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The Simpsons Halloween Special

(AKA: Treehouse of Horror)

Starting in the second season, the Simpsons have had an annual Halloween Special.  Because the first one began in the tree house it also became known as the Treehouse Of Horror.  Even when the opening moved out of the tree house the name stuck.

There are certain constants in the format.  The show itself is always made up of three vignettes.  Each short is usually a spoof of a particular movie or group of movies -- although a few have been based on or took jabs at TV with episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and Tales From The Crypt.  The movie being spoofed is not always in the horror genre, some bits are done with a scifi angle.

Season

THOH Number

Original Air Date

1

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2

I

10/25/90

3 II 10/31/91

4

III

10/29/92

5

IV

10/28/93

6 V 10/30/94
7 VI 10/29/95
8 VII 10/27/96
9 VIII 10/26/97
10 IX 10/25/98
11 X 10/31/99
12 XI 11/01/00
13 XII 11/06/01

14

XIII

11/03/02

15

XIV

11/02/03

 

I

Bad Dream House    The Simpsons move into a haunted house, complete with a dimensional vortex, bleeding walls, and an Indian burial ground.

Hungry Are The Damned    Aliens kidnap the Simpsons, and invite them to a 'great feast' on Rigel 4.

The Raven    James Earl Jones narrates Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale starring the Simpsons. This version stays very close to the original poem.

II

The Monkey's Paw    The Simpsons, on a foreign trip, pick up a monkey's paw that gives the holder four wishes . . . with bad side effects.

Bart The Monster    In a parody of a classic Twilight Zone episode, everyone in Springfield must be happy or else something will happen to them by a monster. The monster is known as ... Bart Simpson, the kid with the mental powers.

Homer's Brain    Homer gets randomly fired from the nuclear power plant, and gets hired as a gravedigger. He falls asleep in the grave, and gets picked up by Mr. Burns for a cyborg experiment.

III

Clown Without Pity    Bart receives, as a birthday present, a talking Krusty doll....from the House of Evil 'Your One Stop Evil Shop'.

King Homer    King Kong Klone.

Dial 'Z' For Zombies    After being assigned to read a another book, Bart picks out an item from the occult section, and tries to raise the dead Snowball I, but instead cause the dead people to rise up.

IV

The Devil and Homer Simpson   Homer gives up his soul for a single doughnut. Now, the Devil wants Homer.

 Terror at 5 1/2 Feet    Bart Simpson has a nightmare about a bus crash. And his nightmare is about to come true when a playful gremlin starts taking the bus apart piece by piece.

Bart Simpson's Dracula    Mr. Burns is a vampire, and he wants blood, and he turns Bart into a vampire.

V

The Shinning    No TV and no beer makes Homer go insane at an isolated mountain lodge and only Bart's shinning can save the family.

Time and Punishment    Ned Flanders becomes the ruler of a George Orwellian world after Homer adversely uses a toaster to change the past.

Nightmare Cafeteria    Overcrowding at the school's detention room and budget cuts in the cafeteria leads Principal Skinner to come up with a unique single solution.

VI

Attack of the 50 ft Eyesores    Giant billboard characters come to life during a freakish weather storm.

Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace    After a freakish boiler room accident, Groundskeeper Willy's dying curse is to vow revenge through the dreams of Springfields' children.

Homer³    Homer discovers a 3D dimension in his attempt to hide during Patty and Selma's latest house visit.

VII

The Thing and I    Bart discovers the 'evil twin' brother he never knew he had, locked away in the Simpsons' attic.

The Genesis Tub    Lisa's tooth-desolved-in-soda science experiment develops into a higher form of life, who eventually see Lisa as God and Bart as the Devil.

Citizen Kang    As the election draws near, the aliens Kang and Kodos kidnap and assume the roles of Bob Dole and Bill Clinton. It's up to Homer to expose their evil plot for world domination.

VIII

The Homega Man    Homer battles killer mutants after Springfield is destroyed in a nuclear blast.

Fly Vs. Fly    A matter transportation device melds Bart with a housefly.

Easy-Bake Coven    Marge is accused of witchcraft during colonial times.

IX

Hell Toupée    Homer's new hair transplant commands him to avenge its former owner's foes.

The Terror of Tiny Toon    Bart and Lisa are sucked into their television to play a deadly game of cat and mouse with Itchy & Scratchy.

Starship Poopers    Maggie's actual father is revealed to be an alien, leading to a spot on the esteemed Jerry Springer Show.

X

I Know What You Diddily-Iddily Did    Ned Flanders returns from the grave seeking revenge after Marge accidentally runs him over.

Desperately Xeeking Xena    Bart and Lisa's new powers take them on a quest to rescue Lucy Lawless from a mad memorabilia collector bent on adding Xena to his stash of Hollywood celebrities.

Life's A Glitch, Then You Die    A global "Y2K" meltdown destroys earth after Homer neglects to debug the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's computers.

XI

G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad    Homer chokes to death on a piece of broccoli and his spirit must perform a good deed in order to enter heaven.

Scary Tales Can Come True    The dark side of fairy tale characters are exposed.

Night of the Dolphin    The world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees their leader from captivity.

XII

House of Whacks    A Hal 9000-style home automation computer (Pierce Brosnan) takes a fancy to Marge, and unfortunately sees fit to dispose of Homer in the process.

Curse of the Dummy    Following a gypsy's curse, Homer becomes Death incarnate as everyone in his presence either dies or mutates.

Wiz Kids    The children are tutored in the fine art of transforming frogs into princes at the Springfield Elementary School for Wizards.

XIII

Send In The Clones    Homer finds that his new hammock is capable of making clones, soon the town of Springfield is under invasion by an army of Homer clones.

The Right To Keep And Scare Harms    William "Billy the Kid" Bonney and his cohorts rise from the dead and start raising havoc in town.

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.

XIV

Reaper Madness    Homer puts on Death's robe and suddenly finds himself "The Grim Reaper." 

Frinkenstein     Professor Frink reanimates his father's corpse. 

Stop The World, I Want To Goof Off    Bart and Milhouse get hold of a stopwatch that actually allows them to stop time. 

 

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