Treehouse of Horror XI - Revision history

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 == Reception ==
 In a review of ''[[The Complete Twelfth Season]]'', Matt Haigh of ''{{W|Den of Geek}}'' called the episode "what is probably one of the funniest Halloween episodes of the show’s history."<ref>[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-simpsons-season-12-dvd-review/ Den of Geek - "The Simpsons Season 12 DVD review"]</ref>
 As of September [[2026]], "Treehouse of Horror XI" has a 7.6 rating on {{W|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0763040/ IMDb - "Treehouse of Horror XI"]</ref>

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	"Night of the Dolphin" was written by Carolyn Omine, who also pitched the segment. The segment is partly a tribute to the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film ''{{W2\|The Birds\|film}}'' and wanted some kind of animal attack, so they chose one of the friendliest animals for the segment.<ref name="Omine">{{Com\|Omine, Carolyn\|Treehouse of Horror XI\|Twelfth\|(2009).\|link=Carolyn Omine}}</ref> [[Frank Welker]] performed the dolphin speaking; however, the dolphin noises while marching were performed at the final mix a few days before the episode aired by Mike Scully, [[R. Russell Smith]], [[William Freesh]], and [[Larina Jean Adamson]].<ref name="Scully"/> The segment was so popular among the producers that they made a level of ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'', "[[The Day of the Dolphin]]", based on it.<ref name="Selman">{{Com\|Selman, Matt\|Treehouse of Horror XI\|Twelfth\|(2009).\|link=Matt Selman}}</ref> A scene where Hibbert was injecting dolphins with hypodermic syringes was cut from the final episode.<ref name="Scully"/>		"Night of the Dolphin" was written by Carolyn Omine, who also pitched the segment. The segment is partly a tribute to the [[Alfred Hitchcock]] film ''{{W2\|The Birds\|film}}'' and wanted some kind of animal attack, so they chose one of the friendliest animals for the segment.<ref name="Omine">{{Com\|Omine, Carolyn\|Treehouse of Horror XI\|Twelfth\|(2009).\|link=Carolyn Omine}}</ref> [[Frank Welker]] performed the dolphin speaking; however, the dolphin noises while marching were performed at the final mix a few days before the episode aired by Mike Scully, [[R. Russell Smith]], [[William Freesh]], and [[Larina Jean Adamson]].<ref name="Scully"/> The segment was so popular among the producers that they made a level of ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'', "[[The Day of the Dolphin]]", based on it.<ref name="Selman">{{Com\|Selman, Matt\|Treehouse of Horror XI\|Twelfth\|(2009).\|link=Matt Selman}}</ref> A scene where Hibbert was injecting dolphins with hypodermic syringes was cut from the final episode.<ref name="Scully"/>

		+	== Reception ==
		+	In a review of ''[[The Complete Twelfth Season]]'', Matt Haigh of ''{{W\|Den of Geek}}'' called the episode "what is probably one of the funniest Halloween episodes of the show’s history."<ref>[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-simpsons-season-12-dvd-review/ Den of Geek - "The Simpsons Season 12 DVD review"]</ref>
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		+	As of September [[2026]], "Treehouse of Horror XI" has a 7.6 rating on {{W\|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0763040/ IMDb - "Treehouse of Horror XI"]</ref>

	== In other languages ==		== In other languages ==

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 Homer, Bart, and Lisa return home, where they have a meal together. While they are still poor, Homer kept his chicken lower half, so he can lay eggs which the family eat. Bart asks for seconds, so Homer gets up to lay another egg.
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 [[File:Night of the Dolphin - Title Card.png|thumb|left]]
 At [[Marine World]], [[Snorky]] is performing in a show. When his trainer asks for a volunteer to frolic with Snorky, the audience charges his tank to get in and swim with the dolphin. Lisa sees Snorky in distress and feels sorry for him. After everybody leaves the tank to go see the lobsters before they are cooked, Snorky points Lisa toward the gate to the sea. Lisa opens the gate and frees Snorky, with Snorky hitting her in the face as he jumps over the rocks. In the sea, Snorky meets up with fellow dolphins, who reveal that Snorky is their king, and they plan their revenge attack on humans for keeping him in captivity.
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 == Production ==
-The episode received generally positive reviews. Den of Geek said "it is probably one of the funniest Halloween episodes of the show's history". The episode got a 4.02 rating out of 5 ranking 69 out of 373 episodes. [[Matt Groening]] called the third segment his personal favorite scenes from all the series.
+The first segment, "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", was written by [[Rob LaZebnik]] as his first ''Simpsons'' script. [[Mike Scully]] gave LaZebnik the segment and told him it would be a parody of ''{{W|Ghost Dad}}''. The idea of Homer dying and having to do good deeds to get into Heaven was there from the beginning. In the original script of the episode, when Homer drops Agnes Skinner, she hit the Boy Scouts' flagpole and got impaled by it. The producers decided it was too gruesome, so they changed it.<ref name="LaZebnik">{{Com|LaZebnik, Rob|Treehouse of Horror XI|Twelfth|(2009).|link=Rob LaZebnik}}</ref>
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 == Reception ==
 The episode got a 8.4 reader rating from TV.com. Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide said "Even in the weakest Simpsons seasons, you can count on the Halloween episodes to deliver good amusement. Or at least pretty decent comedy, as evidenced by the up and down Treehouse XI. None of the segments excel, but none of them flop either, so they keep us entertained. It's really hard to fault a mainstream network TV series that references glory holes, so Treehouse XI gets a positive appraisal despite a few missteps."
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|In "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", [[Homer]] chokes to death on a piece of broccoli and his ghost must perform a good deed in order to enter [[Heaven]]. In "Scary Tales Can Come True", the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] live in a [[Pumpkin House]] in the enchanted forest, and in "Night of the Dolphin", the world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees [[King Snorky|their leader]] from captivity.}}
+{{Synopsis|In "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", [[Homer]] chokes to death on a piece of broccoli and his ghost must perform a good deed in order to enter [[Heaven]]. In "Scary Tales Can Come True", the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] live in a [[Pumpkin House]] in the enchanted forest, and in "Night of the Dolphin", the world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees [[King Snorky|their leader]] from captivity.}}
 == Plot ==

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-"'''Treehouse of Horror XI'''" is the first episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred forty-ninth episode overall. It is also the eleventh installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 1, [[2000]]. The episode was written by [[Rob LaZebnik]], [[John Frink]], [[Don Payne]] and [[Carolyn Omine]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]].
+"'''Treehouse of Horror XI'''" is the first episode of [[Season 12|broadcast season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred forty-ninth episode overall. It is also the eleventh installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on November 1, [[2000]]. The episode was written by [[Rob LaZebnik]], [[John Frink]], [[Don Payne]] and [[Carolyn Omine]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]].
 == Synopsis ==

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|In "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" reveals the dark side of fairy tale characters and in "Night of the Dolphin" - The world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees their leader from captivity.}}
+{{Desc|In "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad", [[Homer]] chokes to death on a piece of broccoli and his ghost must perform a good deed in order to enter [[Heaven]]. In "Scary Tales Can Come True", the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] live in a [[Pumpkin House]] in the enchanted forest, and in "Night of the Dolphin", the world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees [[King Snorky|their leader]] from captivity.}}
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