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 == Synopsis ==
-{{desc|In the opening, [[Homer]] wins an oyster-eating contest against the mythical [[Cthulhu]]. In "Intrusion of the Pod-Y Switchers", [[Springfield]] is overrun by plant body-snatchers who want to make the world better. In "Multiplisa-ty", [[Lisa]] finally snaps and starts killing people. Finally, in "Geriatric Park", [[Mr. Burns]] opens a {{ap|Geriatric Park|location|retirement home}} where residents have dinosaur DNA injected into them.}}
+{{Synopsis|In the opening, [[Homer]] wins an oyster-eating contest against the mythical [[Cthulhu]]. In "Intrusion of the Pod-Y Switchers", [[Springfield]] is overrun by plant body-snatchers who want to make the world better. In "Multiplisa-ty", [[Lisa]] finally snaps and starts killing people. Finally, in "Geriatric Park", [[Mr. Burns]] opens a {{ap|Geriatric Park|location|retirement home}} where residents have dinosaur DNA injected into them.}}
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-'''"Treehouse of Horror XXIX"''' is the fourth episode of [[season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred forty-third episode overall. It is also the twenty-ninth installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on October 21, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Joel H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]].
+'''"Treehouse of Horror XXIX"''' is the fourth episode of [[Season 30|broadcast season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred forty-third episode overall. It is also the twenty-ninth installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on October 21, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Joel H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]].
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{desc|[[Homer]] wins an oyster-eating contest against the mythical [[Cthulhu]], Springfield is overrun by plant body-snatchers, [[Lisa]] finally snaps and [[Mr. Burns]] opens a {{ap|Geriatric Park|location|retirement home}} with some Jurassic upgrades.}}
+{{desc|In the opening, [[Homer]] wins an oyster-eating contest against the mythical [[Cthulhu]]. In "Intrusion of the Pod-Y Switchers", [[Springfield]] is overrun by plant body-snatchers who want to make the world better. In "Multiplisa-ty", [[Lisa]] finally snaps and starts killing people. Finally, in "Geriatric Park", [[Mr. Burns]] opens a {{ap|Geriatric Park|location|retirement home}} where residents have dinosaur DNA injected into them.}}
 == Plot ==
 === Opening sequence ===
-At the Oyster-Eating Contest at [[Fogburyport]], the [[Simpson family]] are taking part in it, when they discover that it's a ruse to get sacrifices to [[Cthulhu]]. As Cthulhu was about to eat [[Homer]], he challenged him to an eating contest. However, against all odds, Cthulhu loses and asks Homer any wish. Homer wishes to eat him, and so the family does. When Homer pokes his ink sac, the Treehouse of Horror XXIX logo shows up.
+At the Oyster-Eating Contest at [[Fogburyport]], the [[Simpson family]] takes part in it, only to discover that it's a ruse to get sacrifices for [[Cthulhu]]. As Cthulhu is about to eat [[Homer]], he challenges him to an eating contest. However, against all odds, Cthulhu loses and offers Homer any wish. Homer wishes to eat him, and so the family does. When Homer pokes his ink sac, the Treehouse of Horror XXIX logo appears.
 === Intrusion of the Pod-Y Switchers ===
-In the underwater [[Mapple]] Computer Underwater Lair, [[Steve Mobbs]] introduces his successor and the [[MyPhone Ultima]], however his successor is actually an alien ready for an invasion.
+In the underwater [[Mapple]] Computer Underwater Lair, [[Steve Mobbs]] introduces his successor and the [[MyPhone Ultima]], but his successor turns out to be an alien preparing for an invasion.
-Spores are sent from the alien's home planet, and switch the Springfielders with copies of themself, including [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Marge]] and [[Wiggum]]. [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] try to run away with [[Lou]] in the police car, but fail.
+Spores are sent from the alien's home planet, replacing the Springfielders with copies of themselves, including [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Marge]], and [[Wiggum]]. [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] try to escape with [[Lou]] in a police car but fail.
-Lisa is brought to the alien world, which is in reality an utopian world. She is welcome by [[Xylem]] and [[Phloem]], and finds herself in what human calls Crab Nebula. But not all is as fabulous as they make it seems, as [[Herb Tannenbaum]] gives the people phones in this world too.
+Lisa is brought to the alien world, which turns out to be a utopian society. She is welcomed by [[Xylem]] and [[Phloem]], and finds herself in what humans call the Crab Nebula. However, not everything is as fabulous as it seems, as [[Herb Tannenbaum]] gives people phones in this world too.
 === Multiplisa-ty ===
-After a sleepover at [[Milhouse]]'s, Milhouse, [[Nelson]] and Bart find themself in a cell, suddenly freed by Penelope, the one that trapped them in it. Penelope, which is actually Lisa acting strange, in a multi-personality manner, acts weird and closes them in again after they don't ask for an encore on her performance.
+After a sleepover at [[Milhouse]]'s, Milhouse, [[Nelson]], and Bart find themselves in a cell, suddenly freed by Penelope—the one who trapped them there. Penelope, who is actually Lisa acting strangely in a multi-personality manner, behaves erratically and locks them in again after they don't applaud her performance.
-Things get weirder and weirder even at the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson House]], where Lisa covers Bart's disappearance with more weirdness, while the kids try to open the door using Milhouse's head as an aries, just before Scottish Lisa appears, inviting them out to face the beast, after discovering she killed [[Willie]] with an axe.
+Things get weirder at the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson House]], where Lisa covers up Bart's disappearance with more odd behavior. The kids try to escape using Milhouse's head as a battering ram, just before Scottish Lisa appears and invites them to face the beast, after it is revealed she killed [[Willie]] with an axe.
-Lisa attacks and kills Milhouse and Nelson, before Bart asks her what happened to her, to which Lisa tells the story: Bart grabbed Lisa's spelling test, changing her answers, mocking [[Miss Hoover]] and granting her a F.
+Lisa attacks and kills Milhouse and Nelson before Bart asks what happened to her. Lisa explains: Bart took her spelling test, changed her answers, mocked [[Miss Hoover]], and caused her to get an F.
-Lisa has a last change and gives Bart a last chance to save himself and he redeems himself, saving himself from being killed by trash, while Milhouse was transformed into a "paper boy".
+Lisa briefly regains control and gives Bart one last chance to save himself. He redeems himself, narrowly avoiding being killed by falling trash, while Milhouse is transformed into a "paper boy".
 === Geriatric Park ===
 {{redirect2|Geriatric Park|the location|Geriatric Park (location)}} ''For the song, see [[Geriatric Park (song)]].''
-[[Mr. Burns]] creates {{ap|Geriatric Park|location}}, a park filled with elders rejuvenated by mixing their DNA with dinosaur DNA. He brings Springfielders to the park, showing them the new "retirement home".
+[[Mr. Burns]] creates {{ap|Geriatric Park|location}}, a park filled with elders rejuvenated by mixing their DNA with dinosaur DNA. He brings Springfielders to the park to show them the new "retirement home."
-At first they're all human, healthy and feeling young again, with incredible strength too, but once Homer raises the temperature after [[Grampa]] complains about the temperature being too cold, they transform into dinosaur creatures.
+At first, they remain human, healthy, and feel young again, with incredible strength. But once Homer raises the temperature after [[Grampa]] complains it's too cold, they transform into dinosaur-like creatures.
-Visitors are killed by the elders, while the family are threatened by Grampa and [[Jacqueline Bouvier]], but Lisa courageously confronts Grampa, and find out they all just needed to be cherished and respected. In the end the family escapes alive, though their helicopter is being flown by pterodactyl [[Agnes]].
+Visitors are killed by the elders, while the family is threatened by Grampa and [[Jacqueline Bouvier]]. Lisa courageously confronts Grampa and discovers they all just need to be cherished and respected. In the end, the family escapes alive, though their helicopter is being flown by pterodactyl [[Agnes]].
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-'''"Treehouse of Horror XXIX"''' is the fourth episode of [[season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six-hundred and forty-third episode overall. It is also the twenty-ninth installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on October 21, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Joel H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]].
+'''"Treehouse of Horror XXIX"''' is the fourth episode of [[season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred forty-third episode overall. It is also the twenty-ninth installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on October 21, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Joel H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]].
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