Treehouse of Horrors

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Treehouse of Horror I (1)

The Simpsons Season 2 Episode 3

Original AirDate: October 25, 1990

Bart and Lisa Swap Three Horror Stories in their Treehouse:

1. Bad Dream House - The Simpsons inhabit a haunted home, which possesses, & causes them to attempt to kill each other but after spending enough time with the Simpsons, the house that kills itself & vanishes into another dimension.

2. Hungry are the Damned - The Simpsons get abducted by Aliens but find out that they are harmless until Lisa does some snooping and accuse the monsters of planning to eat them, but the offended aliens reveal they were only planning a sumptuous meal for the family!

3. The Raven - Lisa tells Bart the story of Edgar Allen Poe's poem The Raven, while Homer imagines himself as the narrator, Bart as the raven, and Marge as Lenore.

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Treehouse of Horror II (2)

The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 7

Original AirDate: October 31, 1991

Lisa, Bart, and Homer eat too much candy, and end up having nightmares.

1. The Monkey's Paw - Lisa dreams he family goes to Morocco & buys a cursed monkey paw that grants 4 wishes. By wishing world peace, Lisa accidentally paves the way for an alien invasion by Kang & Kodos, who enslave the human race.

2. The Bart Zone - In Bart's dream, he has the power to read minds & affect a person with his thoughts, but eventually, he realizes he has used his powers for evil & repents.

3. If I Only Had a Brain - Homer dreams that Mr. Burns steals his brain for a giant robot he's constructing. Due to an accident, Mr. Smithers is forced to sew Mr. Burns' head onto Homer's body. Then he wakes up. It was all a dream, or was it?

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Treehouse of Horror III (3)

The Simpsons Season 4 Episode 5

Original AirDate: October 29, 1992

The Simpsons are having a Halloween party for the children of Springfield. Lisa, Grandpa & Bart each tell a horror story.

1. Clown Without Pity - Lisa tells the tale of how Homer purchases a Krusty doll for Bart's birthday. However, Homer's life is quickly in danger, when the possessed doll goes on a mission to kill him.

2. King Homer - Grandpa spins a Simponsized version of King Kong, with Homer  as the ape, Marge as King Kong's object of affection, & Mr. Burns as the millionaire entrepreneur trying to capture King Kong to make a profit from him.

3. Dial "Z" for Zombies - Bart tells a story in which he casts a spell from a book of witchcraft & accidentally brings Springfield's dead to life. The only thing that can send them back is the right spell.

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Treehouse of Horror IV (4)

The Simpsons Season 5 Episode 5

Original AirDate: October 28, 1993

The Simpsons are having a Halloween party for the children of Springfield. Lisa, Grandpa & Bart each tell a horror story.

1. The Devil and Homer Simpson - Homer falls asleep, while Carl & Lenny eat all the doughnuts. When he realizes that all doughnuts are gone, he sells his soul for a doughnut. The devil comes & signs a contract with him, causing trouble.

2. Terror at 5 1/2 Feet - Bart dreams about his death on the schoolbus, & later realizes, that his dream is starting to become real when he's the only one to see a gremlin taking down the bus piece by piece. Nobody sees it except for him, so he tries to get it off.

3. Bart Simpson's Dracula - Mr. Burns is a vampire & Bart falls victim to his bite. Lisa convinces the rest of the family that they must go to his castle & put an end to the curse.

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Treehouse of Horror V (5)

The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 6

Original AirDate: October 30, 1994

In an Outer Limits parody, The Simpsons presents 3 tales of horror...

1. The Shinning - The family becomes caretakers of an estate in the mountains owned by Mr. Burns, where he cuts the cable & takes out all beer, which leads Homer to insanity.

2. Time and Punishment - Homer fixes the toaster and it becomes a time machine. While visiting the past, he kills a bug, which affects the future in a big way. When he tries to fix the timeline, he breaks it again. He ends up trying numerous times until he settles on his family eating with frog-like tongues.

3. Nightmare Cafeteria - Principal Skinner finds a solution to his overcrowding problem and the quality of meat in the cafeteria: eating the students.

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Treehouse of Horror VI (6)

The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 6

Original AirDate: October 29, 1995

This years Halloween Special features two science fiction stories and one horror:

1. Attack of the 50 ft Eyesores - Strange atmospheric conditions bring giant advertising statues to life. The Lard Lad is furious at Homer for taking his doughnut, so he, along with all the others, begin destroying the town of Springfield.

2. Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace - Willy’s death, due to disinterested parents, causes him to come back into the dreams of their children, where he kills them, resulting in their deaths in reality.

3. Homer3 - Homer finds a strange area in the house behind the bookcase. When he steps through, Homer becomes trapped in a three-dimensional universe.

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Treehouse of Horror VII (7)

The Simpsons Season 8 Episode 1

Original AirDate: October 27, 1996

Sorry, no fanfare this year, just three more stories:

1. The Thing and I - Homer and Marge warn the children not to go up into the attic. Of course they do and there they discover Bart’s Siamese twin, who plans to sew them back together.

2. The Genesis Tub - Lisa’s science experiment becomes a quickly-developing micro-universe, where she is thought of as God and Bart is the devil.

3. Citizen Kang - Homer is abducted by Kang and Kodos. The aliens take Homer to Washington where they replace Clinton and Dole just in time for the election. Homer tries to explain the truth, but no one believes him.

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Treehouse of Horror VIII (8)

The Simpsons Season 9 Episode 4

Original AirDate: October 26, 1997

Another Scary Halloween Special from The Simpsons. Three Gruesome Tales:

1. The Homega Man - Quimby insults the French government who launch a neutron bomb in retaliation at Springfield. Homer escapes the blast & begins enjoying himself in the deserted town.

2. Fly Vs. Fly. - The family visits Prof. Frink’s yard sale. Homer purchases a matter transporter. Bart uses it in an attempt to become “Superfly”, with comic and near disastrous results.

3. Easy-Bake Coven - In 1649, Marge is accused of being a witch. It turns out she and her sisters actually are witches who learn that it’s easy to scare people into giving them treats.

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Treehouse of Horror IX (9)

The Simpsons Season 10 Episode 4

Original AirDate: October 25, 1998

3 More Gruesome Tales in the 9th Special...

1. Hell Toupée - Snake is sent to the electric chair. He vows revenge on all who were there when he was caught, Apu, Moe & Bart. Snake's organs are saved for transplant. The beneficiary of his hair is Homer Simpson. The hair begins to take out the revenge promised by its former owner!

2. The Terror of Tiny Toon - Marge takes the batteries from the TV remote control. Bart substitutes plutonium with strange results as he and Lisa become cartoon characters in an episode of Itchy & Scratchy, where the violence is real.

3. Starship Poopers - When Maggie gets her first tooth, a fang, and loses her legs, which are replaced by tentacles. Marge confesses that Homer is not the father, but rather Kang is. To settle the dispute on what would be better for Maggie’s future, Bart suggests they go on The Jerry Springer Show and of course a fight or two breaks out.

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Treehouse of Horror X (10)

The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 4

Original AirDate: October 31, 1999

It's another Halloween Special with the Simpsons. 3 More Terrifying Tales...

1. I Know What You Diddily-Iddily Did - The family (Marge driving) runs over & believes that they’ve killed Ned Flanders. After covering it up, the family is haunted by someone who knows what they diddily-iddly-did, Ned Flanders himself.

2. Desperately Xeeking Xena - Lisa and Bart are blasted with radiation, get superpowers & become “Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl”. In the episode “Enter…The Collector”, they must stop Comic Book Guy (a.k.a. “The Collector”) who has kidnapped Xena to add his collection. His collection includes, Yasmine Bleeth, Doctor Who (Tom Baker), Matt Groening & many other recognizable icons.

3. Life's A Glitch, Then You Die - Homer is the nuclear plant’s Y2K compliance officer. His negligence causes the Y2K bug to get out and spread across the networks of the world, causing mass destruction. Causing the government’s “Operation Exodus” program to be activated, taking the best and brightest off the Earth to a new civilization on Mars.

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Treehouse of Horror XI (11)

The Simpsons Season 12 Episode 1

Original AirDate: November 1, 2000

3 More Tales to Add to the Collection...

1. G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad - Homer dies because he eats the deadliest plant on Earth, broccoli. When he arrives at the gates of Heaven, he can't get in because he hasn’t done one good deed all his life. St. Peter gives him 24 hours to perform at least one deed but can Homer Accomplish this?

2. Scary Tales Can Come True - Bart and Lisa are abandoned to the deep dark woods. With a book of Fairy Tales to guide them, the pair navigates their way past a troll and three bears eventually arriving at the house of the witch who lives in the gingerbread house. Meanwhile, Homer and Marge change their minds and he goes in search of the children giving Rapunzel a haircut along the way.

3. Night of the Dolphin - Lisa lets a dolphin go free but it turns out this particular dolphin is the dolphin’s king. Now that he's free, he plots to take his revenge on the land dwelling humans. Soon the dolphins are back on land where they’ve belonged all along & humans are banished to the sea.

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Treehouse of Horror XII (12)

The Simpsons Season 13 Episode 1

Original AirDate: November 6, 2001

Another Halloween Special with 3 Horrific Tales...

1. Hex and the City - The family sees a gypsy, but Homer’s usual ineptitude causes the gypsy to seek her revenge by cursing him and his loved ones. In an effort to get the curse lifted, Homer catches a leprechaun and releases it upon the gypsy with surprising results.

2. House of Whacks - The family home obtains an upgrade, the Ultrahouse 3000, a computer that will do everything for them. Everything is great until the house falls in love with Marge & tries killing Homer.

3. Wiz Kids - Bart and Lisa are attending wizard school. The evil Lord Montymort and Slithers have designs on capturing Lisa, so that Montymort can take her essence. They use Bart’s rivalry with his sister as the means to get at her.

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Treehouse of Horror XIII (13)

The Simpsons Season 14 Episode 1

Original AirDate: November 3, 2002

The Opening - Ghost of Maude Flanders Appears!

1. Send in the Clones - Homer finds that his new hammock is capable of making clones, & he begins making & using the clones to do all of his chores. When one of the clones permanently takes care of Flanders, Homer decides to get rid of the clones & the hammock. So he takes them both out to cornfield where he leaves them. Only the clones begin using the hammock & start to increase themselves at an enormous rate, soon the town of Springfield is under invasion by an army of Homers.

2. The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms - Lisa finds the grave of William Bonney who was killed by gun violence. In his memory, she starts a gun control crusade, which makes Springfield totally gun-free; even the police no longer have guns. Now defenseless, the corpse of William “Billy the Kid” Bonney & his cohorts rise from the dead & start raising havoc in town!

3. The Island of Dr. Hibbert - The family takes a trip to “The Island of Lost Souls,” where they find Dr. Hibbert is running the island’s resort. Marge thinks that something creepy is going on there, but when she goes off to investigate she is captured by Dr. Hibbert who turns her into a cat woman. Homer goes in search of a cure for Marge’s condition and encounters Ned Flanders (who needs to be milked). Flanders takes Homer to meet the others who’ve been converted into beasts. While initially horrified at what they’ve all become, after thinking about it, he decides it might just be the life for him.

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Treehouse of Horror XIV (14)

The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 1

Original AirDate: November 2, 2003

Another Great Simpsons Halloween Special with 3 Spooky Stories...

1. Reaper Madness - Death comes to the door of the Simpsons looking for Bart. Homer kills Death & suddenly the world is without death. No one can die. Homer puts on Death’s robe & finds himself “The Grim Reaper.”

2. Frinkenstein - Homer gets a call telling him that he’s won the Nobel Prize, only the call is really for Professor Frink. So that his father might partake in the awards ceremony, Professor Frink reanimates his father’s corpse. His father’s corpse escapes and goes on a killing spree to collect some replacement body parts. At the awards ceremony in Stockholm the Professor’s father tries to make amends with his son for his recent organ harvest, until he sees all the brains filled with knowledge!

3. Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off - Bart & Milhouse get hold of a stopwatch that actually allows them to stop time. They are having a great “time” and almost get away with it, until they are outsmarted by the mayor. On their run from the angry mob, the watch breaks & they are the only two moving in a world where time has stopped!

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Treehouse of Horror XV (15)

The Simpsons Season 16 Episode 1

Original AirDate: November 7, 2004

One of the More Popular Simpsons Halloween Specials featuring three more Scary Tales...

1. The Ned Zone - Homer knocks Ned unconscious with a bowling ball, & he developes a sixth sense that allows him to see the deaths of everyone he touches. When he sees himself murder Homer, he tries his best to stop it.

2. Four Beheadings and a Funeral - A take on the Jack the Ripper story that casts Lisa and Bart as Eliza Simpson and Dr. Bartley, who try to discover the identity of the “Mutton Chop Murderer.”

3. In the Belly of the Boss - A parody of Fantastic Voyage in which the Simpson family goes on a rescue mission after Maggie is accidentally shrunk and ingested by Mr. Burns.

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Treehouse of Horror XVI (16)

The Simpsons Season 17 Episode 4

Original AirDate: November 6, 2005

The 16th Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Episode:

1. B.I. Bartificial Intelligence - Bart falls into deep coma from which he'll never emerge. But, Bart does wake from his coma only to find that his family has replaced him with a new robot boy. Bart struggles to fit back in with the family so Homer & Marge decide they must get rid of one of their sons!

2. Survival of the Fattest - Homer & others are invited by Mr. Burns to his estate for “A Most Dangerous Game.” It turns out that they are participants on “The World Series of Manslaughter” where they are prey & Mr. Burns hunts them. Surprisingly, Homer is the last contestant standing...

3. I've Grown a Costume on Your Face - It’s the Springfield Semi-Annual Halloween Party but the costume contest goes awry when a real witch turns everyone into real-life versions of their costumes!

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Treehouse of Horror XVII (17)

The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 4

Original AirDate: November 5, 2006

The Simpson Season 18's Treehouse of Horror Halloween Special featuring 3 terrifying tales:

1. Married to the Blob - After eating mysterious green goo from a meteorite, Homer grows to massive proportions eating everything in sight.

2. You Gotta Know When to Golem - Bart takes control of Golem of Jewish folklore, & forces the ancient statue to do his bidding by writing instructions on scrolls & placing them into Golem’s mouth.

3. The Day the Earth Looked Stupid - Taking place in 1938 Springfield, the townspeople react to Orson Welles’ famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast. However, they pay no attention when Kang and Kodos actually do invade the town.

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Treehouse of Horror XVIII (18)

The Simpsons Season 19 Episode 5

Original AirDate: November 4, 2007

The 18th installment of the Treehouse of Horror:

1. E.T. Go Home - Bart and Lisa help Kodos “phone home,” but Kodos uses their assistance to secretly plan something sinister.

2. Mr. & Mrs. Simpson - A parody of the 2005 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, featuring Marge & Homer.

3. Heck House - Ned Flanders decides to scare & terrify Bart, Lisa, and their friends straight after they go too far with their Halloween pranks and tricks. But, is it even possible to scare these mischievous kids?

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Treehouse of Horror XIX (19)

The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 4

Original AirDate: November 2, 2008

Title Sequence - When Homer casts his vote for Senator Obama the sinister electronic voting machine instead tallies a vote for Senator McCain.

1. Untitled Robot Parody - Bart buys a possessed Malibu Stacy convertible for Lisa for Christmas. A Transformers parody ensues.

2. How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising - A group of ad executives discover Homer and his talent of killing celebrities. With the celebrities out of the way, the advertisers can use their likenesses and not have to pay royalties–That is, until their ghosts seek revenge on Homer.

3. It’s the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse - A parody of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown starring Milhouse as Linus, Lisa as Sally, and Bart as Charlie Brown.

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Treehouse of Horror XX (20)

The Simpsons Season 21 Episode 4

Original AirDate: October 18, 2009

Title Sequence - Homer & Marge throw a Halloween party, & real monsters show up to it!