This episode seemed like way too much of a rip off of the Futurama episode 'The Sting'! In that episode, Fry kept on talking to Leela in her coma, especially telling her to wake up, which manipulated her coma. Here in this episode of The Simpsons (Flanders' Ladder), you can see Lisa essentially doing practically the same thing to Bart!
Review of Flanders' Ladder
