Editing Thriller

{{Album (Simpsons)
|name= Thriller
|image= [[File:Thriller.png|250px]]
|artist= {{Ch|Michael Jackson}}
|appearance= "[[Stark Raving Dad]]"
}}

'''''Thriller''''' is a 1982 album by American singer {{Ch|Michael Jackson}}. It included hit songs such as "{{W2|Thriller|song}}", "{{w|Beat It}}", "{{w|Billie Jean}}", "{{W2|Human Nature|Michael Jackson song}}" and "{{W2|P.Y.T.|Pretty Young Thing}}". In 1983 Jackson made a short film around the song "Thriller", in which he transforms into a werewolf and a zombie, dancing along with zombies. While it wasn't the first music video ever made, it served to popularize the genre and has been credited with transforming music videos into a serious art form. First released in theaters, ''Thriller'' quickly saw regular airplay on {{w|MTV}}. It is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential music videos ever made and was the first music video to be selected for the {{w|National Film Registry}}.

Both the ''Thriller'' album and music video have been referenced several times in ''The Simpsons''. 

== References to ''Thriller'' in ''The Simpsons'' ==
{{Table|
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{{TBT|[[File:Thriller.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 3|3]]}}
{{TB|36}}
{{TB|"[[Stark Raving Dad]]"}}
{{TB| When [[Homer Simpson]] says he never heard about [[Michael Jackson]] as [[Leon Kompowsky]] (who thinks he's Michael Jackson) lists several things which made him famous, among them ''Thriller'' and ''Beat It''. However, Homer still has no clue, so Leon sings and dances ''Billie Jean'' for him. Later in the episode Bart tries to show Leon what "Jackson really looks like" by showing him the album cover of "Thriller".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Treehouse of Horror III - Bart, Lisa, Thriller.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 4|4]]}}
{{TB|64}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror III]]"}}
{{TB|Bart raises the dead through a magic spell, while wearing the album sleeve of ''Thriller'' on his head. Just like in the music video the zombies rise from the cemetery.}}
{{TBT|}}
{{TB|[[Season 7|7]]}}
{{TB|132}}
{{TB|"[[Bart Sells His Soul]]"}}
{{TB| Bart tells Milhouse a soul is just something made up to scare kids, "like the bogey man or Michael Jackson". This could be a reference to Jackson's real-life persona or his scary image in the music video of "Thriller".}}
{{TBT|}}
{{TB|[[Season 22|22]]}}
{{TB|468}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXI]]"}}
{{TB| [[David Silverman]] is listed in the credits of this Halloween episode as "David "Thriller" Man".}}
{{TBT|}}
{{TB|[[Season 27|27]]}}
{{TB|578}}
{{TB|"[[Halloween of Horror]]"}}
{{TB| An instrumental version of "Thriller" can be heard at the block party Marge and Bart pull up to .}}
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== References to ''Thriller'' in ''The Simpsons Arcade Games'' ==
{{Table|
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{{TH|Arcade Game title}}
{{TH|Reference}}
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{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Arcade Game]]''}}
{{TB| The zombies break into dance after rising.}}
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== References to ''Thriller'' in ''The Simpsons Comics'' ==
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{{TB|''[[Bart Simpson 60]]''}}
{{TB|''[[Zombie Moves!]]''}}
{{TB|[[Michael Jackson]] is inspired by teenage Homer and Barney's zombie dance moves for ''Thriller''. Decades later, when Homer watches a memorial show about Jackson on TV he wonders where the pop star got his inspiration from?}}
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=== Special guest voices ===
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture|width=150px}}
{{TH|Name}}
{{TH|Role in ''Thriller''}}
{{TH|Role on ''The Simpsons''}}
{{TBT|[[File:Michael Jackson.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Michael Jackson]]}}
{{TB|Portrayed himself in ''Thriller''.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Leon Kompowsky]] in "[[Stark Raving Dad]]".}}
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== External links ==
*{{Wikipedialink2|Thriller|Michael Jackson album}}

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