Every Star Trek Reference, Easter Eggs & Jokes In The Simpsons
16. Starring Homer Simpson In 'Arena'
The conclusion of The Man Who Came To Be Dinner wasn't the only time Homer reenacted Arena, as he would do the same thing in season 25, episode four - YOLO.
Homer, embracing his you-only-live-once spirit, rekindles a friendship with his Spanish penpal Eduardo, who Marge invites to stay for a few days after seeing how depressed Homer has become. Together, they ride in the back of a fire truck, fight The Pirates of Penzance, and, of course, reenact the Star Trek: The Original Series battle between Captain Kirk and the Gorn captain, with Homer dressed as Kirk and Eduardo dressed as the Gorn.
They rent the costumes from The Comic Book Guy for a measly ten dollars, so long as they don't stink up the Gorn costume as he needs it himself for a Bar Mitzvah that same day.
For whatever reason, in the first two shots it's featured in, the Gorn costume was miscoloured purple, rather than being green as it was in the rest of the shots it appeared in.