen it.
: The centerpiece of the episode, Lanley uses a call-and-response format with the townspeople (e.g., "Is there a chance the track could bend?" "Not on your life, my Hindu friend!"). Homer as Conductor the simpsons tram pararam